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Second gents Doug Emhoff used his speech Tuesday evening on the Democratic National Convention to color an image of Vice President Kamala Harris’ private aspect.
“She stands as much as bullies, identical to my mother and father taught me to. She likes to see individuals do nicely however hates after they’re handled unfairly. She believes this work requires a fundamental curiosity and simply how persons are doing,” Emhoff informed the Chicago viewers. “Her empathy is her energy.”
Emhoff, who married Harris 10 years in the past, famous that their anniversary will fall on Thursday, the identical day that the vp will ship her formal remarks accepting the Democratic Social gathering’s nomination for president.
The second gentleman additionally spoke about his personal work in public service, together with how he has taken up the case of combating antisemitism.
“Kamala has fought in opposition to antisemitism and all types of hate her entire profession. She’s the one who inspired me, as second gentleman, to take up that struggle, which is so private to me,” Emhoff mentioned.
Emhoff, the primary Jewish partner of a president or vp, additionally spoke about his religion, noting that “over the previous decade, Kamala has linked me extra deeply to my religion, although it’s not the identical as hers.”
Within the VIP suite Tuesday evening for the second gentleman’s speech had been his mother and father, Barbara and Michael Emhoff, to whom the second gentleman shouted out throughout his remarks. At one level, he joked that his “mom is the one particular person in the entire world who thinks Kamala is the fortunate one for marrying me.”
The second gentleman additionally thanked his former spouse, Kerstin Emhoff, who was within the VIP field within the United Middle together with different members of the Emhoff and Harris households, and the vp for his or her roles in creating a really fashionable blended household. He famous that his daughter ,Ella, who was seated subsequent to Emhoff’s mother and father within the suite, calls them a “three-headed parenting machine.”
Crimson “Doug” indicators had been handed out to conference attendees earlier than Emhoff’s speech started, a number of of which may very well be seen within the VIP field with the second gentleman’s relations.