India, June 11 -- During a press conference on combating gun violence, Democratic Rep. Jim Clyburn made a heartwarming gesture by offering to hold Colorado Representative Brittany Pettersen's infant son, freeing her hands to speak. A video of the moment has gone viral on social media.

In the clip, Pettersen begins addressing the press while cradling her sleeping baby. Clyburn taps her shoulder and offers to take the child. Pettersen hands over her son, noting he is fast asleep. She then quips into the microphone, "I can't wait to tell him one day that Representative Clyburn held him at a press conference."

As the clip went viral, many praised Clyburn's gesture.

One person wrote, "This is what AMERICA should look like!"

Another wrote, ...