Her “Momala” Kamala Harris is firmly in the spotlight now that President Joe Biden has dramatically dropped out of the presidential race.
But for Ella Emhoff, Thursday’s routine was like any other: walking her dog Jerry and smoking a cigarette, accompanied by a Secret Service team.
But the tattooed 25-year-old stepdaughter of the likely Democratic presidential nominee stood out like a sore thumb in hipster Brooklyn thanks to the burly, preppy-dressed security duo following her around.
The bohemian model and artist, who lives in New York City, has been responding to criticism that the vice president has no biological children.
Asked about comments by JD Vance, the running mate of her stepmother’s rival Donald Trump, calling Harris a “childless cat lady”, she said it was “disturbing”.
She defended her ‘Momala’ on Instagram with the post: ‘How can you not have kids when you have such cute kids like Cole and I?’ along with the thinking emoji.
“I love all three of my parents,” Emhoff wrote.
His post came in response to a resurfaced 2021 clip of Vance criticizing Harris during a Fox News interview that has now gone viral.
Ella Emhoff was spotted in Brooklyn, New York, smoking a cigarette and with her dog Jerry while in the company of her Secret Service agents.
In the clip, Vance told former host Tucker Carlson that the United States was being run by “a bunch of childless, cat-loving women who are miserable with their own lives and the choices they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too.”
Vance, 39, specifically named Harris, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, who is also from the Big Apple.
‘The whole future of the Democrats ‘It’s controlled by people without children,’ Vance said. ‘What’s the point of us handing over our country to people who have no real interest in it?’
The video began circulating as Vance was named Trump’s vice presidential nominee and Harris secured enough delegates to become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, while Biden dropped out of the race on Sunday.
The tattooed 25-year-old stepdaughter of the presumptive Democratic nominee who will face Donald Trump in November took a stroll through Brooklyn on Thursday.
The model and artist, who lives in New York City, has been responding to criticism that the vice president does not have biological children.
Asked about comments from Trump’s running mate JD Vance, who called Harris a “childless cat lady,” she said it was “disturbing.”
She was spotted after defending her ‘Momala’ on Instagram with the post: ‘How can you not have kids when you have adorable kids like Cole and I?’ along with the pensive emoji.
Ella Emhoff defended her stepmother ‘Momala’ Kamala Harris in an Instagram Stories post as a video of JD Vance attacking the vice president for not having children went viral
Kamala Harris with her husband Doug Emhoff and their two stepchildren Cole and Ella. Harris married her father in 2014
Although Harris has not had any children, she has helped raise her two stepchildren, Ella and Cole, 30, who are children of her husband Doug Emhoff and his ex-wife Kerstin. Harris married Doug in 2014.
Doug Emhoff’s ex, Kerstin, also came to Harris’ defense with her own scathing response to the criticism.
“These are baseless attacks,” he said in a statement. “For over ten years, since Cole and Ella were teenagers, Kamala has co-parented with Doug and me. She is loving, protective and always there.”
“I love our blended family and am grateful to have her in it,” she continued.
Kerstin Emhoff has also posted numerous times in support of Harris’s presidential bid.
Ella Emhoff walks the runway at the Maisie Wilen show during New York Fashion Week in September 2022
Ella Emhoff’s Instagram post defending her stepmother from attacks on the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee
Doug Emoff’s ex-wife, Kertin Emhoff, also criticized the attacks on Kamala Harris, calling them baseless and praising Harris as a co-parent.
Vance’s video also received criticism from others, including actress Jennifer Aniston.
Aniston, 55, took to Instagram Stories on Wednesday with harsh words for Vance.
“I really can’t believe this is coming from a potential Vice President of the United States,” the Friends star wrote. “All I can say is… Mr. Vance, I pray your daughter is lucky enough to have children of her own one day.”
Artist and model Ella Emhoff, pictured above with her dog Jerry, on a trip to the beach and looking stylish on the ski slopes, has said of her upbringing: “I love all three of my parents.”
“I hope she doesn’t have to resort to IVF as a second option, because they are trying to take that away from her as well,” she continued.
Aniston, who currently stars on Apple TV+’s The Morning Show, has been candid about her fertility struggles and attempts to have a child over the years.
Another Democrat specifically named in Vance’s attack, Buttigieg, announced in September 2021 that he and his husband had adopted twin boys.
That announcement came more than a month before Vance made his comments.