Second gentleman Doug Emhoff did an interview with MSNBC’s Jen Psaki this weekend. The 2 lined a variety of matters, together with reproductive rights and antisemitism on the suitable.
Emhoff has publicly advocated for males to step up and be extra proactive within the battle for abortion rights, one thing he says goes again to his relationships with the ladies in his life.
“After the Dobbs decision came down. [Kamala] called me right away. She was actually on Air Force Two and said, ‘Dougie, they actually did it,’” Emhoff recalled.
Emhoff relayed how shortly after he spoke along with his spouse, his then-23-year-old daughter Ella texted “We need to fight.” He obtained the same response from his mom. “My 80, now 83-year-old mother is somehow going to enjoy more rights than Ella? It’s wrong.”
“That is all due to Donald Trump,” Emhoff stated. “He ran on a platform of appointing Supreme Court justices who would overturn Roe v. Wade. They did just that. And he is for a national abortion ban.”
“Make no mistake: The place he says, ‘I will be the protector of women,’ that’s but extra lies and extra gaslighting,” Emhoff continued. “We should be furious about this gaslighting and furious and turn this anger into action. “
Emhoff additionally advised Psaki concerning the first time he met Gwen Walz, backstage in Philadelphia the place her husband, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, was to be launched as Harris’s operating mate. It was a whirlwind and overwhelming expertise Emhoff knew nicely. “I said, ‘Look, nice to meet you. We have, we went through this exact same thing, four years ago. I know exactly how you’re feeling and just how Jill [Biden] was there for me, and said, ‘don’t worry, I’ve got your back.’”
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