Rep. Terri Sewell pulls away from Biden as he leans in to greet her at CBC awards dinner

Democratic Rep. Terri Sewell pulled away from President Joe Biden on Sunday evening as he leaned in to greet her at the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation's awards ceremony in Washington, D.C.

The White House's YouTube livestream of the encounter shows Biden and Sewell, of Alabama, going to greet each other, with Sewell moving away from Biden to her left and pulling back as he leans in toward her. She then motions over to where the award is on the stage, before walking with him and caucus Chairman Rep. Steven Horsford, D-Nevada, in that direction.

The MSNBC clip of the award ceremony starts right after Sewell pulled away from Biden.

The ceremony was part of the caucus' Annual Phoenix Awards Dinner, in which Biden was presented with the Congressional Black Caucus Lifetime Achievement Award.

Sewell didn't not return a request for comment Monday about why she pulled away. 

Biden has repeatedly been accused of awkwardly touching women, making them uncomfortable. In 2019, he posted a video on his X account saying that he would "be more mindful about respecting personal space in the future."