Kamala Harris' husband Doug Emhoff quit his job to be 'second gentleman.' Spare him the pity.
He has an amazingly interesting wife, proximity to power and will get beautiful, free housing with excellent healthcare. Who wouldn't quit a job for that?
Nov. 22, 2020, 8:42 AM CST
By Jeb Lund
Politics incentivizes making simple questions complicated, so, inevitably, we will turn to asking whether Douglas Emhoff, a 56-year-old, robustly male American attorney who is permanently leaving his law firm for his wife's career, can handle the job of being married to Vice-President Elect Kamala Harris... which he already does.
It is not, in itself, a completely absurd question. Being the vice president's husband carries with it more burdens than the average lout married to more a capable woman; call it the Homer Simpson Continuum. There are more consequences to Doug than to the average husband of passing out on the lawn; he can't blast the Soviet national anthem from the grounds of the Naval Observatory to troll tourists; he must accept that his haircuts and suit designers, let alone which bands are on his weathered band T-shirts, will reflect both on him and his wife's office. "Risky Businessing" at the White House is totally out — unless it's a Twitter meme for charity, in which case Doug is permitted one full "Risky Business," as long as celebrity participation in the meme is more than a day old and the charity has a Guidestar Platinum rating. (I don't make the rules.)
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https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/kamala-harris-husband-doug-emhoff-quit-his-job-be-second-ncna1248435
