A clip of West Virginia Democratic Senator Joe Manchin seen trying down and swiping on an iPad as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed members of Congress on Wednesday morning has gone viral.

The footage of Manchin with the Apple product posted on Twitter by way of The Recount has been seen over 390,000 instances as of Wednesday afternoon. Manchin's motion occurred as Zelensky was chatting with Congress nearly.

Twitter customers expressed their criticism in response to the video exhibiting the senator on the digital machine.

Sen. Joe Manchin
Picture of Sen. Joe Manchin throughout a information convention on the U.S. Capitol on March 3, 2022. Manchin was noticed in a video that has since gone viral swiping on an iPad throughout the Ukranian president's handle to Congress on Wednesday morning. (Picture by Alex Wong/Getty Photographs)Alex Wong/Getty Photographs

Steven DeKnight, author of Pacific Rim: Rebellion and producer of the Starz collection Spartacus, blasted the lawmaker: "Hey, @Sen_JoeManchin. You are a shame. The world will likely be a significantly better place when corrupt, small males like you might have light from it."

The Each day Presenttweeted: "Who knew there was Tinder for oil lobbyists."

One other social media person posted: "You've got to be kidding me! Perhaps sure members of Congress ought to be taught to be respectful when the President of one other nation is pleading with them for assist to save lots of his nation."

Another person requested the senator what had his consideration targeted on the pill and never on Zelensky: "@Sen_JoeManchin what's so vital that you want to be scrolling through your pill relatively than watching President Zelenskyy plead his case to assist cease a struggle in his nation?"

A 3rd individual tweeted: "@Sen_JoeManchin You positive are exhibiting us who you actually are nowadays! How extremely disrepectful!"

During his 16-minute speech, Zelensky requested the group of U.S. legislators for a no-fly zone as his nation continues to attempt to battle again Russian forces following the invasion.

"Is that this an excessive amount of to ask? Humanitarian, no-fly zone — one thing that Russia wouldn't be capable of [use to] terrorize our free cities. If that is an excessive amount of to ask, we provide an alternate. You understand what sort of protection techniques we want—S-300 and different comparable techniques. You know the way a lot is dependent upon the battlefield on the flexibility to make use of plane," Zelensky mentioned.

Additionally throughout his handle, Zelensky introduced Shut the Sky, a video that confirmed aerial views of a number of Ukrainian cities in addition to what seemed to be Russian forces carrying assaults within the jap European nation.

Zelensky additionally referenced the Pearl Harbor and September 11 assaults and known as for much more sanctions on Russia.

At a Wednesday press convention following Zelensky's handle, South Carolina Republican Senator Lindsey Graham said that he stood by his earlier feedback that Russian President Vladimir Putin needs to be assassinated.

Moreover, Graham mentioned that he believes that MiG-29 fighter jets needs to be delivered following the Ukrainian president's request for the plane. Nevertheless, he didn't seem in favor of implementing a no-fly zone. He said his assist of President Joe Biden's current strategy of not placing a no-fly zone in place.

Zelensky's handle to Congress comes after he mentioned on Tuesday that Ukraine won't change into a member of NATO.

Newsweek reached out to Manchin's workplace for remark however didn't hear again earlier than publication.

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Replace 3/16/22, 1:12 PM ET: This story has been up to date with further data.