Kamala’s Husband Doug Emhoff Does Not Deny Allegations of Slapping Ex-Girlfriend
In a soon-to-be-released interview with MSNBC, Doug Emhoff, the husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, has not denied allegations made against him regarding a past incident in which he allegedly slapped his ex-girlfriend. The snippet of the interview, set to air on Monday on “Morning Joe,” has raised eyebrows, particularly given the serious nature of the claims.
The allegations, first reported by The Daily Mail, stem from a night out during the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, where three friends of the alleged victim, referred to under the pseudonym “Jane,” claim Emhoff struck her. The friends have reportedly provided photographs and other documentation to support their account of the incident.
While Emhoff did not respond directly to requests for comment from The Daily Mail, a spokesman for him stated to Semafor that the report was “untrue” and insisted that any suggestion that he has ever hit a woman is false. However, during the MSNBC interview, Emhoff did not specifically refute the allegations but instead described discussions about his personal life as a “distraction.”
“We don’t have time to be pissed off. We don’t have time to focus on it; it’s all a distraction. It’s designed to try to get us off our game,” he stated when pressed about the implications of the tabloid claims. His comments come amidst a backdrop of intense scrutiny over the personal lives of political figures, particularly in the context of a heated election season.
During the same interview, Emhoff was also questioned about former President Donald Trump’s decision to skip a second debate with Harris. He criticized Trump for spreading a “fog of misinformation and disinformation and gaslighting,” a sentiment echoed by co-host Joe Scarborough, who characterized the tabloid allegations about Emhoff as part of this “misinformation.”
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