Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff’s Scandal Threatens Harris’ Presidential Run

Bill Maher of “Real Time” questioned if it was appropriate for the liberal media to continue ignoring the developing controversies surrounding Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.

“There’s a lot of scuttlebutt in the news this week about Doug Emhoff’,” Maher said in a panel discussion on Friday’s “Overtime” online segment of his HBO show.

“If people don’t know what’s going on, the Daily Mail is reporting that three women [Emhoff’s ex-girlfriend] talked to contemporaneously, which has been the standard very often in these cases, that she said back in, I think, 2011 or something, they were at the Cannes Film Festival. He slapped her. He thought she was flirting with the valet.”

“He knocked up the nanny, right? That’s confirmed,” conservative radio host Buck Sexton chimed in.

Maher responded with a chuckle, “That’s confirmed. He knocked up the nanny. What I’m saying is, if this becomes more credible- and we don’t know yet.

“I mean, a lot of the conservative outlets still aren’t reporting it, so I wouldn’t go after anybody for not reporting it yet because these things have to be checked out.

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“But if it becomes more credible, certainly on the level of Brett Kavanaugh, which was that kind of thing was reported by everybody pretty quickly. Does the liberal media keep ignoring it?”

“Yes, they will. Absolutely,” Sexton answered.

“Wouldn’t that make it look worse?” Maher then asked.

CNN anchor Laura Coates responded, saying it is “prudent” for the media to be “cautious” about such serious allegations as those against Emhoff “until you have the supporting details,” and that it is “fair” to investigate the claims.

Coates also said, “What I don’t think is fair is to, and I’m consistent on this on all accounts, is to tar and feather without more,”

“I think you have to give information to people, and you have to actually do your homework and background.

“I don’t think by not reporting- and again, I’m not familiar with all of the allegations that are involved here, but I think it is appropriate to investigate as it is appropriate to be cautious before you simply put something into the ether that has those substantiations.”

Tim Alberta, an Atlantic staff writer, described the Emhoff affair as “a problem” for Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, which she will have to deal with “right now.”

Alberta said, “Regardless of what’s confirmed or not confirmed, I think that there is now a little bit of blood in the water.

“The nanny thing was the first drop. And now there’s some more. And it’s not gonna be long now. I can guarantee you that there are investigative teams at The Times and The Post and elsewhere that are looking into it.”

Doug Emhoff’, who was hailed by the media as a strong example of masculinity, has been embroiled in scandal in recent weeks. Emhoff admitted to having an extramarital affair with the family nanny and getting her pregnant, which led to the dissolution of his marriage to his first wife, Kerstin Emhoff.

“During my first marriage, Kerstin and I went through some tough times on account of my actions. I took responsibility, and in the years since, we worked through things as a family and have come out stronger on the other side,” Emhoff said in a statement.

The Daily Mail then followed with reports laying out damning allegations, including him “forcefully slapping” his then-girlfriend in 2012 as well as him engaging in “inappropriate” and “misogynistic” office behavior during his tenure leading the LA law firm Venable from 2006 to 2017.

Almost every media interviewer has skirted the matter totally when sitting down with Emhoff since the controversies arose, but when MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough generally cited “tabloid stories” about him, the second gentleman did not dispute the charges.

“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,” Emhoff told Scarborough last week.

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