Doug Emhoff is America's first second gentleman. In Paris, he showed what that means

[babylonsister]

Doug Emhoff is America's first second gentleman. In Paris, he showed what that means
November 14, 20217:00 AM ET
Asma Khalid - 2016 - square


It was a light-hearted moment at the end of the first diplomatic trip abroad for Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff.

Before she got on Air Force Two to return to Washington, Harris, who loves to cook, made a quick stop at E. Dehillerin, the iconic purveyor of cookware.

"I am looking around, but I want to buy a pot," Harris told the pool of reporters in tow, as she gazed up at rows and rows of copper pots hanging from pegboard, and Emhoff awkwardly stood by.

One asked whether the second gentleman is a good cook. "He's an apprentice," Harris said, chuckling. "She taught me during COVID," Emhoff said, "out of necessity after almost burning down our apartment, then I got a little bit better."

This was one of many examples where Emhoff, on his first diplomatic trip abroad with the vice president, showed how he is taking a very traditional approach to the unpaid and unheralded role as second spouse — and yet using it to send a message about gender equity, which he has chosen as a key priority.

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[jalan48]

1. They have to do their own cooking?

[lapucelle]

2. I think the VP likes to cook.

[LisaM]

8. Have to?

Cooking is a pleasure and privilege. Cleaning up, though....

[lapucelle]

9. I like to cook too, and you are right about it being a privilege many take for granted.

I have an old cookbook (from the turn of the last century) where the whole first chapter is about getting the fire started.

We take immediate coffee for granted as well.

[Silent3]

11. I'm happy some people enjoy cooking

I can’t say I’ve ever found it to be anything but work.

Then again, I enjoy computer programming, which I’m sure is nothing but drudgery for some people, so to each their own.

Any of it, cooking, programming, or anything else, often has not-so-fun parts you’ve got to push through to get to the good stuff.

[smirkymonkey]

19. I love to cook! It's almost meditative for me, and definitely a creative outlet.

I rarely use recipes, unless I am baking. I see them as "suggestions" when I am cooking.

The only reason I don't cook more is because I am only one person and can never eat everything I do cook (It's hard for me to cook for one) and because I really hate cleaning up, especially washing dishes.

This is the second apartment without a working dishwasher. They gave me a new stove and fridge when I moved in, but they said that it would be too much trouble to replace the DW since it was an old one and they would have to go in and knock down the wall behind it, blah, blah, blah.

[lapucelle]

10. ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/11/27/kamala-harris-talks-turkey-literally/

[helpisontheway]

18. She released videos of her cooking with Sen Mark Warner during her primary campaign nt

[malletgirl02]

3. Why should the

Second spouse be a paid position?

[csziggy]

15. Because they generally take on a lot of duties involving the social calendar of the VP

And also so they are not hurt if they had a separate career before their spouse became VP.

[twodogsbarking]

4. Smart people. Very smart.

Human too.

[FailureToCommunicate]

5. The times they are a changin'

Thank goodness.

[nakocal]

6. How fox news will cover this event

Kamala Harris (notice no title as Vice President) using taxpayer dollars to buy pot in Europe. Why not but American pot?

[3auld6phart]

17. Dang nit pickers

Some people gotta find something to whine about. You ,I and most others
would take time out to go shopping and pick up a souvenir of a trip. Most others
see no problem. But there is always someone has to nit pick.

[Upthevibe]

7. I love these two!

She really enjoys cooking (I've been following her since she became California's Attorney General).

He's currently a professor at Georgetown.

[DownriverDem]

12. Why are we constantly

told Harris isn't a good VP? I just don't get it.

[smirkymonkey]

20. Because she's a woman of color.

Of course she can't be any good! She's not a white male!

[packman]

13. I wonder how Fox is going to spin this?

Harris - American cookware not good enuff

Harris - Looking for a bigger pot to stew in

[AleksS]

14. Harris sneaks to Europe to buy pot.

Harris tries to buy pot in France.

[twodogsbarking]

16. Harris establishes drug cartel in France.

Uses home goods store as cover.

Fox.

[smirkymonkey]

21. Harris responsible for US Trade deficit with the European Union!

We could do this all day. See? It's easy to a mainstream journalist.