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Sun Jan 10, 2021, 05:23 AM Jan 2021

St. Louis' Karlie Kloss on In-Laws Jared Kushner, Ivanka Trump: 'I've Tried'

Supermodel and St. Louis ex-pat Karlie Kloss had a pretty standard reaction to yesterday's attempted coup at the nation's capitol — general alarm and disgust.

"Accepting the results of a legitimate democratic election is patriotic," the Webster Groves High School grad tweeted. "Refusing to do so and inciting violence is anti-American."

It was part of the chorus of condemnation from politicos, celebs and anybody who hasn't lost their mind somewhere deep in a QAnon Facebook thread. But Kloss is different in that her relatives by marriage were a big part of the reason for the insurgency. She's married to investor Joshua Kushner, known as the better sibling to the evil android Jared Kushner, husband of Ivanka Trump.

That's made for an awkward relationship with the in-laws, given that Kloss and her husband are Democrats and Kloss publicly revealed she voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016, tagging an Instagram post of herself filling out a ballot with #ImWithHer.

Read more: https://www.riverfronttimes.com/newsblog/2021/01/07/st-louis-karlie-kloss-on-in-laws-jared-kushner-ivanka-trump-ive-tried

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