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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe one endorsement that hit me in the heart
Today Barack and Michelle endorsed Harris. And that was a big deal. But we all saw that one coming a mile off. Ditto endorsements from Pelosi and congressional leaders Jeffries and Schumer.
But when JD Vance's hate-spewing weirdness punched the meanest was when he attacked Kamala as a childless cat lady with no stake in the future.
Nevermind the context of a climate denier attacking anyone else's commitment to protecting the future, he's essentially calling millions of Americans second class citizens. (He's actually proposed in the past that families get extra votes for having children!)
Responding to this ugly, divisive smear on childless American citizens, Doug Emhoff's daughter and his ex-wife posted beautiful tributes to Kamala's role as a ''third parent'' and co-parent in their blended family.
This punched me in the gut. Here are three women saying together "We will not be divided."
https://www.thedailybeast.com/ella-emhoff-claps-back-at-jd-vances-claim-that-kamala-harris-is-childless
Emhoff, 25, fired back after the video went viral following her stepmothers ascension to the top of the Democratic ticket for Novembers election.
How can you be childless when you have cutie pie kids like Cole and I 🤔, she wrote on her Instagram story.
https://sg.news.yahoo.com/kerstin-emhoff-scorches-gops-childless-204721719.html
Kerstin Emhoff, the ex-wife of second gentleman Doug Emhoff, shut down sexist attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday, rebuking conservatives description of the VP as childless.
Emhoff, a film and TV producer, shares two adult children with the second gentleman: Cole, 29, and Ella, 25.
These are baseless attacks, she told New York Times White House reporter Katie Rogers. For over 10 years, since Cole and Ella were teenagers, Kamala has been a co-parent with Doug and I.
http://youtube.com/post/UgkxzX1fYEdYSPw9jlqlgV0biF0D9-cWGtz9
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barbtries
(29,317 posts)who'da thunk it.
the endorsement that hit me the hardest, and meant and means the most because it gave us all permission to move on, is President Biden's. He's brilliant and a great president and person. History will record this. the timing was utterly flawless, whether by actual design or by a fluke.
TheKentuckian
(25,635 posts)a mother could give to their ex's spouse and children's step mom.
These things are often nasty and even if not it is still often a tall hill to climb to have anywhere near this level of mutual respect and a village really working together to rear children.
Harris has to be a great mother and Kerstin a strong minded and very good hearted woman.