Mike Pence's wife Karen did not greet President-elect Donald Trump or Melania Trump at Jimmy Carter's funeral Thursday morning. As the former vice president rose to shake hands with Trump, his wife remained seated.
Former Vice President Mike Pence shook Donald Trump's hand at Jimmy Carter's funeral, but his wife, Karen Pence, decided to stand her ground and not even give the President-elect the time of day. In a clip going around on X,
His post included a video of Karen Pence not getting up from her seat to shake Trump’s hand at former President Jimmy Carter’s funeral.
Former Second Lady Karen Pence — whose husband, former Vice President Mike Pence, was the target of violent threats from the January 6 Capitol Insurrection mob — is getting attention today for refusing to stand up and shake Donald Trump’s hand at the late President Jimmy Carter’s funeral.
The two men were seated next to each other at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., talking before Carter’s funeral officially started. Trump leaned in to say something to Obama, who listened before laughing and smiling as Trump continued to speak into Obama’s ear.
The handshake happened almost four years to the day when Trump supporters called for Pence's execution during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack.
Former Vice President Mike Pence shakes hands with his former boss and now President-elect Donald Trump at the funeral for former President Jimmy Carter while his wife Karen Pence refuses to acknowledge the former commander-in-chief who returns to the White House later this month.
President-elect Donald Trump and his former Vice President Mike Pence briefly interacted at former President Jimmy Carter's home.
Donald Trump and Mike Pence briefly greeted each other and shook hands at Jimmy Carter’s funeral service on Thursday.
Politicians past and present gathered in Washington, D.C., on Thursday for the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter. President-elect Trump and his wife, Melania, walked past his former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen, who were sitting alongside another former vice president, Al Gore.
Karen Pence remained seated and stared forward stoically as Donald and Melania Trump walked past her at Jimmy Carter’s funeral Thursday morning. The lack of a Trump greeting—which she later gave to George W.