Yes….
He’s a lawyer and businessman….
And yea….
He’s a white Jewish guy….
And yea his wife would be the First woman Vice President in American history…
Yea she would be the second mixed race American that would be on the President/Vice President level of the United State of America’s government….
A lot of first’s , eh?
Her husband also represents a potentially gender-role-reversing and groundbreaking history maker. He’s the high-powered professional who has sidelined career to support his wife’s sky-high aspirations — even as his work life is creating a prickly conundrum over possible conflicts of interest if Harris takes office.
He would not only be the first male spouse of a vice president, making him — wait for it, the first second husband — but he has also become the Great Jewish Hope. A winning Democratic ticket would make him the first Jew in the quartet of presidents, vice presidents and their spouses. He’s been called a mensch so many times that it may as well be on his business cards.
“Obviously there’s a tremendous amount of nachas to have one of our own in that role,” says Alex Weingarten, a former Emhoff law partner who is a prominent leader in the Los Angeles Jewish community, invoking a Yiddish word for pride.
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-Fla.), who is also Jewish, envisions Emhoff as an antidote for “the poison that has infected the country.”….
Note….
Emhoff IS a lawyer….
There will be some dancing to do if his wife becomes the Vice President….
He’s Democrat…
Things will be different then they are for Donald Trump….
image…The List
CG says
Charles Curtis, Vice President under Hoover, would have to be considered “mixed race.”
jamesb says
Could have been…..
Yup…
jamesb says
Employment Update….
Harris’ Husband Will Join the Biden Administration
Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, will leave his job as a partner with a high-profile law firm to focus on his role in the new Biden administration, the AP reports.