Rudy Giuliani
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Caroline Rose Giuliani, the daughter of Rudy Giuliani, is endorsing Kamala Harris this November. Caroline’s stance is in stark contrast to her father who has been a staunch supporter and ally of former President Donald Trump for several years. 

Caroline, 35, wrote an article for Vanity Fair yesterday. She laid out her reasons for favoring Harris. Beyond Harris’s policies and politics, Caroline also had personal reasons for rejecting Donald Trump. She pointed to the impact Trump had on her father, and how that had changed their relationship. 

Caroline Giuliani writes of how she finds it hard to believe that many people want Donald Trump back in the White House. 

“There are unmistakable reminders of Trump’s destructive trail all around us, and it has broken my heart to watch my dad become one of them,” she says.

Rudy Giuliani’s downfall

Rudy Giuliani’s downfall since Trump left office has been unrelenting. 

He is currently estimated to be around $148 million in debt after he lost a defamation case brought against him by election workers in Georgia.

Last December, he filed for bankruptcy. He is currently trying to sell his Manhattan home. He also has a residence in Florida.

Giuliani is also among those facing charges in Georgia and Arizona relating to alleged election interference.

He has been barred from working as an attorney in New York and Washington DC. 

“Watching my dad’s life crumble since he joined forces with Trump has been extraordinarily painful, both on a personal level and because his demise feels linked to a dark force that threatens to once again consume America,” daughter Caroline writes. “Not to disregard individual accountability in the slightest, but it would be naive for us to ignore the fact that many of those closest to Trump have descended into catastrophic downward spirals.”

“Destruction”

She explains how hard it has been to write the piece for Vanity Fair, and she doesn’t want to appear to kick her father when he’s down. However, she believes the stakes for the U.S. are too high not to speak out. 

She goes on to detail how her father had told her he was considering working for Trump, and how she’d implored him not to do so. He went ahead and did so anyway. 

“I had no idea how much destruction my father would come to face due to his one-sided fealty to a con-man … But nothing I have experienced prepared me for the very public and relentless implosion of my father’s life.”

She says that as her father became more sucked into Trump’s world, their moments of connection became more fleeting. 

“It dawned on me that I’ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too.”

“Trump being the president was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nation’s modern history.”

Reproductive rights

Caroline Giuliani points to Roe v. Wade and attacks on women’s rights as one of the driving factors behind her endorsement of Harris. She also fears how Trump, “A 34-time convicted felon”, may rig the justice and electoral system in his favor if he wins again. 

Instead, she regards Harris as, “a life-long public servant who has spent her career upholding justice and fighting for those who cannot fight for themselves.”

She ends with a bleak warning.

“Take it from me, Trump destroys everything he touches. I saw it happen to my family. Don’t let it happen to yours, or to our country.”

Online, many expressed sympathy for Caroline Giuliani. Others argued that Rudy Giuliani only has himself to blame for where he now finds himself.

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