美国副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯的妻子道格·艾姆霍夫多年来一直作为“第二绅士”备受关注哈里斯现在正在争取民主党总统候选人提名这位男士正在为他的妻子参加竞选活动，支持她入主白宫，并有可能成为美国有史以来第一位第一先生。
艾姆霍夫已经创造了历史，成为美国第二位绅士和第一位犹太人配偶，无论性别，竞选总统或副总统。他似乎对可能获得第一先生的头衔充满热情。
“现在我很荣幸我的妻子在候选人名单上名列前茅，”他在一个电视节目上对前联邦检察官普里特·巴拉拉说周五发布的播客节目“请继续关注Preet”。"我无法告诉你我有多为她骄傲。"
据美国广播公司新闻报道，哈里斯已经获得足够多代表的承诺，如果他们在投票时都兑现承诺，他将成为推定的被提名人。
埃姆霍夫在竞选活动中一直很活跃，在全国范围内扩大自己的努力，为他的妻子和她与前总统唐纳德·特朗普的总统竞选辩护。艾姆霍夫周一在马萨诸塞州安排了多场活动。
在上周参观弗吉尼亚一家生殖诊所时，艾姆霍夫直言不讳地表达了他对妻子深深的自豪和信心。
“卡玛拉·哈里斯团结了民主党。她要团结全国。她将赢得这项提名，”艾姆霍夫说。
艾姆霍夫强调说，自从哈里斯宣布竞选以来，她已经获得了“广泛的支持”。“你看到了热情，你看到了兴奋，你看到了筹集到的资金，你看到了政党的团结，”他补充道。
哈里斯和艾姆霍夫都是59岁，他们在2014年结婚，前一年哈里斯还是加州司法部长时，他们是由一个朋友介绍认识的。
艾姆霍夫是洛杉矶娱乐律师事务所DLA Piper的合伙人，但当哈里斯被选为当时的候选人乔·拜登的竞选伙伴时，他休假了。
支持拜登
艾姆霍夫还公开表示支持拜登总统，尽管他最初并没有立即意识到总统的决定退出2024年的竞选，并支持哈里斯担任这一职务.
上周，艾姆霍夫在一个由黑人性少数群体+倡导者主持的支持哈里斯的视频电话中讲述了一个现在被多次重复的时刻在洛杉矶上完SoulCycle课后，他正和朋友喝咖啡，一个朋友给他看了拜登周日下午早些时候在x上发布的信。他冲向自己的车，拿起手机，他说手机“着火了”
“基本上，每个人都会说:‘打电话给卡玛拉’，‘打电话给卡玛拉’，‘打电话给卡玛拉’，”他回忆道。“当然，她说的第一句话是，‘你在哪里?我需要你!"
上周，艾姆霍夫称拜登为“伟人”，当他最初成为第二绅士时，是他支持了他。
“拜登总统把手放在我的前臂上说，‘嘿，孩子，一切都会好的，你能做到的。周六，艾姆霍夫在威斯康辛州的一场竞选活动中谈到如何成为第二绅士。
社交媒体关注
自从拜登退出竞选以来，哈里斯和她的竞选团队在网上获得了大量关注“卡玛拉是顽童”和“椰子树”模因比比皆是。但她并不是这个家庭中唯一的病毒式轰动——艾姆霍夫和她一起成为了聚光灯下的焦点。
随着哈里斯竞选总统，网上对艾姆霍夫的兴趣直线上升。但除了谷歌搜索，艾姆霍夫还受到了Z世代的关注。
20岁的艾姆霍夫的照片张贴《回到2020》在他的X账户上疯传，迅速在互联网上流传，评论第二位绅士的帅气。
第二位先生道格·艾姆霍夫，20岁，在他的X账户上
道格·艾姆霍夫/X
一个X用户的帖子他的照片在网上被转发了220万次。“我需要Gen-Z看到卡玛拉丈夫在80年代的照片，让他成为抖音本月最佳白人男孩，”她写道。
哈里斯将社交媒体作为一个积极的平台，在年轻一代中传播她的竞选活动，甚至在周四加入了Tik Tok。
哈里斯标志性的笑声在网上引起了关注，艾姆霍夫上周说她的笑声是“他深深爱上她的原因之一。”
在“敬请关注Preet”播客中，埃姆霍夫强调了笑声和欢乐在领导人中的重要性，并指出他没有观察到特朗普经历过这些情绪。
“也许当罗诉韦德案被推翻时，他笑了，”艾姆霍夫谈到最高法院否决堕胎宪法权利的决定。
艾姆霍夫作为丈夫的角色
作为一名丈夫，埃姆霍夫告诉“敬请关注Preet”播客，他有一种自然的“倾向”跳到哈里斯的辩护上，但他经常不得不“控制住自己”
他还借此机会回应了万斯参议员称哈里斯为“无子女的猫夫人”的评论。万斯在2021年发表了这番评论，但在前第一夫人希拉里·克林顿分享了一段评论后，这些评论最近再次浮出水面在X上本周早些时候——一个多星期后特朗普选择万斯作为他的竞选伙伴.
