Kamala Harris: Ahead of Kamala Harris’ Acceptance Speech, Here’s Doug’s Birthday Message: “Forever”

vice-president Kamala Harris “She’s set to formally accept the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention tonight. But today also marks another special event in her life: On August 22, 2014, Kamala Harris and Doug Emhoff tied the knot. Ten years of marriage, forever. Happy anniversary, @VP. I love you,” Emhoff wrote on social media platform X on Thursday, alongside a video celebrating their romance.
The story is now well-known, as Emhoff recounted it at the DNC and joked that he first called Harris at 8:30 a.m. He said that every year on their anniversary, Kamala Harris plays him the first voicemail he ever left her. “But that’s not all I’ll hear. That night, I’ll hear my wife, Kamala Harris, accept your nomination for president of the United States. And with your help, she will lead with joy and tenacity, with compassion and conviction,” Doug said in his speech.
Kamala and Doug met on a blind date in 2013 through a client. “In 2013, I was in a confrontational meeting with a client. We worked it out, and at the end of the meeting, the client, now satisfied, offered to set me up on a blind date, which led to me getting Kamala Harris’ phone number,” he said.

“For generations, people have wondered when to call the person they’re in contact with, and no one ever suggested 8:30 a.m. And yet that’s when I dialed the number,” he said. “I got Kamala’s voicemail and I started rambling.”
“Kamala, who would normally be working hard at the office, happened to be waiting at her apartment for a contractor to come and do some work in her kitchen. I was eating at my desk, which was unusual for a busy lawyer like me who enjoys a good business lunch,” Emhoff said. “That’s when she called me back. We talked for an hour. We laughed. You know that laugh. I love that laugh. Maybe that counted as our first date, or maybe it was that Saturday when I picked her up and said, ‘Fasten your seat belts, I’m a terrible driver,’” he said.