There is a man, a prominent
politician, who stated in a Republican fund-raising event in
February, 2015. that he did not believe that President Barack Obama
“loves America and he doesn't love you because he wasn't brought up
the way you and I were brought up through love of this country.”
Then, he said that his criticism of Mr. Obama’s upbringing should
not be considered racist because the president was raised by “a
white mother.”
More than a decade ago, the man announced the end of his second marriage at a news conference in Bryant Park, New York, before telling his wife at the time, Donna Hanover. When she refused to leave the mayor’s official residence, where she and the two children had lived for nearly seven years, his divorce lawyer said that someone would have “to pry her off the chandelier to get her out of there.” On Mother’s Day, the lawyer said that Ms. Hanover was “howling like a stuck pig.” In 2007, CBS reported he was estranged from his two children.
The same man, while introducing Donald Trump and Mike Pence at a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio, said, “By the way, under those eight years, before Obama came along, we didn’t have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the United States. They all started when [Hillary] Clinton and Obama got into office.” Opps ...obviously 9/11 occurred during George W. Bush's presidency, despite an endless series of warning from the intelligence community. Then in the weeks following 9/11, there were the anthrax attacks via the U.S. Postal Service, the D.C. Snipers whose plan was to recruit jihadists, and a long string of attacks at American interests on foreign soil.
That same man attacked Hillary
Clinton at a Trump rally in Ocala, Florida, telling a crowd
concerning the attacks on 9/11: “I was there that day. I don’t
remember seeing Hillary Clinton there.” It is true, Clinton was in
Washington, D.C. that day. And, do you remember that President Bush
was in Florida? The truth is Clinton arrived in New York City the day
after 9/11, getting one of the few flights going into the city with
fellow New York Senator Chuck Schumer, and photos show her standing
right beside the man. Reports show he had even previously
credited Clinton for her help in getting aid to the families of
victims of the attacks, saying she had been “enormously helpful”
after 9/11.
The same man, in 2006, acted as
the lead counsel and lead spokesmen for Purdue Pharma, the makers of
the opioid OxyContin, whose distribution led to the deadly
Presciption Drug Epidemic and who misled the public about OxyContin's
addictive properties. The agreement reached resulted in Purdue Pharma
and some of its executives paying $634.5 million in fines (which many
consider to be a drop in the bucket). Before legally representing
Purdue Pharma, he also worked for the drug company through a
consulting firm in which he has been a principal.
That
same man
spoke in support of the removal of the People's Mujahedin of Iran
(MEK, also PMOI, MKO) from the United States State Department list of
Foreign Terrorist Organizations. The group was on the State
Department list from 1997 until September 2012. They were placed on
the list for killing six Americans in Iran during the 1970s and
attempting to attack the Iranian mission to the United Nations in
1992. He was a member of the support group whose members had been
paid tens of thousands of dollars to speak in support of the MEK.
Who Is He?
Giuliani has called Hillary Clinton “the worst Secretary of State at least in our lifetime.” That opinion evidently does not run in his family. His own daughter Caroline confirmed to the New York Daily News that she was a supporter not of Donald Trump but for Hillary Clinton. She also supported President Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012.
As you can see by this entry, Giuliani has a considerable amount – tons? – of baggage. His memory slips, vindictive comments, and questionable connections discredit his interest in being Secretary of State. But, he is in lead for a political favor. Giuliani is a longtime friend of Donald Trump – a friendship evidently not shared by his own kin. Yes sir, some things truly make you go “hmmm ...”
Sources:
(Maggie Haberman and Nicholas
Confessore. “Giuliani: Obama had a white mother, so I'm not a
racist.” The New York Times. February 19, 2016.)
(Rich Cromwell and Mollie Hemingway.
“Sexytime: is Rudy Giuliani right that 'everybody' cheats?” The
Federalist. October 04, 2016.)
(Linda Qiu. “Aside
from 9/11, Rudy Giuliani is wrong about no terrorist attacks before
Obama.” Politifact.
August 16th, 2016.)
(Kate Irby. “Rudy Giuliani apologizes
for false claim that Clinton said she was in NYC on 9/11.” The
Miami Herald. October 12, 2016.)
(Barry Meier. “Big part of OxyContin
profit was consumed by penalties.” The New York Times. June
19, 2007.)
(“MEK is not a terrorist group.”
National Review. January 10, 2011.)
(Charles P. Pierce. “The FBI.
Giuliani. Of Course.” Esquire. November 03, 2016.)
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