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    Rudy Giulianiā€™s daughter issued a stark warning about a second Trump presidency, using her fatherā€™s ā€œimplosionā€ as an example of what happens when someone is caught up in the former presidentā€™s ā€œdestructive trailā€.

    Giuliani has gone from a revered prosecutor and New York mayor that led the city through the devastation of the 9/11 attacks to a bankrupt and disbarred attorney since becoming one of Trumpā€™s staunchest allies.

    This fall from grace exemplifies how Donald Trump ā€œdestroys everything he touchesā€, according to Caroline Giuliani.

    ā€œWatching my dadā€™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,ā€ the 35-year-old wrote inVanity Fair Monday.

    The writer and filmmaker said her fatherā€™s very public ā€œimplosionā€ has only caused her already ā€œcartoonishly complicated relationshipā€ to become more fraught.

    Caroline wrote: ā€œAfter months of feeling the type of sorrow that comes from the death of a loved one, it dawned on me that Iā€™ve been grieving the loss of my dad to Trump. I cannot bear to lose our country to him too.ā€

    She recalled when her father told her at a Fifth Avenue cigar bar that he was considering becoming Trumpā€™s personal lawyer. In response, she begged that he not ā€œgo down this morally perilous path,ā€ citing Trumpā€™s ā€œopen racism, rampant misogyny, and total lack of empathy.ā€

    ā€œI even told my dad that I already felt ashamed of my last name whenever I saw headlines connecting him with Trump, and that this escalation would only deepen that feeling,ā€ she wrote.

    But she wasnā€™t able to convince him. Rudy Giuliani was added to Trumpā€™s legal team in April 2018 during special counsel Robert Muellerā€™s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

    From November 2020 through February 2021, records suggest that Giuliani was tasked with a nationwide effort to try to overturn Trumpā€™s 2020 election loss.

    Those efforts have resulted in him being disbarred in Washington, DC and his home state of New York, and indictments in election-related lawsuits across the country. Giuliani was also found liable in a defamation suit that plunged him into bankruptcy.

    ā€œTrump being the president was the worst thing that ever happened to my dad, to my family, and to our nationā€™s modern history. The consequences will only be more severeā€”and irreversibleā€” a second time around,ā€ Caroline Giuliani wrote.

    Her article also referenced recent Supreme Court opinions, in part due to Trumpā€™s conservative appointees; New York court judgments against the former president; and his tendency to ā€œ[demean] people based on their race, sexuality, disability status, and gender.ā€

    Caroline Giuliani said that she would be voting for Democratic candidate Kamala Harris because ā€œshe is the only candidate who cares about my rights as a woman.ā€

    The younger Giuliani also mentioned the ā€œdraconianā€ abortion bans that have cropped up since the Supreme Court reversed Roe.

    These state-level bans are personal, she wrote. ā€œAs a woman in my 30s struggling with long-covid-related health issues, thereā€™s a possibility that my soon-to-be husband and I will need to rely on surrogacy or fertility treatments if we want to have children of our own.ā€

    She also praised Harrisā€™ position on fighting the climate crisis, calling her ā€œour only chance for a better future.ā€

    Caroline urged voters to cast their ballot for Harris on November 5. ā€œTake it from me, Trump destroys everything he touches. I saw it happen to my family. Donā€™t let it happen to yours, or to our country.ā€

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      Poor girl. Bless her heart.

      Chump, his minions and media sycophants have destroyed so many families. It is really is grief. Theyā€™re still walking and talking but the person you knew is gone.