(Daily Mail) Vice President Kamala Harris has been branded a faker over a photo of her chatting to Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s widow on the phone.
The presumptive Democratic nominee shared the image on social media, explaining that she spoke with Yulia Navalnaya on Thursday amid a historic prisoner swap between the United States and Russia.
Harris made the call, she said, because some of the detainees freed in the deal ‘worked with Navalny to combat corruption and build a free, democratic Russia.’
‘I thanked Yulia for her courage in continuing her husband’s works and reaffirmed my commitment to stand with those fighting for freedom in Russia and around the world,’ she added.
But some eagle-eyed users of social media criticized the 59-year-old vice president as a ‘phony’ for holding the phone to her ear as she spoke to the grieving widow.
Vice President Kamala Harris was mocked for this photo of her speaking with Russian opposition leader Alexey Navalny’s widow on Thursday
‘Why is it on “speaker-phone” but being held up to your ear… as though you’re speaking on the phone through the normal speaker,’ Nikki Villanueva wrote.
The user added a Yoda-like reference: ‘The gaslighting is “strong” with this one.’
Others likened the image to a cheap ‘photo op.’
‘It’s so weird how Kamala puts a phone to her ear while on speaker,’ another X user wrote, while a third posted: ‘If the phone’s on speaker, you don’t have to put it to your head Kamala.’
‘It’s on speaker, Kamala,’ a fourth person wrote on Instagram.
The post marks the second time in less than a week that Harris has been mocked for the bizarre behavior.
