Doug Emhoff to become the first Second Gentleman: what his position signifies to the country
Itâs the term of firsts: the first female vice president, Kamala Harris and as a result: first Second Gentleman, Doug Emhoff. 23ABCâs Kristin Vartan tells what Doug Emhoff s inaugural position will signify to the whole country.
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Before there was âBuild Back Better,â future Vice President, Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff have been building a life together as husband and wife. 23ABC political analyst and CSUB professor, Dr. Jeanine Kraybill said that Emhoff has expressed his intentions to continue to be that support system to his wife while sheâs in office. For the American people, she explained, it will set a multitude of examples.
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Douglas Emhoff, US Vice President Kamala Harris, Dr Jill Biden and US President Joe Biden look down the National Mall as lamps are lit to honour the nearly 400,000 American victims of the coronavirus pandemic at the Lincoln Memorial
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Between restrictions on account of the pandemic and high security after the pro-Trump riots in the Capitol earlier this month, incoming President Joe Biden’s inauguration will certainly be an atypical affair. There’ll be no mass public gatherings, no lavish Inauguration Balls and outgoing President Donald Trump has refused to even attend – a historical rarity.
Good day to our nation s very first Second Gentleman of the United States. Vice President Kamala Harris s husband of six years, Douglas Doug Emhoff, is following in his wife s history-making footsteps as the first man to occupy the space of spouse to the vice president (or president, for that matter).
Here s everything you need to know about Emhoff as he and his wife enter office. Kamala Harris Doug Emhoff He s Making History Twice Over
In addition to being the nation s first Second Gentleman, Emhoff is also the first Jewish spouse to a U.S. vice president.
Emhoff, Harris, and their big modern family celebrate both Hanukkah and Christmas.