'Paisans for Kamala' event features De Niro, Pelosi blasting Trump on immigration

"Buonasera Tutti," former New York Mayor Bill de Blasio toasted as he opened a three-hour "Paisans for Kamala" virtual dinner this week in support of Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid headlined by staunch Trump critic Robert De Niro.

De Blasio co-hosted the event with Paul Mercurio, a comedian who works on Stephen Colbert’s CBS late-night program.

During the livestream 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.

De Blasio noted he had made an intentional visit to the childhood home of one such prominent Italian-American official.

"We just did a little pilgrimage… [to] Little Italy in Baltimore — to the home of Nancy D’Alesandro-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 Rosapepe, 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," de Blasio said.

DE NIRO CLAIMS TRUMP COULD ‘DESTROY THE WORLD’

Mercurio went on to tell De Niro that Trump has "tapped into something" within his base that have bonded them to him.

De Niro, 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 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