“[万斯]所说的令人憎恶。这是愚蠢的，无知的，”艾姆霍夫说。“当这样的人屈尊登上国家舞台，竞选这个国家的最高职位之一时，这真是一个小丑，真是一个傻瓜。现在他暴露了。全世界都在嘲笑他和唐纳德·特朗普。”
艾姆霍夫也公开了他是如何看待这些评论的。
“很疼，”他承认道。“这伤害了我的感情。”
他还表达了对前妻和女儿的骄傲和感激，他们用自己的声明为哈里斯辩护。
克斯汀·艾姆霍夫——艾姆霍夫的前妻，也是他们成年子女科尔和艾拉·艾姆霍夫的母亲——称这些袭击是“毫无根据的”
“10多年来，从科尔和埃拉十几岁开始，卡玛拉就一直是我和道格的共同父母，”她说。“她充满爱心，呵护备至，强烈地保护他人，并且总是在身边。我爱我们融合在一起的家庭，很感激有她在其中。”
艾拉·艾姆霍夫(Ella Emhoff)在Instagram上分享了她母亲的声明，写道:“我爱我的三个父母。”
哈里斯的继子女称她为“莫马拉”哈里斯称这个家族为“现代家庭”
第一位副总统的犹太配偶
艾姆霍夫是第一位副总统的犹太配偶，他也可能成为第一位总统的犹太配偶。
第二位绅士道格·艾姆霍夫在欧洲的一次光明节招待会上点燃了烛台上的第一支蜡烛...显示更多
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在周三下午与美国犹太民主委员会的通话中，埃姆霍夫赞扬了哈里斯在对犹太社区至关重要的问题上的记录，包括反犹太主义和种族歧视以色列.
他说:“我将继续像犹太人一样公开生活，也许白宫会有一个Mezuzah，就像副总统官邸一样。”
艾姆霍夫反对反犹太主义的斗争是他作为第二绅士的首要职责。哈里斯多次被特朗普称为反犹太主义者。
事实上，特朗普周三在北卡罗来纳州表示，哈里斯“完全反对犹太人”，批评她因之前的竞选承诺而没有出席以色列总理本雅明·内塔尼亚胡在国会的演讲。
埃姆霍夫阐述了对他来说重要的其他问题，包括性别平等和诉诸司法。
“作为第一先生，我将继续公开支持这项权益，”他说。
Possible first gentleman Doug Emhoff? Who is Kamala Harris' husband?
Doug Emhoff, the spouse of Vice President Kamala Harris, has been somewhat in the spotlight for years as second gentleman -- but withHarris now pursuing the Democratic nomination for president, there is a new wave of interest in the man who is hitting the campaign trail for his wife supporting her White House bid and could become the country's first-ever first gentleman.
Emhoff has already made history as the first person to be the second gentleman of the United States and the first Jewish spouse, of any gender, for the presidency or vice presidency. And he appears to be enthusiastic about potentially taking on the title of first gentleman.
"I'm honored now to have my wife be at the top of the ticket," he told former federal prosecutor Preet Bharara on apodcast episode of "Stay Tuned with Preet" released on Friday. "I cannot tell you how proud I am of her."
Harris has secured commitments from enough delegates to become the presumptive nominee if they all honor their commitment when voting, according to ABC News reporting.
Emhoff has been active along the campaign trail, expanding his efforts across the country as he advocates for his wife and her presidential run against former President Donald Trump. Emhoff had multiple events scheduled in Massachusetts Monday.
During a visit to a Virginia reproductive clinic last week, Emhoff was vocal about his profound pride and confidence in his wife.
"Kamala Harris has united the [Democratic] Party. She's going to unite the country. She's going to earn this nomination," Emhoff said.
Emhoff emphasized the "broad base of support" that Harris has generated since her campaign announcement. "You see the enthusiasm, you see the excitement, you saw the money raised, you saw the party coalesce," he added.
Harris and Emhoff, both 59, married in 2014 after being set up on a blind date by a friend the previous year when Harris was California's attorney general.
Emhoff was a partner at a Los Angeles entertainment law firm, DLA Piper, but took a leave of absence when Harris was selected to be running mate of then-candidate Joe Biden.
