Man Explains Why He Couldn’t Shake McConnell’s Hand

A man seen in a viral video refusing to shake Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s (R-KY) hand at the late Rep. Elijah Cummings’s (D-MD) funeral told the Washington Post the snub wasn’t based on his loyalty to Cummings.

Bobby Rankin said he blamed McConnell for denying veterans’ benefits to his brother before he died last year from cancer.

Said Raskin: “I could not put my hands in the man’s hand who refused to help somebody who served his country… I couldn’t do it, because I was thinking about my brother.”