Mussolini’s Granddaughter Wins Rome’s Municipal Election

Rachele Mussolini, the 47-year-old granddaughter of Italy’s Benito Mussolini, has garnered enough votes in Rome’s municipal election for a second term as a city councilor.

Mussolini's Granddaughter Wins Rome's Municipal Election

With almost all of the votes counted on Wednesday, she received over 8,200 votes in the October 3-4 municipal election — more than any other candidate.

Standing for the far-right Brothers of Italy party, Mussolini won far more votes than the 657 she had received in the previous ballot in 2016.

The ‘burden’ of the name 

Mussolini told La Repubblica newspaper that she wanted nothing to do with the “burden” of her family name, adding that she had “many left-wing friends.”

“In the past, I got interviewed only because of my family name. During my last term, they started asking about the initiatives I promoted on the city council. I’ve worked hard,” she told Wednesday’s edition of the paper. 

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“I learned to live with my surname since I was a child,” she said. “At school, they used to point at me, but then Rachele emerged and the person (that I am) prevailed over the surname, however burdensome that name is.”

She refused to be drawn too far into answering a question about her views on fascism, saying only that she was against its glorification and adding: “To deal with this subject, we’d need to talk until tomorrow morning.”

She is the daughter of Romano Mussolini, who was a jazz pianist and brother-in-law to actor Sophia Loren. 

What happened in the elections?

Italy’s four largest cities, Rome, Milan, Naples and Turin, as well as more than 1,000 smaller centers, held mayoral elections on Sunday and Monday.

Cities where no candidates win 50% or more of the votes will have a run-off in two weeks.

Center-left candidates are poised to win without a run-off in Milan, Naples and Bologna.

A run-off for Rome’s mayor is due to take place on October 17-18. Right-wing candidate Enrico Michetti, a lawyer and radio host received 30% of the votes, versus 27% for the center-left’s Roberto Gualtieri.

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4 COMMENTS

  1. All these generational tools make Mexico sick.

    1- Alexander soros= ” in pelosi we trust ” tweet
    2– Chelsea Clinton -” do you know who my MOTHER ” is?
    3- David Rothschild- climate change
    4- Rachele Mussolini politician
    5- Jared Kuschner- son of criminal father business Schuster [ son in law of Trump loans from Rothschild ceaser bail outs)
    6-Peter Pelosi- parasite
    7- Christopher Heinz- parasites
    8- Hunter Biden – mule for Joe Biden – puppet on string

    And all these little fish turds think they are powerful and can rule and dictate their ” superior money induced policies on us.”

    We the many must stand our ground in unison as well and say # fall of you!

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