Doug Emhoff wants credit for recording Kamala Harris saying 'We did it, Joe' in the viral 2020 election video
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- Second gentleman Doug Emhoff recorded the viral video of Kamala Harris saying "We did it, Joe!"
- The video captures the moment Harris learned that she and Biden won the 2020 election.
- Emhoff told The 19th's Jennifer Gerson in an interview that he wants credit for generating the meme.
First and foremost, second gentleman Doug Emhoff told The 19th's Jennifer Gerson that he wants his legacy to be "a man who was supporting his wife who was the first woman vice president."
But he also hopes that legacy includes credit for capturing the moment Kamala Harris learned that she and Joe Biden won the 2020 election, spawning endless "We did it, Joe" memes.
On November 7th, 2020, four days after the election, Harris and Emhoff were out on a jog when Biden called with the news that they were going to the White House.
"We did it. We did it, Joe," Harris said in the video. "You're going to be the next president of the United States."
—Kamala Harris (@KamalaHarris) November 7, 2020
The video and audio were widely shared and parodied on Twitter and TikTok. "We did it, Joe" has become a popular congratulatory phrase, earning a spot in Urban Dictionary. The 19th reports that White House staff, including Emhoff and Harris themselves, quote it often.
"It's a pretty iconic video — that I took," Emhoff told The 19th.