Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff meets volunteers for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign in a field office in Allentown on Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024. (Capital-Star photo by Peter Hall)
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff will make an appearance in Pittsburgh on Friday, to deliver remarks at a get-out-the-vote concert for Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign. As first reported by the Capital-Star , the concert will feature musicians Jason Isbell, who performed on the opening night of the Democratic National Convention in August and has been a vocal supporter of Harris and other Democrats; and Michael Stipe, lead singer for R.E.M.,who has performed at campaign events in support of Harris, and stumped for U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders in 2016.
Emhoff has campaigned frequently for Harris in Pennsylvania, both with and without her; the day before the DNC, he joined Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and his wife Gwen Walz on a bus tour through western Pennsylvania , and has made solo campaign visits to Bucks County and Allentown. During the visit to Allentown , Pennsylvania’s largest city with a majority Latino population, Emhoff made the campaign’s pitch to Latino voters, visiting a field office and holding a rally. Harris, Emhoff said, would help families build generational wealth if elected president.