Emhoff on Trump’s personal attacks of Harris: ‘As a husband, it pisses me off’ but ‘we cannot be distracted by it’
Doug Emhoff, the second gentleman, said former President Trump’s personal attacks against his wife, Vice President Harris, make him angry, but they can’t let it distract them from the goal of winning the White House.
“As a husband, it pisses me off. But as a first gentleman, someone who hopes to be the first gentleman, married to the next president of the United States, we cannot be distracted by it,” Emhoff said Thursday evening on MSNBC’s “The Last Word.”
Host Lawrence O’Donnell asked Emhoff about the continued attacks from Trump. The former president has slammed Harris, saying he has low intelligence and is incapable of leading the country, among other things.
The vice president hasn’t let Trump’s comments sway her on the campaign trail, and Emhoff argued Thursday that they cannot let Trump win in the battle of criticisms.
“No matter how I feel about it as her husband, I’ve got to put it to the side so we don’t get distracted. So, we focus on this mission of getting her elected and that’s what we’ve done for these 14 and a half weeks. That’s what we’re going to do for these next four or five days because we know how important this election is,” Emhoff said.
He continued, noting that he and his family have put “everything” into Harris’s short-lived campaign since President Biden dropped out of the race in late July.
“She’s been there for me and my family, she’s going to be there for you and your family,” he said. “So, we’re not going to let anything get in our way.”
Emhoff said the campaign and the presidential election are the “only thing we talk about” and the “only thing we focus on.”
“We’re not going to let anything stop her from getting the truth out there and making sure that she is elected as the next president,” he said.
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