“First Gentleman Doug Emhoff is gonna make Melania Trump look like the lame duck First Lady that she was,” a social media user wrote pointing out Melania’s aloofness in sharp contrast with Doug’s enthusiasm.
“That’s all he’s got?” Doug said on Trump’s attack on his wife. “You heard the Vice President yesterday making the case against Donald Trump. Very clearly laid out the case, directly and in a compelling fashion. But she also laid out a vision for the future. A vision where there’s freedom. Where we’re not having to talk about these issues of today in this post Dobbs Hellscape that Donald Trump created,” Doug said.
“…We’re gonna prosecute the case against Donald Trump and his lies, his gaslighting, during COVID, the dereliction of duty, inciting an insurrection and all those other things,” he said.
Kamala Harris is likely to be the presidential candidate against Donald Trump after Biden opted out of the race. First Lady Dr Jill Biden has been a supporting spouse and so is Doug but Melania Trump has remained blink-and-miss so far in the campaign. Melania was present at the Republican National Convention after remaining MIA for quite some time except for issuing a statement after the assassination bid on her husband.
Who is Doug Emhoff?
If Kamala Harris contests and wins the presidential election, Doug Emhoff will become the country’s first-ever first gentleman. Doug, 59, is an eminent lawyer. Born in Brooklyn, raised in New Jersey and California, Jewish Doug met Kamala Harris in 2013 on a blind date arranged by a mutual friend.
Doug’s first marriage with Kerstin Emhoff lasted for 16 years, from 1992 to 2008. They are parents to Cole and Ella.