Kamala Harris is reportedly turning against her husband as she broods on her crushing election loss.
As the career politician contemplates her next move, she is sizing up whether Doug Emhoff will be a plus or a minus for her future ventures. According to some in her circle, Harris believes Emhoff is "dead weight" for her ambitions, the Daily Mail reported.
Emhoff caused headaches for Harris' presidential campaign after he was forced to own up to cheating on his first wife with his children's nanny. An ex-girlfriend of Emhoff's also accused him of forcefully slapping her in public.
"He comes up, turns me around by my right shoulder," the woman told Daily Mail.
"I'm completely caught off guard, I'm not bracing, I'm in four-inch heels, wearing a full-length gown and it's between 2-3am. He slaps me so hard I spin around, and I'm in utter shock."
Emhoff denied the assault, but the charges about his treatment of women clashed awkwardly with his image as a male feminist advocate - and Harris' appeals to female voters.
Harris had never run for office outside of liberal California, and she proved wobbly on the national stage, frequently dodging basic questions about her views and plans for the country. But that hasn't stopped Harris from searching for scapegoats for her crushing loss to Donald Trump.
"There's plenty of blame to go around as far as Kamala is concerned and Doug has his share," a source told Daily Mail.
"Doug did Kamala no favors during the election – frankly, he looked like a hypocritical a** after the bombshells that he had got his child's nanny pregnant while married to his first wife and assaulted his ex-girlfriend on the heels of his 'I am woman' crusade."
Harris has continued to appear with Emhoff for official events, including President Trump's second inauguration, where Harris sat stony-faced through Trump's scorching indictment of his predecessor's administration.
While she struggles to put on a happy face in public, Harris is preoccupied with her political recovery, creating tensions in her marriage.
Harris is no stranger to transactional relationships. Before her political rise as a prosecutor in California, she became known as the girlfriend of a much older man - former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown.
"I see the signs that all is not hunky dory in the Harris household," the source told the Daily Mail.
"It's not like she hasn't had men help further her political career before," the person added.
"But what does Doug do for her now?"
It's widely speculated that Harris is considering a run for governor of California in 2026, or another presidential run in 2028.
