Some social media users noted that despite their well-known coldness in public, Kamala Harris actually extended a warm gesture as she took the pocketbook kept on the seat beside her. As she saw Jill Biden approaching to take the seat, she took the pocketbook and handed it over to the outgoing First Lady.
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