 She thought all politicians were corrupt, and she used an Italian expression to describe them, and it was criminals with white gloves, right? And so one time I asked her, I said, you know, it seems that a lot of people where you came from are Democrats. How is it that you're a Republican? Well, when she was 14 years old, she was working in the garment industry in New York City, and all the girls who were working there noticed that their pay packet was short.