Never forget. The internet is outraged after Rudy Giuliani, who served as New York City mayor during 9/11, said that there were no successful terrorist attacks on USA soil before President Barack Obama took office in 2008. In addition to being the mayor of New York City during the attacks and their aftermath, he cited his response to them as a testament to his qualifications during his presidential campaigns.
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“Under those eight years, before Obama came along, we didn’t have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack in the United States”, Giuliani states while stumping for Trump today. “They all started when Clinton and Obama came into office”.
However, Bush was president during the 9/11 attacks that made Giuliani famous, not Obama.
Rudolph Giuliani appeared to forget the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, while warming up a crowd for Donald Trump’s foreign policy speech on Monday. “They attacked the World Trade Center in 1993”, Giuliani said. Obama was not sworn in until January 20, 2009; Clinton served as Secretary of State from 2009 to 2013. I don’t think so.
Rudy Giuliani said he did not forget about the 9/11 attacks during his speech at a Donald Trump rally on Monday, claiming that he was using “abbreviated language” when he referred to the lack of domestic terrorist attacks before President Obama took office in 2009. “We don’t want this war”.
The logic behind Rudy Giuliani’s comments was definitely subjective, but Menges’ statement was consistent with what the former mayor actually said (even though it may have been unclear or misleading).
Giuliani pointed out that he lost many friends that day, that he also almost died and that 9/11 is part of the fabric of his life.
Giuliani’s point is that George W. Bush kept America safe and Barack Obama didn’t.
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Giuliani spoke with New York Daily News on Tuesday, where he blamed the media for misinterpreting and scrutinizing his speech.
