Awkward moment Kamala refuses to kneel with Biden for photo-op trends now
President Biden wanted to wrap up his appearance with the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors by taking a knee with Vice President Kamala Harris.
But she refused and chuckled, 'I'm not doing that' – leaving the 80-year-old on the front of the stage, on his own, in an awkward end to the photo-op.
The gesture from the president was met with laughs from the team and sounds of shock from the audience, including from his No. 2 who didn't want to join-in on the kneeling position that became popular with athletes during Black Lives Matter protests.
The entire ordeal was perplexing, as panic-stricken players reached their arms out to help the president up when it appeared he almost fell – but Biden was only pretending to struggle and landed in what he thought was an athletic pose with a smirk.
Earlier in the event on Tuesday, Biden also fumbled by seeming to forget Harris' first name, calling her 'CAM-a-la' rather than the correct pronunciation of 'COMMA-la.'
Vice President Kamala Harris (right) refused to take a knee with President Joe Biden (left) during a photo-op with the reigning NBC Champion Golden State Warriors at the White House on Tuesday
When emerging from his kneeling position, players thought the president was falling and reached their hands out to help – but it appeared Biden was joking and landed in a defensive squat position
Biden and Harris, 58, appeared to not be able to find a good spot to take during a photo-op with the team concluding a White House celebration for the reigning champions.
'I'll tell you what,' Biden said before taking a knee on a small platform in front of the team.
Harris, the first-ever woman and minority to serve as vice president, sought help from the players to step down from the platform to pose in front of Steph Curry – but some audience members thought she was looking for assistance to kneel with the president, leading to another round of laughter and scattered claps.
The VP put two thumbs up then switched to a one-handed No. 1 sign as Biden knelt beside her on the platform while audience members and photographers snapped images.
When getting up from his kneeling position at the end of the photo-op, Biden awkwardly landed in a defensive squat position, earning another round of applause from the amused attendees.
Harris laughed as Biden took a knee and said, 'I'm not doing that' before taking a spot off the podium to post near Steph Curry
Biden is showing kneeling with a thumbs-up as Kamala stands with one foot on the platform as they pose with the Golden State Warriors NBA team
Professional athletes began in 2016 kneeling during the National Anthem at the start of their games in protest of facial inequality and police brutality against minority communities.
What became known as a protest linked with the Black Lives Matter movement later on was highly controversial among the sports community – as attendees and spectators started
