‘New York, New York’ Writer’s Cousin Has Brutal News for Kari Lake During Trump Tower Talk

The cousin of John Kander, one half of the songwriting duo Kander and Ebb behind the iconic “Theme from New York, New York,” responded to Kari Lake’s comments about the song at Donald Trump’s campaign rally in Arizona on Friday.

Lake, a Trump-backed election denier and Republican Party candidate for a U.S. Senate seat in the state, reflected on spending her 52nd birthday with the former president in New York City, describing the use of “that famous golden escalator’ and a ‘golden escalator’. elevator” to go to the 26th floor of Trump Tower.

“Donald Trump had indeed built that, a large part of the New York skyline. And I – and I thought to myself, this is what Frank Sinatra sang about in ‘New York, New York,’” said Lake of the singer’s hit cover from a song originally performed by Liza Minnelli.

She continued, “This was Trump Tower, this was New York City. If we can make it there, you can make it anywhere.”

Former Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander (D), nephew of the song’s co-writer, took to social media Saturday to make the Big Apple memory for Lake.

“Kari, my uncle wrote that song. I assure you he wasn’t thinking about Trump Tower, which didn’t even exist at the time,” Kander wrote about one building completed several years later the release of the song.

He later mentioned Lake’s Democratic opponent in the Arizona race, writing, “Also supporting @RubenGallego.”