Doug Emhoff likens frustrated parents at school board meetings to Holocaust: ‘Hate’
Ryan King
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Vice President Kamala Harris‘s husband, Doug Emhoff, drew parallels between divisions that have flared up at school board meetings with the hatred that led to the Holocaust.
Emhoff, who has made combating antisemitism a top subject, made the remarks while recounting his recent trip to Eastern Europe during a discussion with Symone Sanders, a former aide to the vice president.
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“I met one woman who was saved in the Holocaust in Germany, settled in Ukraine, and is now a refugee again back in Berlin,” Emhoff recounted. “Hate is interconnected. You see it in the discourse in the country right now. You see it in the divide that we have. Just going to school meetings, you see that hate that is out there.”
Over recent years, disputes have emerged at school board meetings in which parents and activists have pushed back against certain types of classroom education on race and other hot-button topics.
Congressional Republicans have scrutinized the Biden administration over a Justice Department memo calling for the FBI to investigate alleged threats to school board officials. The memo was featured prominently in the recent congressional hearing about the “weaponization” of the FBI.
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“We’ve got to step up and speak out, and we’ve got to call out the cowards out there. People, as my wife would say, ‘these so-called leaders,'” Emhoff added. “You can’t be in leadership if you’re not going to lead.”
“Not speaking out on trying to overthrow the government, trying to ban books — all these things that are ridiculous and that a vast majority of people in this country disagree with,” Emhoff further contended. “These people just sit there, and they don’t say a word!”
Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), in particular, has championed the use of government policy to ensure that parents have the right to push back against books in classrooms that contain explicit content.
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When asked about what he viewed as the most surprising thing about Harris that people didn’t realize, Emhoff quipped, “She’s exceedingly normal.”
Emhoff also stressed that he wants “more Kamala Harrises” in government and the military, calling for increased diversity and representation for women.