Second gentleman Doug Emhoff revealed the place he was when he realized that President Joe Biden had dropped out of the 2024 presidential race on Sunday.
Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, advised Harris supporters in a video name on Thursday that he was in a SoulCyle class with associates in West Hollywood, California, round when Biden confirmed he was leaving the race, in line with the Los Angeles Occasions.
The second gentleman defined that his group went out for espresso instantly after the biking class, however that he’d left his telephone in his automotive throughout his exercise, and so didn’t instantly hear the information.
“My friend’s partner said, ‘Um, you need to look at this,’ and I said, ‘What?’” he recounted throughout the video name occasion, which was titled, “Black Gay and Queer Men for Harris.”
Emhoff stated that his good friend then confirmed him Biden’s letter to the nation saying his exit.
“Of course I didn’t have my phone, so I ran and ran and got into our car, and of course my phone is just on fire, and it’s basically, ‘Call Kamala,’ ‘Call Kamala,’ ‘Call Kamala,’ from everyone,” he continued. “And of course, the first thing [Harris] said was, ‘Where the … were you? I need you.’”
Emhoff added that life for his household since has been a “whirlwind.”
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Harris and Emhoff wed in 2014. The vp is stepmom to Emhoff’s two grownup kids, Cole and Ella, whom he shares together with his ex-wife, Kerstin Emhoff.
Biden endorsed Harris as the brand new Democratic nominee shortly after he dropped his bid for reelection. The vp has since confronted a rise in scrutiny for not having organic kids.
A 2021 clip of Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), GOP nominee Donald Trump’s vice presidential decide, just lately resurfaced on-line by which he referred to Harris as one of many “childless cat ladies” working the nation.
Kerstin Emhoff publicly got here to Harris’ protection, telling New York Occasions White Home reporter Katie Rogers on Wednesday that GOP assaults describing Harris as “childless” are “baseless.”
“For over 10 years, since Cole and Ella were teenagers, Kamala has been a co-parent with Doug and I,” she stated. “She is loving, nurturing, fiercely protective, and always present. I love our blended family and am grateful to have her in it.”
