Karlie Kloss, who rarely publicly discusses her connection to the Trump family, said Wednesday that she has tried to persuade her brother and sister-in-law,Ivanka TrumpandJared Kushner, to accept the results of the2020 presidential election.
As pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C. amid the meeting to ratify the Electoral College presidential election votes, the 28-year-old model spoke out about the unrest on social media.
“Accepting the results of a legitimate democratic election is patriotic. Refusing to do so and inciting violence is anti-American,” shetweeted. In response, one Twitter user replied to Kloss' message, calling on her to “tell your sister in law and brother law,” in a since-deleted tweet. In a follow-up message, Klossreplied, “I’ve tried.”
Kloss — who is currentlyexpectingher first child — is married toJoshua Kushner, Jared’s younger brother. Jared and Ivanka, both 39, are senior White House aides. Ivanka is also, of course, the daughter of President Donald Trump.
Earlier on Wednesday, Ivankafaced backlash onlinefor a deleted tweet callingthe violent mob that stormedthe Capitol, “American Patriots.”
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Ahead of the mob breach on the Capitol building, PresidentTrumpaddressed the crowd of his supporters near the White House at a rally. In his speech, he encouraged them to go to Congress and voice their anger “peacefully and patriotically” — even as he described Democrats as trying to “illegally take over our country” and warned, “if you don’t fight like hell, you’re not going to have a country anymore.”
“We have come to demand that Congress do the right thing and only count the electors who have been lawfully slated, lawfully slated. I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building,” Trump said. “We’re going to the Capitol and we’re going to try and give … our Republicans, the weak ones, because the strong ones don’t need any of our help, we’re going to try and give them the kind of pride and boldness that they need to take back our country.”
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The National Guard was called in, and Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser issued a curfew beginning at 6 p.m. EST, but it was hours before the building was cleared out and declared secure.
Late Wednesday night, Congressreconvenedto finish the process of counting the Electoral College ballots, eventually certifying Joe Biden as the next president. Vice President Mike Pence opened the resumed session, addressing the people who “wreaked havoc” on the Capitol. “You did not win.Violence never wins,” he said. “Freedom wins. And this is still the people’s house. As we reconvene in this chamber, the world will again witness the resilience and strength of our democracy.”
Kloss has spoken about her political beliefs in the past and has made her stance on the 2020 presidential election clear to her fans, despite her ties to Trump.
In 2019, Klosstold BritishVoguethat the scrutiny over the differences in her politics and family has been “hard,” explaining, “I choose to focus on the values that I share with my husband, and those are the same liberal values that I was raised with and that have guided me throughout my life.
Her husbandsaid something similar toForbesin 2017: “It is no secret that liberal values have guided my life and that I have supported political leaders that share similar values.” Still, he said then, “It’s important to be open-minded and learn from differing opinions.”
During anepisode ofWatch What Happens Live with Andy Cohenlast year, Kloss also explained that she voted “as a Democrat in 2016” and added, “I plan to do the same in 2020.”
Then, later in October, the supermodelshared two photos on Instagramof herself holding her ballot secured in its mail-in envelope while wearing a face mask with theBidenandKamala Harriscampaign logo printed across it.
source: people.com
