Harris' Husband Will Join the Biden Administration

[applegrove]

Harris’ Husband Will Join the Biden Administration

November 10, 2020 at 3:00 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 114 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2020/11/10/harris-husband-will-join-the-biden-administration/

"SNIP.....

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, will leave his job as a partner with a high-profile law firm to focus on his role in the new Biden administration, the AP reports.

......SNIP"

[onetexan]

1. Yes! And don't anyone say no this is nepotism. Emhoff & Kamala & the Bidens are not grifters.

[Cha]

12. TY.. obviously Doug Emhoff is

super smart and will be an excellent addition to the Biden/Harris Admin.

just bc the traitor has his spawn in the WH is no reason to ban intelligent patriots on Biden's team.

[Laffy Kat]

2. Now watch the Trump team squawk about nepotism.

[bullimiami]

3. 3 2 1. Howls of "nepotism" from the right.

[exboyfil]

4. Well I am going to squawk about nepotism

I think it is a bad idea. Haven't we had enough of this already. Couldn't he work on voter registration or voter rights with some external organization.

[handmade34]

14. no talk of Emhoff

working in the Administration... the news I read is that he will work with the Transition team to help determine his/the new role of husband of the VP... seems sensible to me...

[exboyfil]

15. That makes sense

Given he is the first.

[Big Blue Marble]

18. I agree.

This is not a good look. We have screamed about nepotism for four years.
This seems hypocritical to me. There are plenty of talented people. It would be
better for him to find work in the private sector.

[handmade34]

19. there is no talk

of Emhoff working in the Administration (he will just help with the transition to help determine his new role)... this thread is like "telephone"

[Big Blue Marble]

21. That sounds a lot better. N/T

[Cirque du So-What]

5. I don't want to hear a GODDAMN thing from MAGAts

They lost that right when rump’s worthless spawn got on the grift to do essentially nothing beyond self-enrichment.

[fierywoman]

6. Shout back: highly qualified, inordinately competent and able to have security clearance.

[Boogiemack]

7. Trump has set the stage for Biden to do almost anything he damn well pleases. nt

[Cha]

13. Damn Straight.. & Biden will do it with

intelligence & finesse with the People, our Country, and the Planet in mind.

[exboyfil]

16. I am waiting for one of our Senators to bring a whiteboard into the Senate

and go through the list of things that it is apparently ok for the Executive branch to now do.


I would then like for him or her to mark through it and write THIS IS WRONG. Now what laws are we going to pass to make sure this never happens again?

[cwydro]

24. I don't think the buffoon is a good example for Biden to follow.

And I doubt seriously that he will.

[Ms. Toad]

8. Wonder what that role will be -

Even though Trump has been doing this for his entire term - I don't think it is a good idea if the suggestion is that he will be appointed to a position equivalent to Trump's children.

Since Dr. Biden plans to continue teaching - the role traditionally filled by the first lady might be open. (And anyone who suggests that a role traditionally filled by a female spouse or child is beneath Emhoff is itching for a fight since it has been filled by the likes of Hillary Clinton and Michelle Obama, who each have equivalent credentials.)

[BeeBee]

9. Do we know what the role will be?

As far as I can see, there is not any hint that this his role will be anything other than second spouse. That's like saying Mother's role is nepotism.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

10. Let them scream.

[Blasphemer]

11. The Court established that the FLOTUS can be involved in a policy task force.

I don't see why Second Gentleman cannot have some kind of formal role of that type. My issue with the Trump family was their utter lack of qualification.

[Totally Tunsie]

20. May I ask, please, what has been snipped from this article?

When I follow the link, I get only the one sentence you've posted, with no additional information.

I've noticed this also on other links to "Political Wire" that have been posted in the past...there's never any further information.

Is it [my] Operator Error?

[applegrove]

22. If you click on the AP link at the Political Wire site it takes you to:

https://apnews.com/article/joe-biden-donald-trump-politics-james-anderson-mark-esper-f342a84b930d3573ebaafd185db76021

Which is the Associated Press article. I post Political Wire links because their chosen articles are so salient i want them to get the traffic.

[Totally Tunsie]

23. Thanks for the clarification, but - Wow...

so I had to click on a link (your OP) to then again click on another link (AP) to get to a very long article through which to search for the one sentence you posted. It took a whole lot of reading to find that one sentence in that very long article to which your headline refers. That portion of the linked article was only four paragraphs and, according to forum rules, could have been posted in its entirety from the beginning.

To save others from the same fate:

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ husband, Doug Emhoff, will leave his job as a partner with a high-profile law firm to focus on his role in the new Biden administration.

A campaign spokeswoman said Tuesday that Emhoff will sever ties with DLA Piper by Inauguration Day. Emhoff took a leave of absence from the firm in August, when Harris was named Joe Biden’s running mate. Biden and Harris will be inaugurated Jan. 20.

While Emhoff is not a lobbyist, the firm has lobbied the federal government on behalf of a range of corporate clients. Ethics experts say that connection could have presented an appearance of conflicts of interest as the Biden administration tries to restore trust and ethics in government following President Donald Trump’s norm-shattering presidency.

Emhoff is working with the transition team to determine the issues he will take on as the vice presidential spouse. He is the first man to hold that role, as Harris is the nation’s first female vice president.

...and I guess that's why I dislike "Political Wire" as a source.

[applegrove]

25. Like i said i love them and their choices in the articles they promote.

I pay them too but want to give them the traffic so they can thrive and then DU can by promoting really interesting and timely ideas or events. It is all thought through. If it bugs you the political wire as a source is always given at the top of the links i post in the link and as Taegan Goddard so you can see it and skip it.

[Totally Tunsie]

26. I'm interested in the material you're posting, which is why I bother.

Would you consider posting more than just the one sentence (as I did) so that we don't have to go through the hunt to find the context related to your headline? That article went on forever - paragraph after paragraph - before reaching the small segment you referenced which I was interested in reading.

Thanks.

[applegrove]

27. I trust Goddard to pull out the most salient thing in the article over me.

Plus i want to give him the traffic. We need to support the sites we love any way we can or they may not make it.

[tman]

28. Business & pleasure is always a bad idea.

"but they did it" is always a bad retort.