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WATCH: Jill Biden Gives Kamala The ‘Cold Shoulder’ During Icy Arlington Event

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The tension between Vice President Kamala Harris and First Lady Jill Biden was so thick on Monday it could have been cut with a knife.

The two powerful women sat side-by-side at a Veterans Day commemoration inside Arlington National Cemetery, barely acknowledging one another. Jill Biden didn’t bother to look at Harris as she arrived with Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff on the observation balcony and shook hands with other attendees. The painfully awkward moment was captured at a distance as Harris reached past the First Lady to shake someone’s hand before turning around and walking away.

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Later on in the day, both women sat together with stoic masks for faces. Dr. Biden held a flat expression underneath oversized sunglasses while Harris clung on to a polite smile for the cameras.

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Despite a balmy 72-degree day in Washington, D.C., the contempt felt between Harris and Jill Biden was ice cold, the Daily Mail reported. Jill Biden spoke enthusiastically with Emhoff, someone she has long been close with. But once Harris took her seat, the First Lady turned her attention to the ceremony.

The cold shoulder may have a simple explanation: Jill Biden is still furious with the vice president for scheming to force her husband from the race. Following Harris’s loss last week, Democrats have begun to blame President Joe Biden for failing to honor his commitment to being a “bridge” president for the next generation of candidates. Observers like podcaster Charlamagne Tha God and Joe Rogan have argued that Biden should have announced his decision to not seek reelection after the 2022 midterms, giving Democrats ample time to hold a primary and avoid the coronation that ultimately doomed Harris’s chances.

The animosity between Harris and Jill Biden stretches back to the 2020 campaign when the First Lady never forgave Harris for attacking her husband during the Democratic primary. Harris specifically targeted Biden’s support for the 1994 criminal justice reform bill, saying he and former President Bill Clinton helped put millions of Black Americans behind bars for minor crimes.

The Arlington National Cemetery appearance marked the first time Harris and Jill Biden have seen one another since the election. Neither she nor President Biden interacted with Harris as Biden laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The silent pairs then walked to the ground’s amphitheater where the president addressed veterans and members of the military. All wore black for the occasion.

Despite her silent anger, Jill Biden campaigned for Harris in multiple swing states, encouraging Democratic activists to mobilize get-out-the-vote operations targeting undecided voters. She played up her personal feelings about the vice president as she described the stakes for the country. “As Kamala and I have gotten to know each other these past four years, you know, we bonded over many things, but one of the things that we talked about is how we lost our mothers, both to cancer, both long before we were done needing them,” the first lady said earlier this year.

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