If you thought our vice-presidential cackler-in-chief had a tough time communicating— get a load of her hubby, Doug.
America’s maiden Second Gentleman is giving wifey Kamala a serious run for her money when it comes to spewing incomprehensible gobbledygook.
Call it a friendly family competition.
Usually, Doug Emhoff stays in the background, lest he overshadow Kamala’s overwhelming, um, ‘star power.’ But every so often, he emerges to faithfully regurgitate the latest progressive platitude.
Who can forget how in March he took on the fabricated non-issue of so-called ‘toxic masculinity?’
‘Has being second gentleman changed your view of perceived gender roles and what it means to be a man?’ asked MSNBC anchor Jonathan Capehart.
‘Oof,’ Emhoff emoted. ‘This is something I have thought about a lot… There’s too much of toxicity—masculine toxicity out there.’
Congrats, Doug—you’ve dutifully memorized that section of the woke catechism!
But witness how he performs when it comes to the stories and principles of our shared faith – Judaism.
‘In the Hanukkah story, the Jewish people were forced into hiding,’ Emhoff tweeted last night—before deleting it. ‘No one thought they would survive or that the few drops of oil they had would last,’ he went on. ‘But they survived and the oil kept burning.’
Uh, come again?
There was no ‘hiding’.
Witness how Doug performs when it comes to the stories and principles of our shared faith – Judaism. (Above) Since-deleted post by Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff on night of December 11, 2023
![Usually, Doug Emhoff stays in the background, lest he overshadow Kamala's overwhelming, um, 'star power.' But every so often, he emerges to faithfully regurgitate the latest progressive platitude. (Above) President Biden looks on as Emhoff lights the menorah during a Hanukkah Holiday Reception in the White House on December 11, 2023](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/12/20/78883449-12856283-image-a-2_1702413940659.jpg)
Usually, Doug Emhoff stays in the background, lest he overshadow Kamala’s overwhelming, um, ‘star power.’ But every so often, he emerges to faithfully regurgitate the latest progressive platitude. (Above) President Biden looks on as Emhoff lights the menorah during a Hanukkah Holiday Reception in the White House on December 11, 2023
Either Doug didn’t do the reading or the dim-witted social media intern who wrote this message failed to consult Wikipedia before posting.
On the contrary, the story of Hanukkah is one of a fierce Jewish revolt against the occupying Seleucid Empire, which sought to Hellenize the Jews and rid them of their Jewishness.
Rather timeless, no?
The revolt was led by Judah the Maccabee – Judah ‘The Hammer.’ I should know. My own Hebrew name is Yehoshua Binyamin Maccabee.
Now brace yourself, for the social media heresy continued. ‘During those eight days in hiding, they recited their prayers and continued traditions. That’s why Hanukkah means dedication,’ Emhoff wrote.
Wrong again!
In the Hanukkah tale, after Judah – the warrior – led the Maccabees to military victory over the much mightier Syrian-Greek occupiers, he cleansed the Second Temple in Jerusalem and rededicated it.
But the scant supply of oil they found, to relight the eternal flame of the Temple menorah, was only enough to burn for one night.
Miraculously, it lasted eight days.
Miss that day in Hebrew school, Emhoff?
Hanukkah celebrates two distinct miracles: the military victory and the oil. He swung and missed on both.
‘In these dark times,’ Emhoff’s post concluded, ‘I think of that story.’
Do you really? Because it’s completely inaccurate.
This one is so bad that it makes Kamala’s obsessive screeds about Venn diagrams sound like TED Talks.
We must ask ourselves: how in the world could the White House get this so wildly wrong?
!['In these dark times,' Emhoff's post concluded, 'I think of that story.' Do you really? Because it's completely inaccurate.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/12/12/20/78883933-12856283-image-a-4_1702414080577.jpg)
‘In these dark times,’ Emhoff’s post concluded, ‘I think of that story.’ Do you really? Because it’s completely inaccurate.
In Emhoff’s re-telling, the Jews aren’t observant and defiant, but meek and weak. And it’s not just that he distorted the holiday. He literally rewrote it.
Of course, it all makes sense.
As President Joe Biden reportedly tells his re-election campaign donors behind closed that Israel is ‘starting to lose’ international support in its war against Hamas terrorists, and after Kamala Harris lectures the country about the dangers of Islamophobia, the White House thought that maybe Doug could bolster their support among Jews, who feel increasingly abandoned.
But they just couldn’t bring themselves to tell the story of proud, brave Jewish warriors, refusing to be cowed and fighting for their homeland, their way of life, and their God.
That would go against The Narrative.
So now, as ‘Squad’ Democrats accuse the Jewish State of war crimes and college administrators balk at condemning on-campus calls for the genocide, the Second Gentleman shouldn’t make too much trouble.
A little edit here. A bit of revisionism there. And proof, the story of Hanukkah becomes one of a docile people content with victimhood.
After all, to the progressive Left, we’re all victims.
Except, of course, when Jews are ‘oppressors.’
You see — it all ‘depends on the context.’
Curious, that.
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