{"id":2353807,"date":"2024-10-11T15:25:58","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emhoff-says-allegations-about-his-personal-life-a-distraction-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-11T15:27:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:27:41","slug":"emhoff-says-allegations-about-his-personal-life-a-distraction-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/emhoff-says-allegations-about-his-personal-life-a-distraction-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Emhoff says allegations about his personal life &#8216;a distraction&#8217; &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Femhoff-says-allegations-about-his-personal-life-a-distraction-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2353807&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gov-newsom-lifts-calif-lockdown-orders-amid-mounting-backlash\/\" title=\"Gov. Newsom lifts Calif. lockdown orders amid mounting backlash\">recent interview<\/a> on MSNBC&#8217;s *Morning \u200dJoe*, Doug Emhoff, the Second \u2063Gentleman and husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, addressed allegations \u200dregarding their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jada-pinkett-smith-says-she-and-will-smith-have-been-separated-since-2016\/\" title=\"Jada Pinkett Smith: We&#039;ve been &#039;separated&#039; since 2016.\">personal \u200blives<\/a>, which\u200c he described as &#8220;misinformation&#8221; \u200baimed \u200cat distracting from the presidential campaign. Emhoff stated that \u2063he and\u200d Harris do not allow \u2062these distractions to\u200b derail \u2062their focus on\u2062 the election. He responded to host Joe Scarborough&#8217;s inquiry about Donald Trump&#8217;s reluctance to debate Harris again, suggesting that Trump prefers\u2062 to circulate \u200bfalse narratives instead. Emhoff\u200b emphasized that they remain committed\u2064 to their campaign, dismissing the\u200c claims against them as attempts to &#8220;get us off our game.&#8221; The discussion also touched on a recent report alleging past \u200bmisconduct by Emhoff, which he \u200bdid\u2062 not directly address in this context.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Emhoff says allegations about his and Harris&rsquo;s personal lives &lsquo;a distraction&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1833757\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Second gentleman <a href=\"https:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-emhoff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Doug Emhoff<\/a> claims that he is not letting &ldquo;misinformation&rdquo; about his and his wife, Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a>&lsquo;s, past life &ldquo;distract&rdquo; her presidential campaign.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>In an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/morning-joe\/watch\/second-gentleman-doug-emhoff-trump-won-t-debate-again-because-he-lost-the-first-time-221493829871\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"excerpt\">excerpt<\/a> of an interview for MSNBC&rsquo;s&nbsp;<em>Morning Joe<\/em>&nbsp;shared on Friday, Emhoff was asked about why he believes former President Donald Trump does not want to debate Harris again. He claimed that the former president would rather spread a &ldquo;fog of misinformation and disinformation and gaslighting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC host Joe Scarborough then said how Trump had mentioned the &ldquo;tabloid stories&rdquo; about Emhoff&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cut-off-from-campaign-cash-omars-husband-turns-to-booze-biz\/\" title=\"Cut Off from Campaign Cash, Omar\u2019s Husband Turns to Booze Biz\">personal life<\/a> and Harris&rsquo;s past personal life as part of the alleged &ldquo;disinformation,&rdquo; and Scarborough asked Emhoff how he is able to &ldquo;stay disciplined&rdquo; with the claims levied at him and his wife.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We don&rsquo;t have time to be pissed off. We don&rsquo;t have time to focus on it; it&rsquo;s all a distraction. It&rsquo;s designed to try to get us off our game,&rdquo; Emhoff responded.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/msnbc\/embedded-video\/mmvo221493829871\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The second gentleman maintained that those efforts do not get them off of their &ldquo;game,&rdquo; noting that &ldquo;all we talk about is this election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>A <em>Daily Mail<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-13898791\/Kamala-Harris-husband-Doug-Emhoff-accused-ex-girlfriend-slap.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">report<\/a> alleged that Emhoff forcefully struck his then-girlfriend in 2012 while at an event in France, citing three friends of the woman. Emhoff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.semafor.com\/newsletter\/10\/03\/2024\/family-feud\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"report\">denied<\/a> the allegations of the report via a spokesperson to <em>Semafor<\/em>. Harris and Emhoff began dating in 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Trump bemoaned Emhoff being used as a male role model by the Harris campaign while being <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/10\/08\/us-news\/trump-rips-media-silence-on-doug-emhoff-abuse-claim-says-itd-be-greatest-story-in-the-last-five-years-if-he-was-accused\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"interviewed\">interviewed<\/a> by Ben Shapiro, noting a different MSNBC interview by Jen Psaki that did not address the allegations. The former president said that if those allegations were made about him, then &ldquo;it would be the greatest story in the last five years.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump has also previously mentioned Harris&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/1987530\/84-year-old-ex-san-francisco-mayor-so-what-if-i-dated-kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"relationship\">relationship<\/a> with former San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown in the 1990s as a means of attacking his opponent&rsquo;s career.<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC said the full interview with Emhoff will air Monday on <em>Morning Joe<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1833757\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1833757\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Emhoff calls personal life allegations &#8216;a distraction<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2638,"featured_media":2353808,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/doug-emhoff-allegations-2024-election.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[5609,5843,20490,42827,32076],"class_list":["post-2353807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-allegations","tag-distraction","tag-emhoff","tag-personal-life","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/doug-emhoff-allegations-2024-election.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2638"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353807\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2353808"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}