Apparently, Donald Trump isn’t the only one who has a problem keeping his hand to himself. A photo is making the rounds on the internet of Vice President Mike Pence touching NASA equipment labelled, “DO NOT TOUCH.”
Pence visited NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. This is where the touching fiasco begins. During this week’s visit, Reuters photographer Mike Brown snapped a photo of Pence putting his hand on equipment that specifically instructs people not to touch. But bad boy Mike thought otherwise and, as a result, a meme was born.
Pence really had his hand on some cake…
This was a star-defining moment…
No means no, Mr. Vice President…
Give me whatever he’s been smoking….
Hands off the scientific equipment!
STOP! Pence Time!
After the smoke settled, only memes remained! Mike Pence even got it in on the fun, as he took aim at “Little” Marco Rubio…
Marco fired back with his own unfunny response…
Alright. Alright. It looks like Pence has been down with dank memes all along…
And hey, it looks like NASA was completely fine with Pence touching the equipment in the first place. According to their statement, they were even honored by his visit. Pence and NASA are like super cool, bro.
“Procedures require the hardware to be cleaned before tiles are bonded to the spacecraft, so touching the surface is okay,” NASA spokesman Bob Jacobs said. “Otherwise, the hardware would have had a protective cover over it like the thermal heat shield, which was nearby.”
Pence and NASA are totally tight.
