From WNYC Studios. I'm Brian Lehrer. This is my daily politics podcast. It's Wednesday, August 21st.

So an intermarriage of any kind can be a complicated thing for the couple, right, and for both families. And there's

an intermarriage in the national spotlight right now with Kamala Harris, of course, being the

Democratic presidential nominee. She of Jamaican and Indian immigrant parents is married to white

Jewish-American male, Doug Emhoff. But when Emhoff spoke at the Democratic Convention last night,

it wasn't about any of that that other people may be thinking about or projecting onto him or to her.

It was simply about Kamala Harris as a great stepmom to his kids with very close relationships

during their 10-year marriage, as in this one-minute story from

just the other day that he told from the convention stage.

A few days ago, during this incredible time we're going through, there was a brief window

when Kamala was back at home. And I saw her sitting on her favorite chair, and in the middle of a

wild month, I just hoped that she was having a quiet moment to herself. But then I realized

she was on the phone. And of course, my mind went to all the potential crises that the vice

president could be dealing with. Was it domestic? Was it foreign? Was it

campaign? I could see she was focused, and all I knew was that it must be something important.

And it turns out it was. Ella had called her. That's Kamala. That's Kamala. Those kids are our priorities, and that scene was a

perfect map of her heart. She's always been there for our children, and I know she'll always be there

for yours, too.

Thank you. children, and I know she'll always be there for yours, too. Doug Emhoff, who may go from second gentleman to first gentleman next January,

depending on how the election turns out, using the personal side of trusting Kamala Harris

with his family as a way to say, America, you can trust

her to do right by yours. And there we begin our Democratic Convention conversation for today.

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