Letter To Kathryn Steinle

I do not know you on a personal level or any other level for that matter. However you believe that you know my family. My baby sister was Kathryn Steinle, you know the woman whose murder you are using to help further your campaign and prove opinions. I guess I am going to have to speak about her in the past tense now but you already know that don’t you? I am writing this letter today because I want to talk to you about what you are doing and how much of an impact your actions are having on my family. My sister “was amazing, loving and kind. An angel, my Kate,” and I just wanted to ask you, how you believe that you have the right and the audacity to utilizes the death of someone you have never spoken to nor had any connection with for personal gain? As I have stated before and I want to further …show more content…
I’ve never heard a word from your campaign manager, never heard a word from you” You like to judge others and point out their flaws but what makes you any different? You did the exact same thing but no one is calling you out on it. You stated in one of your tweets that you wanted to give my family some space and time to grieve and that was your justification for not reaching out, but then you turn around and put our grieving on display. How does that make sense? You believe that you are untouchable and that you have the right to my sister's death and since you are running for president, my family would be so lucky for you to address my sister's death. However “It’s disconcerting, and I don’t want to be affiliated with somebody who doesn’t have the common courtesy to reach out and ask about Kate and ask about our political views and what we want.”
You just thought that you had the right to talk about something you knew nothing about. You did not know “my Kate,” you were not at the funeral, you did not see my parents cry for hours, or hear my mom screaming out her name, so what gives you the right to use that pain for