In an 11th-hour bid to court the Jewish vote, Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff made an impassioned pitch to Pennsylvania voters Sunday on the sixth anniversary of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting.

“Let me be direct and answer the question that Jews have asked for generations. Yes, she feels it in her gut. Kamala feels it, as we say, in her kishkes,” Emhoff told the crowd. “I know it’s in her soul. I know she feels what you and I and Jews across America are feeling today. She gets it. And to tell you the truth, it’s not because she married a nice Jewish boy.”

Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue was the scene of a horrific mass shooting on October 27, 2018, when gunman Robert Bowers entered the building armed with an AR-15-style rifle and opened fire on the congregation. Eleven worshippers were killed, and four police officers who responded to the scene were among the many injured.

“After Charlottesville, after the Tree of Life, after Oct. 7, after Hamas brutally executed Hirsch and the other hostages, the person I turned to and talked to was my wife. She and I grieved together,” he recalled.

Emhoff also took sharp aim at former President Trump, warning that “whenever chaos and cruelty are given a green light, Jew-hatred is historically not far behind.” He referenced a recent report from The Atlantic where Trump allegedly said, “I need the kind of generals that Hitler had,” urging voters: “When Donald Trump says something unhinged, do not roll your eyes. Roll up your sleeves.”

The timing of the 2nd Gentleman’s address comes as both the Harris and Trump campaigns vie for Jewish support in the seven battleground states. Pennsylvania has some 300,000 voting-age Jewish residents which could prove decisive as only 80,000 votes separated Biden and Trump in 2020.

While Jewish voters have historically aligned with Democrats, with roughly 70% supporting Biden in 2020, the landscape is more complex. Recent polling by Nishma shows Harris maintaining backing from more than two-thirds of Jewish voters, though Orthodox Jews overwhelmingly favor Trump, with 77% support.