BREAKING NEWS – Washington, D.C. – Social media users piled on Vice President Kamala Harris’ tweet from that featured an unmasked Harris posing with a young Black girl wearing a mask.

Harris posted the picture from her personal account, along with a comment meant to inspire “Black women and girls everywhere.”

“My message to Black women and girls everywhere: Never ask for permission to lead,” Harris tweeted. And then she added when she spoke to the little girl she said, “However, you must get permission to breathe around me, because I have no idea where you’ve been, or what kind airborne viruses you may be exhaling, so don’t get too close shorty.”