'Alert the protesters & rioters'! Andrea Mitchell's take on photo of Mike Pence fist-bumping a disabled veteran earns some eye rolls

On night three of the Republican convention (with events and speeches taking place in different locations), a nice photo was captured:

.@VP gives a fist bump to a disabled war veteran following his speech to the Republican convention at Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Md. pic.twitter.com/A7fyUchGJk

— Doug Mills (@dougmillsnyt) August 27, 2020

NBC News correspondent Andrea Mitchell had this takeaway:

Social distancing https://t.co/YuOyi3AW1c

— Andrea Mitchell (@mitchellreports) August 27, 2020

Well that’s certainly one way to look at it.

Just incredible. https://t.co/Q747MYXHNZ

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) August 27, 2020

I’m sure everyone was tested Karen. ? https://t.co/QHbwTcJUoN

— Kathleen (@katnandu) August 27, 2020

Won't mention it about protests and riots, but will bring it up to pour water on the VP fist bumping an American hero. https://t.co/clR72lGXYv

— Billy Finn (@BillyFinn18) August 27, 2020

I'm not surprised you went with the "social distancing" shot. I am a little surprised you decided to go with the fist bump to a disabled veteran. pic.twitter.com/FQnP5l7lSF

— Fuzzy Chimp (@fuzzychimpcom) August 27, 2020

Cool. Now do the riots in Minneapolis and Kenosha. https://t.co/ddJc0TtNs2

— amanda (@a__pet) August 27, 2020

Now do this weekends protest planned for DC. We’ll wait.

— bigal64 (@bigal64) August 27, 2020

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Someone needs to alert the protestors and rioters.

— SPS (@spschlosser) August 27, 2020

Haven’t seen you post a snarky tweet about social distancing during the nightly riots across the nation.

— Carl Gustav (@CaptYonah) August 27, 2020

The media won’t obsess over social distancing when it comes to mass protests and riots, for some reason.

"social distancing" https://t.co/FthwwUXPzP pic.twitter.com/jt7PGDLkyO

— Kris Kinder (@kris_kinder) August 27, 2020

Social distancing https://t.co/LGDUv0Sfke pic.twitter.com/BPy9hGoHAC

— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) August 27, 2020

https://t.co/Mlyi2AXMmG pic.twitter.com/J1tu6rTO6j

— Cam Edwards (@CamEdwards) August 27, 2020