Support for Biden
Emhoff has also been vocal about his support for President Biden, despite initially not being immediately aware of the president's decision toexit the 2024 race and endorse Harris for the job.
Last week,Emhoff, recounting a now much-repeated moment, told a video call supporting Harris hosted by Black LGBTQ+ advocatesthat he was having coffee with friends after a SoulCycle class in Los Angeles when a friend showed him Biden's letter posted early that Sunday afternoon on X. He rushed to his car to grab his phone, which he said was "on fire."
"And it's basically -- 'call Kamala,' 'call Kamala,' 'call Kamala,' from everyone," he recalled. "And of course, the first thing that she said was, 'where the -- [quick dramatic pause] -- were you? I need you!"
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Last week, Emhoff called Biden a "great man" who supported him when he initially become second gentleman.
"It's been President Biden who, you know, put his hand on my forearm and said, 'Hey, kid, it's gonna be OK, you can do this. I got your back,'" Emhoff at a Wisconsin campaign on Saturday about becoming second gentlemen.
Social media attention
Harris and her campaign have received a surge of online attention since Biden left the race -- with"Kamala IS brat" and "coconut tree" memes abounding. But she isn't the only viral sensation in the family -- Emhoff has joined her in the spotlight.
With Harris running for president, online interest in Emhoff has spiked exponentially. But beyond mere Google searches, Emhoff is also experiencing Gen-Z attention.
A photo of 20-year-old Emhoffpostedback on his X account in 2020 has gone viral, rapidly circulating the internet with comments about the second gentleman's good looks.
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff at 20 years old, posted on his X account
Doug Emhoff/X
One X user's postgenerated 2.2 million views on a post of his photo. "I need Gen-Z to see this picture of Kamala's husband in the 80s and make him TikTok's white boy of the month," she wrote.
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Harris has embraced social media as a positive platform for spreading her campaign among the youth generation, even joining Tik Tok herself on Thursday.
Harris' signature laugh has received attention on the internet, and Emhoff said last week that her laugh is "one of the reasons [he is] so deeply in love with her."
On the "Stay Tuned with Preet" podcast, Emhoff emphasized the importance of laughter and joy in a leader, noting that he has not observed Trump experiencing these emotions.
"Maybe he laughed when Roe v. Wade got overturned," Emhoff said of the Supreme Court's decision to overrule the constitutional right to abortion.
Emhoff's role as a husband
As a husband, Emhoff told the "Stay Tuned with Preet" podcast that he has a natural "inclination" to jump to Harris' defense, but he often has to keep himself "in check."
He also took this time to respond to Sen. JD Vance's comments calling Harris a "childless cat lady." Vance made the comments in 2021, but they have recently resurfaced after former first lady Hillary Clinton shared a clip of the commentson Xearlier this week -- a little more than a week afterTrump picked Vance as his running mate.
"What [Vance] said was abhorrent. It was stupid, uninformed," Emhoff said. "When someone like that deigns to come on the national stage and run for the one of the highest offices in the land, it's such a clown, it's such a fool. And now he's been exposed. And the whole world is laughing at him and Donald Trump."
Emhoff also opened up about how he took these comments personally.
"It hurt," he admitted. "It hurt my feelings."
He also expressed pride and appreciation for his ex-wife and daughter, who jumped to Harris' defense with statements of their own.
Kerstin Emhoff -- Emhoff's ex-wife, and mother to their adult children, Cole and Ella Emhoff -- called the attacks "baseless."
"For over 10 years, since Cole and Ella were teenagers, Kamala has been a co-parent with Doug and I," she said. "She is loving, nurturing, fiercely protective, and always present. I love our blended family and am grateful to have her in it."
Ella Emhoff shared her mother's statement on Instagram, writing, "I love my three parents."
Harris' stepchildren refer to her as "Momala." Harris has referred to the clan as a "modern family."
First Jewish spouse of a vice president
Emhoff is the first Jewish spouse of a vice president, and he could become the first Jewish spouse of a president.
During a call with the Jewish Democratic Council of America on Wednesday afternoon, Emhoff praised Harris' record on issues that matter to the Jewish community, including antisemitism andIsrael.
"I'm just gonna keep living openly like a Jew and maybe there'll be a Mezuzah on the White House, just like there is on the vice president's residence," he said.
Emhoff's fight against antisemitism has been at the forefront of his duties as second gentleman. Harris has repeatedly been called antisemitic by Trump.
In fact, Trump said Wednesday in North Carolina that Harris is "totally against the Jewish people," criticizing her for not attending Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to Congress due to a prior campaign commitment.
Emhoff elaborated on other issues important to him, including gender equality and access to justice.
"As first gentleman, I'm gonna continue to speak out in support of that equity," he said.
