Doug Emhoff's ex-wife defends Harris against sexist criticisms of her as childless

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Source: CNN Politics

Updated 7:31 AM EDT, Thu July 25, 2024


Washington CNN — The ex-wife of second gentleman Doug Emhoff on Wednesday defended Vice President Kamala Harris against sexist criticisms about her lack of biological children, calling them “baseless” and expressing her gratitude for the presumptive Democratic nominee.

“These are baseless attacks. For over 10 years, since Cole and Ella were teenagers, Kamala has been a co-parent with Doug and I,” Kerstin Emhoff said in a statement first provided to CNN. “She is loving, nurturing, fiercely protective, and always present. I love our blended family and am grateful to have her in it.”

Emhoff’s statement follows resurfaced video of Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance criticizing several public figures, including Harris, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg as “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives.”

“It’s just a basic fact — you look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, AOC — the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children,” Vance told Tucker Carlson in a July 2021 interview. Kerstin Emhoff, a film producer, shares two children with Doug Emhoff. The vice president has said her stepchildren refer to her as “Momala.” Spokespeople for Vance did not immediately respond to a request for comment on his 2021 statement. Vance is a father of three.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/24/politics/kerstin-emhoff-defends-kamala-harris-sexism/index.html

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1. Talk about pulling off a coup!

Getting an endorsement from your husband’s ex. Unpresidented

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2. The Buttigieg Family

Has two children. What is this asshole Vance on about? I'm glad he said it. Now people know what he REALLY thinks. There's no putting this genie back in the bottle.

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3. And they are trying to get rid of IVF

even though many of the MAGat women have had to use it to HAVE children.

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4. I'm a step mom

And it felt really good when her mother thanked me for being a good influence on OUR daughter.

Blended families are real families

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5. When you are a good person, the unexpected happens

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6. Thanksgiving at the Harris/Emhoffs will rock.

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7. What a lovely, gracious thing to say!

Thank you Kerstin Emhoff

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8. Just classy as usual.

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9. The MAGAt Wingnuts are just trying out all their lines of attack on VPKH...

…. This is just one of the stupidest.

They’ll find others that resonate.

Just keep knocking them down.

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10. Her campaign is fundraising off of it

and there are already T-shirts out.

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12. Yeah, Keep the Stupid Coming, Dumb Ass Magats..

We'll just wear the T Shirt..

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11. How does James Donald Bowman* feel about women who adopted?

*his actual birth name, since GOPers insist others only use THEIR birth names and no personal choice changes allowed.

He has recently said only people with children should be allowed to vote. Where do people who adopted their children fit in? Are such woman real parents or not? Are their husbands REAL parents or not? If they aren't real parents, ol James Donald Bowman is saying SCOTUS Chief Justice John Roberts can't vote.

Are Americans whose children have reached adulthood still parents or only people with minor children? Would people have to show proof of offspring's birth in order to register and vote?

Ol JD spouts off a lot of nonsense without thinking it thru. Now his running mate does the same thing every time he opens his mouth, but ol JD is supposedly an educated man. His running mate attended some schools, but never learned anything from all we have observed.