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Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani claimed there would be no
riots in Baltimore if he were mayor of that city. Good thing he's not
running for that office, or he might be helping to instigate another
one.
As we discussed here, when Giuliani was attacking NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio over the Eric Garner protests, back in the 1990's Giuliani was more than happy to do his share inciting a riot,
and working up the Patrolmen's Benevolent Association who were mad at
NYC Mayor David Dinkins for heaven forbid wanting some accountability on
police misconduct and for not wanting to supply the police with
semiautomatic weapons.
On this Monday's Your World with Neil Cavuto on
Faux "news" this Monday, Giuliani actually had the nerve to attack
former Mayor David Dinkins for the handling of that riot and to say
this:
From Fox's blog: Giuliani: There Would Be No Riots If I Was Mayor of Baltimore:
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani appeared on "Your World" to
weigh in on the recent wave of attacks on police officers and the
situation in Baltimore. READ MORE
I'm sure Scott Walker was applauding on the inside, but he really
ought to be apologizing and distancing himself from anyone who makes
comments like this.
After all, after the primaries are over they've got to try to find a
way to appeal to the entire nation if they have a snowball's chance of
getting elected. And I'm guessing this isn't appealing to anyone who has
even a scintilla of true patriotism in them.
The former New York mayor, speaking in front of the 2016
Republican presidential contender and about 60 right-leaning business
executives and conservative media types, directly challenged Obama’s
patriotism, discussing what he called weak foreign policy decisions and
questionable public remarks when confronting terrorists.
“I do not believe, and I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president loves America,” Giuliani said during the dinner at the 21 Club, a former Prohibition-era speakeasy in midtown Manhattan. “He
doesn’t love you. And he doesn’t love me. He wasn’t brought up the way
you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country.”
With Walker sitting just a few seats away, Giuliani continued by
saying that “with all our flaws we’re the most exceptional country in
the world. I’m looking for a presidential candidate who can express
that, do that and carry it out.”
“And if it’s you Scott, I’ll endorse you,” he added. “And if it’s somebody else, I’ll support somebody else.”
In an interview after the dinner – Walker aides insisted all of the
governor’s comments were off-the-record – Giuliani said he would
“eventually” back a Republican presidential candidate. He also
elaborated on his criticism of Obama by arguing the president “sees our
weaknesses as footnotes to the great things we’ve done.” READ MORE
On yesterday's edition of The Five, Eric Bolling gave a decidedly skewed version of history when he said, "America was certainly safe between 2000 and 2008. I don't remember any terrorist attacks on American soil during that period of time."
Media conservatives have done this before.
In November of 2009, former Bush White House staffer Dana Perino said "we did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term."
In January of last year, Rudy Giuliani -- who was the mayor of New York City at the time of the 9/11 attacks -- told Good Morning America that "We had no domestic attacks under Bush."
In a subsequent appearance on CNN, Giuliani said, "I usually say we had no domestic attacks, no major domestic attack under President Bush since Sept. 11" and "I did omit the words 'since Sept. 11.' I apologize for that."
Attack Against El Al Ticket Counter At LAX: In 2002, Hesham Mohamed Hadayet opened fire at an El Al Airlines ticket counter at Los Angeles International Airport killing two people and wounding four others before being shot dead. A 2004 Justice Department report stated that Hadayet's case had been "officially designated as an act of international terrorism."
DC Sniper: The state of Virginia indicted Washington, D.C.-area sniper John Allen Muhammad -- along with his accomplice, a minor at the time -- on terrorism charges for one of the murders he committed during a three-week shooting spree across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C. Muhammad was convicted, sentenced to death,
UNC SUV Attack: In March 2006, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill graduate Mohammed Reza Taheri-azar drove an SUV into an area of campus, striking nine pedestrians. According to reports, Taheri-azar said he acted because he wanted to "avenge the deaths or murders of Muslims around the world."
