A quiet but tense moment at Dick Cheney’s funeral turned heads Thursday as former First Lady Jill Biden delivered a four-word message to Vice President Kamala Harris — and yes, people were watching closely.
This was the first public encounter between the Bidens and Harris since Harris’s memoir 107 Days criticized her former boss, President Biden.
🏛️ The Scene at Washington National Cathedral
High-powered politicians gathered to honor Dick Cheney. The Bidens were seated near Harris.
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Jill and Joe Biden shook hands with attendees before finding their seats.
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Joe Biden greeted Mike Pence (sitting next to Harris).
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Jill leaned in and exchanged words with Harris.
According to lip reader Nicola Hickling, Biden first said:
“Nice to see you, Kamala.”
Then Jill dropped the four-word line:
“He wasn’t ignoring you.”
Harris replied with a finger-point and smile:
“I know he wasn’t, I was thinking you’re going to look at me, but he didn’t.”
The row quickly turned forward to hear George W. Bush’s eulogy, but the moment left onlookers buzzing.
😬 Why It Was Awkward
This was Harris’s first public encounter with the Bidens since she described Biden’s re-election decision as “reckless” in her memoir.
She wrote she never voiced her hesitation directly:
“I knew it would come off as self-serving if I advised him not to run… He would see it as naked ambition, maybe even poisonous disloyalty.”
Harris said her main concern was defeating Donald Trump, and feared ego and ambition influenced Biden’s decision:
“This wasn’t a choice that should have been left to an individual’s ego… It should have been more than a personal decision.”
🕊️ Remembering Cheney
Dick Cheney, Bush’s vice president from 2001–2009, passed away from cardiovascular disease on November 3 at age 84.
Even at somber events, politics clearly finds a way into the room. 👀
