ISSUE III: For four years, Doug Emhoff occupied a role with no rulebook. To be a political spouse is to inhabit a paradox—often autonomous professionals yet ethically-restrained actors, private breadwinners yet public emissaries, and public fixtures yet powerless spectators. Doug Emhoff, the first man to hold the role of Second Gentleman, spent four years navigating and rewriting what that could look like. He made his ‘unofficial office’ title into both a platform for his own advocacy and a deliberate conduit for advancing the work of the Biden Administration.
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Thrilled to have my friend Doug Emhoff stop by our event last night. As the first Second Gentleman, he was a tremendous champion against antisemitism and for inclusion and democracy.
Following Attorney General Pam Bondi’s highly charged and confrontational testimony before Congress, former second gentleman and law professor Doug Emhoff had strong words for Bondi’s leadership of the Justice Department, saying “All Americans, wherever you are, whatever political party… should be very concerned about a performance like that.”
I am so proud to have the support of my former boss, Doug Emhoff. Let’s go win this thing. If you’re with Doug and me, donate here: KillinForColorado.com/donate
