Jack Schlossberg Returns to Campaign Trail, Echoes Late Sister Tatiana: "Nurses Should Rule the World"

Jack Schlossberg returned to campaigning two weeks after the death of his sister, Tatiana Schlossberg, publicly echoing a line from her final New Yorker essay while showing support for striking nurses.

On Monday, Jan. 12, the 32-year-old Democratic House candidate joined a rally for the New York State Nurses Association as members struck for higher pay and improved working conditions. Speaking through a bullhorn — in a video he later posted to Instagram — Jack declared, "Nurses should rule the world, if you ask me," and added, "Nothing is more important than supporting our nurses. I'm running for Congress because nurses deserve a fair shot."

Craig Barritt/GettyTatiana Schlossberg attends a 'New York' magazine event in New York City in 2019

In the caption of his Instagram post he wrote: "Proud to stand with @nynurses today. Nurses deserve more than our thanks — they deserve a fair contract, safe working conditions and healthcare benefits."

Tatiana Schlossberg, who died Dec. 30 at age 35, had publicly revealed her diagnosis of acute myeloid leukemia in a deeply personal New Yorker essay titled "A Battle with My Blood." In that piece she described the compassion and competence of the nurses who cared for her during more than a year of intensive treatment, concluding bluntly: "Nurses should take over."

TheImageDirect.comJack Schlossberg arrives at Tatiana's funeral on Jan. 5 with his father, Ed

"I have never encountered a group of people who are more competent, more full of grace and empathy, more willing to serve others than nurses. Nurses should take over." — Tatiana Schlossberg, "A Battle with My Blood"

The essay recounted how the birth of her daughter, Josephine, in 2024 led doctors to discover her illness. Tatiana — who also shared a 3-year-old son, Edwin, with her husband George Moran — wrote about small comforts nurses provided during hospitalization at Columbia-Presbyterian, from warm blankets to permitting visits with her son.

Hours after the essay appeared, Jack shared a screenshot of it and a link on his Instagram Story. He later posted two images bearing the phrase, "Life is short — let it rip," suggesting a personal reaction to his sister's words and perspective.

Jack launched his congressional campaign with an email to supporters on Nov. 11 and an interview with The New York Times after Rep. Jerry Nadler announced his retirement. He briefly paused campaigning following Tatiana's death and attended her funeral on Jan. 5, which was attended by family and public figures including Maria Shriver, Kerry Kennedy, former President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State John Kerry, David Letterman, designer Carolina Herrera and The New Yorker editor David Remnick. The service was held at the Church of St. Ignatius Loyola on the Upper East Side — the same site where the siblings' grandmother, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, was honored decades earlier.

Why it matters: Jack Schlossberg’s appearance at the nurses’ rally ties his campaign to a widely resonant issue — healthcare workers’ pay and working conditions — and signals how his family’s public grief and Tatiana’s final reflections are shaping his public messaging.