{"id":2356397,"date":"2024-10-17T18:59:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-17T22:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doug-emhoff-predicts-more-dreidels-in-white-house-christmas-decor-if-harris-wins-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-17T19:00:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-17T23:00:22","slug":"doug-emhoff-predicts-more-dreidels-in-white-house-christmas-decor-if-harris-wins-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/doug-emhoff-predicts-more-dreidels-in-white-house-christmas-decor-if-harris-wins-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Doug Emhoff predicts \u2018more dreidels\u2019 in White House Christmas decor if Harris wins &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/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%2Fdoug-emhoff-predicts-more-dreidels-in-white-house-christmas-decor-if-harris-wins-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=2356397&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>Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala \u200dHarris, recently shared his thoughts on potential Christmas decorations at\u2064 the White House if Harris wins the 2024 presidential election during an interview with SiriusXM \u200dhost\u200d Andy Cohen.\u200d Emhoff, who identifies as Jewish, humorously \u200csuggested there might be &#8220;more dreidels&#8221; included in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/5-dead-more-than-40-injured-after-vehicle-plows-through-wis-christmas-parade\/\" title=\"5 dead, more than 40 injured after vehicle plows through Wis. Christmas parade\">holiday decor<\/a>. He affirmed his commitment to celebrate Christmas while possibly integrating some Jewish\u2064 elements like gelt, the chocolate coins traditionally given during Hanukkah. <\/p>\n<p>Harris previously mentioned her upbringing in a Black \u2064church, reflecting on her diverse cultural background. Emhoff also discussed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ga-poll-watcher-it-expert-non-trump-supporter-affidavit-sudden-surge-of-20000-mail-in-votes-for-biden-in-early-hours-on-nov\/\" title=\"GA Poll Watcher, IT Expert, Non-Trump Supporter Affidavit: Sudden Surge of 20,000 Mail-In-Votes For Biden In Early Hours On Nov\">social media<\/a> backlash the couple faced \u200dlast year for\u2063 not\u200b explicitly wishing people a &#8220;Merry\u2062 Christmas&#8221; in a holiday post, which they later addressed. As potential first gentleman, Emhoff indicated that combating antisemitism would \u2063be one\u2062 of his focus areas if his wife were to assume the presidency, highlighting his views on the \u2063ongoing challenges related to this issue.  <\/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\">Doug Emhoff predicts &lsquo;more dreidels&rsquo; in White House Christmas decor if Harris wins<\/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_1838613\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Second gentleman <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/doug-emhoff\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Doug Emhoff\">Doug Emhoff<\/a> told SiriusXM host Andy Cohen that Christmas decorations at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"White House\">White House<\/a> may include &ldquo;more dreidels&rdquo; if Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Kamala Harris\">Kamala Harris<\/a> wins the 2024 presidential election.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m a Jew who loves Christmas,&rdquo; Cohen said to Emhoff on Thursday while asking about the future of the Christmas decorations at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I will uphold my oath of office,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jewish\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Jewish\">Jewish<\/a> second gentleman responded.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s going to be Christmas. We may throw some gelt in there. Maybe a few more dreidels,&rdquo; Emhoff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.siriusxm.com\/player\/episode-audio\/entity\/3888f210-9826-8c65-fca1-5b4d71c959b0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said\">said<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>During an interview with radio personality Charlamagne tha God this week, Harris said she had <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/keithboykin\/status\/1846333183673225339\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title='grown up in \"a Black church\"'>grown up in &ldquo;a black church&rdquo;<\/a> and had attended 23rd Avenue Church of God in Oakland, California.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">First lady Jill Biden, President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff attend the lighting of National Christmas Tree on the Ellipse of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2022. (AP Photo\/Andrew Harnik)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Last year, Harris and Emhoff <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/kamala-harris-joe-biden-christmas-doug-emhoff-1855371\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"received criticism\">received criticism<\/a> for posting <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VP\/status\/1739074157894135899\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"a social media post\">a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media post<\/a><\/a> in front of a Christmas tree while writing in the caption, &ldquo;Wishing everyone a happy holiday season.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Say it&hellip;&hellip;. MERRY CHRISTMAS!&rdquo; some social media users <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DogRightGirl\/status\/1739075912413429781\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"responded\">responded<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Harris and Emhoff later <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/secondgentleman\/status\/1739353501967302874\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"posted\">posted<\/a> several &ldquo;Merry Christmas&rdquo; posts, including one of them cooking in their kitchen: &ldquo;Wishing a Merry Christmas to all those who like to cook and all those who like to eat.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The SiriusXM host continued to ask Emhoff if he had any &ldquo;causes&rdquo; he planned to take up as first gentleman if his wife were to win the election.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Well, we gotta win first in 19 or 20 days left, &ldquo;Emhoff said Thursday of the tight election.<\/p>\n<p>He did note the problem of &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/antisemitism\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"antisemitism\">antisemitism<\/a> has not gone away&rdquo; and said it will definitely be something that he will fight against in his possible new role.<\/p>\n<p>He told Cohen that Trump has exhibited antisemitism his &ldquo;whole career&rdquo; and will &ldquo;blame the Jews if he doesn&rsquo;t win.&rdquo; Emhoff omitted that Trump&rsquo;s daughter Ivanka and son-in-law Jared Kushner are Jewish and were instrumental in orchestrating the Abraham Accords, a landmark peace deal in the Middle East during the Republican&rsquo;s presidency. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In Kamala Harris, I didn&rsquo;t have to explain to her what a Jew was. She knew what I was,&rdquo; Emhoff said to Cohen.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Andy Cohen endorses Kamala Harris in new Instagram story with her husband Doug Emhoff. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AjYUwJAldH\">pic.twitter.com\/AjYUwJAldH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pop Crave (@PopCrave) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PopCrave\/status\/1846003749980196880?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 15, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cohen announced this week on social media that he was endorsing Harris for president and stated it was because he wanted his daughter &ldquo;to have jurisdiction over her own body&rdquo; and be able to &ldquo;make her own decisions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Women should have the right to do whatever the heck they want to do and I&rsquo;m here for my daughter,&rdquo; Cohen said, referencing Democratic concerns about abortion laws, adding, &ldquo;That&rsquo;s one of the reasons Kamala is getting my vote.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <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_1838613\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1838613\"}});<\/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>Doug Emhoff suggests &#8216;more dreidels&#8217; in White House decor if Harris wins<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2678,"featured_media":2356398,"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\/Christmas-at-White-House.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[43246,38766,32438],"class_list":["post-2356397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-christmas-decor","tag-doug-emhoff","tag-kamala-harris"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Christmas-at-White-House.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356397","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\/2678"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2356397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2356397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2356398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2356397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2356397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2356397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}