Exclusive: An Interview With My Actual Dad David Rothkopf at the DNC
PoliticsEarlier this month, I wrote an article in which I called Ruth Bader Ginsburg my mom, which led me to receive an unexpected number of emails congratulating me on my mother’s service and wisdom; one guy claimed that I had met him at an event. I am here to say that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is not my mom, but Foreign Policy magazine’s CEO and Editor David Rothkopf, a former Clinton Administration official, is my dad.
I ran into him in the press stands of the Wells Fargo Arena in Philadelphia at around 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday evening, where he was nice enough to grant me a two-minute interview—what I believe to be the only interview he granted at the Democratic National Convention.
Could you say your name and occupation?
David Rothkopf, father of Joanna Rothkopf.
What brings you to the DNC?
I heard you were here and I was worried about you.
Are you having a good time?
Well I was worried about you. There’s a lot of dangerous people here, I’ve seen a lot of Bernie impersonators that really scared me.
Have you been to any interesting events?