Kamala Harris's daughter Ella Emhoff responds to Trump’s comment that she is a “childless cat lady”
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Doug Emhoff’s daughter and ex-wife have spoken out against Ohio GOP Senator JD Vance following the resurfacing of his past remarks about Vice President Kamala Harris being childless.
In a 2021 interview with Tucker Carlson on Fox News, Vance — now the running mate of former President Donald Trump — referred to Harris as one of the “childless cat ladies” who “want to make the rest of the country miserable too.”
He added, “If you look at Kamala Harris, Pete Buttigieg, [Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez], the entire future of the Democrats is controlled by people without children.”
Harris is stepmother to Emhoff’s two children, Ella and Cole, who refer to the vice president as “Momala.”
In a statement to NBC News, Kerstin Emhoff described Vance's remarks as "baseless." She added, “For over 10 years, since Cole and Ella were teenagers, Kamala has been a co-parent with Doug and I. She is loving, nurturing, fiercely protective, and always present. I love our blended family and am grateful to have her in it.”
Ella Emhoff, 25, shared a screenshot of her mother's statement on her Instagram story, adding, “How can you be ‘childless’ when you have cutie pie kids like Cole and I?”
She also tagged her mother's Instagram handle, adding, “Say it louder for the people in the back.”