Andrew Giuliani, a New York gubernatorial candidate and the son of former Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, has come under fire for disturbing anti-trans remarks about changing his infant daughter’s diapers at a far-right rally.
Mr Giuliani, 36, was speaking about gender identity at a Bellmore, Long Island, rally over the weekend. He said he has “looked under the hood” and his daughter is a “woman and she’s gonna stay a woman, it’s that simple”, according to the Daily Beast.
He added that he will be “the last guy in a long time that looks under the hood right there”, at least until she is in her mid-20s.
His daughter made him a promise on her first day, he claimed. “My wife was sleeping, and I’m holding her [my daughter] in my arms. And I get emotional thinking about it, but she made a promise with me. She shook my hand and I said, ‘I’m the only boyfriend till you’re 25 years old, shake hands’,” Mr Giuliani said, adding that she then shook his hand.
“So I have changed the diapers. I have looked under the hood. She’s a woman. I’m gonna be the last guy in a long time that looks under the hood right there,” he said.
“But guess what? She was born a woman and she’s gonna stay a woman, it’s that simple,” Mr Giuliani added.
A spokesperson of Mr Giuliani said: “While Andrew does not claim to be a biologist, he can tell the difference between a male and a female.”
The comments were made at a rally hosted by an organisation that the Southern Poverty Law Center has designated as an “extreme anti-government group”.
It was attended by several Republicans, who praised the far-right group.
However, Mr Giuliani’s remarks shocked many social media users, who said they were anti-trans, grotesque and inappropriate.
“Who sexualizes his 4-month-old daughter?” journalist Justin Miller wrote.
“So Andrew Giuliani, attempting to make some transphobic point, analogised his daughter to a car and said he’d ‘looked under the hood’ and can confirm she’s ‘a woman and is going to stay that way’. I can confirm Andrew Giuliani is gross and I hope his daughter can escape...” writer Tom Wise said.
Mr Giuliani is hoping to challenge Democratic governor Kathy Hochul in November.
