Pyon for Kamala event features dairo Pelosi blasting Trump on immigration DeBlasio recounted a pilgrimage to fellow Italian-American Democrat Nancy Pelosi's childhood home in Baltimore bonasera tuty former New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio toasted as he opened a three-hour pacin for Kamala virtual dinner this week in support of Vice President Camala Harris presidential bid headlin by staunch Trump critic Robert dairo DeBlasio co-hosted the event with Paul Mercurio a comedian who works on Steven kar's CBS Late Night program during the live stream event which featured several high-profile Italian Americans many dinner guests lauded Harris while criticizing former president Trump's immigration policies from the Viewpoint of children or grandchildren of Italian immigrants DeBlasio noted he had made an intentional visit to the childhood home of one such PR minent Italian amican official we just did a little pilgrimage to Little Italy and Baltimore to the home of Nancy D allesandro Pelosi where she grew up he said as the former mayor also highlighted the visit on X posing at Pelosi's former home alongside Maryland state sen James rosae D Laurel a dinner expresses who we are we want to be a family as Italian Americans and bring everyone together for these amazing candidates DeBlasio said Mercurio went on to tell DeNiro that Trump has tapped into something within his base that have bonded them to him dairo who once expressed a wish to punch Trump in the face replied that he has indeed listened to some of Trump's supporters I could very well see that there is a way with them that's more for them than with Trump because Trump doesn't offer any anything the actor said we've seen this before in other countries and other societies they think they can control someone like him God forbid he becomes the boss all the people who thought they could control him they'll find out differently later former rep Tim Ryan do Ohio who said his maternal side is fully Italian joined the dinner sporting a white dudes for Harris hat and spoke about the values he believes Harris brings to the table deasio soon displayed a slice of pizza and proceeded to eat it with a fork in an apparent homage to a 2014 controversy that erupted when he dined in the same fashion in ston Island DeBlasio argued he remains correct that it is the proper way to eat a pie former CIA director Leon Panetta later appeared and said he supports Harris because Trump appears to support isolationism remarking that such Behavior didn't work before World War II there is the importance of President standing up to tyrants not appeasing them he said later actor Steve busky said Harris struck the right tone as a descendant of immigrants most immigrants are just looking for a better life better opportunities and they don't deserve to be punished for pursuing that dream Bimi said said Cala Harris is smart strong kind and inclusive when Pelosi appeared at the dinner she recounted how her family lived for multiple Generations in the Little Italy neighborhood of Baltimore that DeBlasio visited my grandfather and his contemporaries came here thinking the streets would be paved in Gold little did they know they would pave the streets when they got here said Pelosi whose father and grandfather both named Thomas D allesandro were mayors of Baltimore it is an important race because of Trump's attitude toward immigrants and so many other reasons we must not take this election for granted she said Pelosi went on to cite a speech by former President Reagan highlighting the fact she was quoting a Republican and saying that he understood in the speech that the Statue of Liberty is a Beacon of Hope she claimed to have recited the quote to Republicans who did not applaud I said they don't applaud for Ronald Reagan near the close of the dinner one of Trump's former officials who notably broke with the president years ago appeared former White House communications director Anthony scaramucci quipped in addressing deasio can you imagine me you and former Republican Vice President Dick cheni getting together to support vice president Harris yes I can imag imagine it because each of us understands the systemic danger involved with the potential reelection of Donald Trump he said before pledging $5,000 to pizons for Harris