Of his own. What is your job . He redefines an old role for a new generation. Theres this toxicity, this masculine idea of what a man is. A father. I really wanted a reminder of whats important to me. Who with the Vice President is marking many firsts. This is very emotional to be able to do this. While still trying to make time for each other. Were not each others chief of staff. Were husband and wife. Its the opportunity of a lifetime for the former Entertainment Lawyer who gave up his job to support his wife. Men need to support women. In this series we talked to people in politics and pop culture and find out what its like to be them. Now being the second gentleman. Whats it like to be the First Second Gentleman . Im only the First Second Gentleman because the country elected the first woman Vice President. So i look at it really mostly in that lens. Im here because im her husband. Im here to support her. So help me god. But hes also rewriting unspoken rules and roadmaps largely de
Emhoff isn t just the first second gentleman. he s the first jewish spouse of any president or vice president. american jews everywhere and everyone else around the world watching, it is such an honor to be here tonight as the first second gentleman of the united states. this is a first. this is a messusah. this is an entrance to fulfill the commandment of writing the will of god on the door post of their home. this has a lot of historic significance. it came from a temple in atlanta in which martin luther king preached at. i knew when we moved here we were going to have one. we did some research and came to our attention that this