Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has won the endorsement of Rudy Giuliani’s daughter, saying: I also can’t bear to lose my country because of him. ”
Caroline Rose Giuliani writes for Vanity Fair about how her father, once the former president’s personal lawyer and trusted advisor, became embroiled in the “destructive path” and turmoil of the Trump administration and its aftermath. lamented.
“Unfortunately, I am in a position to remind Americans how disastrous it is to engage with Trump, even for those who are convinced that he is on their side.” , writes Giuliani, a California-based filmmaker and activist. Because of her father’s political stance.
“I always ask myself how did America get back here after all the damage Donald Trump caused during and after his presidency, even considering the possibility of him being elected president again?” There are unmistakable reminders of Trump’s destructive footprint all around us, and it pains me to see my father become one of them.”
Rudy Giuliani, who became the hugely popular mayor of New York after leading the city through the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, has rejected Trump’s lie that his 2020 election loss was fraudulent. I paid a heavy price for spreading it.
Last week, he was permanently disbarred from practicing law in Washington, D.C., for leading a legal effort to overturn Joe Biden’s victory, and was awarded $148.1 million in damages to two Georgia election officials he defamed. Attempted to declare bankruptcy to avoid payment.
Caroline Giuliani said of Trump’s third term as president, “Watching my father’s life fall apart since he joined forces with Trump, on a personal level, and his death as an American It was also extremely painful because it felt like it was connected to dark forces that threatened to engulf the world once again.” Election as Republican candidate.
“While not completely ignoring personal responsibility, it would be naive to ignore the fact that many of those closest to Trump are in a destructive downward spiral. If we can get back in the driver’s seat, our country will no longer be an exception.”
She described her relationship with her father as “comic as a cartoon.”
“Despite his flaws, I love him. I’ve seen him experience surreal highs, and now unfathomable lows. The last thing I want to do is hurt him, especially when he’s already depressed,” she wrote. “And I don’t know how much time I have left to spend with my parents. All of that makes this the most difficult piece I’ve ever written. But in this moment and this election… is much bigger than any of us.”
She cited Harris’ positions on economic, foreign policy, and environmental policy, as well as reproductive rights, as reasons for her support.
“What we need is experienced, sane, fundamentally decent leaders who will fight for us rather than against us, and who will protect our democracy rather than dismantle it.” ” she wrote.
“As a newly engaged 35-year-old who would rather feel joy than fear about my own potential parenthood, I need to make a case for a future worth having children with.”
She also recalled how, at a New York City cigar bar, she learned that her father was considering becoming Mr. Trump’s lawyer and begged him to reconsider.
“Surrounded by thick smoke and people in power, I ugly cried for several minutes, then spent the next three hours pleading with my father to stop me from going down this morally dangerous path,” she wrote. .
She said being his daughter helped her see the flaws in Rudy Giuliani that “people blinded by celebrity didn’t see.”
She writes: “The more a father gets stuck in the quicksand of problems, the more fleeting the opportunity to connect as father and daughter becomes.
“After months of feeling the kind of grief that comes from the death of a loved one, I realized that I was also grieving the loss of my father to President Trump. I can’t stand it.”
