Politico is reporting that at an “off-the-record” dinner for Scott Walker at the 21 Club in New York City on Wednesday night, former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani had a few choice things to say about President Obama, mainly that he doesn’t “love America.”
From Politico:
“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.”
And media folks are pretty riled up about it:
When opposing somebody's views spills into questioning their patriotism, you've sacrificed your seriousness, Mr Mayor http://t.co/c2uMDPS1iL
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) February 19, 2015
Hoping that @ScottWalker and @Reince have the decency to denounce this along with rest of GOP: http://t.co/c2uMDPS1iL
— Ron Fournier (@ron_fournier) February 19, 2015
if Obama doesn't love America like Giuliani, how come America loved Obama so much more than Giuliani that time they both ran for WH? Weird.
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 19, 2015
say this for Rudy's dinner comments that Obama doesn't love America because he was "brought up" differently – that was raw Giuliani
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) February 19, 2015
Sad to see what a lunatic Rudy Giuliani has turned into. http://t.co/4rOBvdASNL
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) February 19, 2015
Enormous amount of fair game criticism of Obama but this he "doesn't love his country" stuff from Rudy is just pure garbage talk. Repugnant.
— Ben White (@morningmoneyben) February 19, 2015
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Rudy Giuliani, call your office. http://t.co/2fVVLZu6h4
— Chris Cillizza (@CillizzaCNN) February 19, 2015
Except, of course, this type of rhetoric really isn’t anything new to politics. For example, here is candidate Obama calling Pres. Bush “unpatriotic” for increasing the national debt:
.@ron_fournier I guess Bush didn't qualify as a 'rival' to Obama https://t.co/oVMrjMahxJ @BarackObama
— Tom Anderson (@Tom_TJ_Anderson) February 19, 2015
Unpatriotic is defined as someone who doesn’t love, support or defend’s one’s country. What’s the difference?
More:
.@ron_fournier Giuliani should have said: 'the POTUS puts his own political ambitions ahead of the country on key issues.' @BarackObama
— Tom Anderson (@Tom_TJ_Anderson) February 19, 2015
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/568297072195186688
https://twitter.com/EWErickson/status/568297016247234561
Exactly.
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