Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Wednesday introduced first gentleman Doug Emhoff as the ideal representation of masculinity during a campaign event in Las Vegas for her wife Kamala Harris.
“He’s not afraid to embody and pass on these values of safety and this idea that you can let your daughter shine,” Ocasio-Cortez (D-New York) said to a room full of college students. University of Nevada, Las Vegas. , according to the Daily Mail.
“And he embodies that very well. We should all be really, really proud of him.
The “crew” member praised Emhoff’s example of masculinity less than a week after an alleged ex-girlfriend identified only as Jane came forward and said he slapped her in the face. 2012 Cannes Film Festival after believing she was flirting with the valet.
Emhoff vehemently denied the accusations.
“Any suggestion that he hit or has ever hit a woman is false,” a spokesperson for the second man told Semafor.
Ocasio-Cortez did not respond to the allegation, but instead praised Emhoff for bringing Harris up.
“He is able to stand with the vice president and lift her up instead of putting her down,” she said, according to the outlet. “And he knows that by elevating women, he is also elevating those around him. He’s not afraid to be the father of a powerful daughter and a great son.
The congresswoman, who represents parts of Queens and the Bronx, also noted that this election cycle has shown all kinds of “bad examples” of masculinity and “a lot of misogyny,” the Mail reported.
“There are a lot of ideas about what being a man means putting down a woman or putting down gay people,” she was quoted as saying.
“And this idea that in order to elevate a person’s worth, we have to diminish the people around us.”
“But Doug is really the contrast — the second gentleman is a real contrast to that,” Ocasio-Cortez said.
