Rachele Mussolini wins most votes in Rome city council election
 

The Grand Daughter of the Evil Leader.



[The granddaughter of Benito Mussolini
won the highest number of votes in
elections for Rome’s city council as support
for Brothers of Italy, the far-right party
to which she belongs, edged up
in northern cities held by the left.
Rachele Mussolini secured more than
8,200 votes in the municipal elections on
Sunday and Monday, an increase on the 657
received when she entered the council
on her first mandate in 2016.

She said her success in Rome is down
to hard work and not
her surname. “I learned to live with my surname
since I was a child,” she told La Repubblica.
“At school they used to point at me,
but then Rachele emerged and the
person prevails over a surname,
however burdensome that surname is.
I have many friends on the left and I am certain
that one of them voted for me.”

Rachele is named after the fascist dictator’s
first wife and is the daughter of
the late jazz musician, Romano Mussolini.
Before becoming a councillor in 2016,
she said she was only asked for interviews
because of her family name.
“But during my last term they started
asking about the initiatives
I’ve promoted. I’ve worked hard.”

She said she had formed excellent
relationships with colleagues from
the centre-left Democratic party
within the council: “Politics is one thing,
human relationships are another.”]


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