Rudy Giuliani: ‘Democrats should apologize’ for calling Trump’s birtherism racist

[DonViejo]

Source: RawStory

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, an adviser for Donald Trump’s campaign, on Sunday called on Democrats to apologize for calling the GOP nominee racist over his claim that President Barack Obama was born in Africa.

Following Trump’s visit to an African-American church in Detroit over the weekend, CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Giuliani if Trump should apologize to the black community for spreading the false birther notion that Obama was not an American citizen. Giuliani countered that Hillary Clinton’s 2008 campaign had started the birther movement “and finally it was resolved after Donald Trump raised it.”

“They maybe have a faulty memory there,” the former New York mayor said of the black community.

“It was resolved in 2011 when he released his birth certificate,” Tapper pointed out. “Donald Trump talking about this as recently as February of last year at (the Conservative Political Action Conference), saying that he thinks the birth certificate is false. Should he just apologize for this if he really wants to reach out to minority voters?”

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Read more: http://www.rawstory.com/2016/09/rudy-giuliani-democrats-should-apologize-for-calling-trumps-birtherism-racist/

[SummerSnow]

1. Kiss my azz

[DetlefK]

2. In 2012, Trump said he has proof Obama's b-c is fake. When will he release this proof?

[GWC58]

14. When tRump

releases his taxes, that's when.

[oberliner]

3. Rudy has gone hard right hard core Trump

He was not always this off the rails.

[Vogon_Glory]

7. True Enough

True enough. Republican politicians feel compelled to run to the right of where they were even a few short years ago. It's not really a new phenomenon; they've been doing it for decades now. But it was one of the things that made me change my party affiliation from Republican to Democrat.

[colorado_ufo]

36. There's never enough money

is there, Rudy?

[El Shaman]

37. Called:

slow on-set dementia.

[LiberalLovinLug]

48. Or is that he, and others were always that hard core?

Like the segment of their voters they have resurrected from the backwaters of America. That he had dampened his real bigotry and racism and sexism in order to win the mayorship of NYC. That after decades of the GOP, Faux News, and hate radio crafting a large base of bigots and raving Hillary haters, and having have seen Trumps' success in tapping that segment they now finally think they can say what they've always wanted to say.

[LeftyMom]

56. He was always a racist.

[oberliner]

57. Yes, but he didn't used to sound like this

He really sounds unhinged.

[onehandle]

4. What a nut. nt

[Vogon_Glory]

5. NO Reason Why Democrats Should Apologize

There is no reason why Democrats should apologize for accusing Trump and Trump--GOP of racism during the fraudulent Birther controversy, particularly considering their very different treatment of Ted "Calgary Kid" Cruz during the Republican primaries. President Obama was born on American soil to an American citizen-mother, so his citizenship should NEVER have been called into question. Ted Cruz, on the other hand, was the son of a foreign national born in the Dominion of Canada, and the matter of whether his US-born mother was in the process of becoming a Canadian citizen has never been satisfactorily explored by the US's lazy-#### lame-stream corporate media.

You don't have to be a full-bore ultra-progressive keeper-of-the-flame to see the implicit racism of the Birther campaign.

[Fast Walker 52]

6. Arrrgghhh!!! Just fuck this fucking piece of fucking shit. How much more demented can he get?

[Vogon_Glory]

8. We can wait for Rudy-toot-toot to start wearing a tinfoil hat to keep out the mind-control rays.

[vlyons]

9. Rudy is auditioning and building up his RW bona fides

For whatever extreme RW opportunity arises after the election. Could be speaking fees, appointment to something in a Trump admin (not gonna happen, and he knows it), books (ghost written of course), a position on Breitbart web site, a position on whatever media outlet Ailes and Trump cook up, law fees to litigate RW lawsuits against HRC and defend RW state laws. Whatever looks lucrative. This man Guiliani is the very essence of depravity. Greed fueled by fear and hatred to achieve money and power at any costs. A man without any morals. The Republican party is a criminal conspiracy.

[QED]

47. I agree

posturing for AG or a seat on the Supreme Court.

[sarae]

10. Fuck you, Giuliani.

He should apologize for subjecting us to his BS.

[mountain grammy]

11. Ghouliani should apologize

every time he opens his mouth.. what an idiot!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

12. Fuck Rudy

I want to know how much money he's into for this campaign.

[Lucky Luciano]

13. We need a mooning gif for Rudy. nt

[Tal Vez]

15. Why should Trump or Guiliani apologize for being racists?

They are racists. The Trump campaign is a referendum on racism in America.

[world wide wally]

16. We are dealing with pure evil here, folks

[catbyte]

17. Fuck off, Rudy. Man, he's beyond tiresome.

[Paladin]

18. Fuck you, Rudy. Seek help. (nt)

[TonyPDX]

19. The same day you apologize for Bernie Kerik you p.o.s.

[Sunlei]

20. Republicans should apologize to America for letting thei(R) Cray Crays dominate their party.

Republicans let their entire stage of 14! running for president quit early without a fight! quitters!

[JHB]

21. Hillary's campaign did NOT start the birther movement

It was a handful of her supporters who couldn't accept that she lost the nomination and turned PUMA. One person sued in federal court to have Obama's nomination be disqualified. The suit was thrown out for lack of standing.

Clinton openly rejected the idea -- called it "ludicrous" -- and NO ONE in her campaign (nor anyone who was considered a responsible adult and/or had any standing in the Democratic Party) gave it any credence whatsoever.

In other words, it was a turdball that had been properly flushed into the septic tank where it belonged.

And then Trump (and the wingnuts he pays attention to) dug it out and waved it around like the odorous, drippy, squelching thing had any substance. Other Republicans flirted with it to court voters who did believe it. Only a handful had enough character to directly reject it.

So Rudy, Hillary didn't start it, some dead-ender cranks did. Perhaps you just reflexively assumed that the Democrats simply adopt notions that are dragged up from the sewers because that's what Republicans do.

[roscoeroscoe]

52. amen

simple check on history.

[sellitman]

22. Right wingers only lie while moving their lips

Why is this site constantly picking on them?

"It is certainly interesting, and perhaps historically and politically relevant, that “birther” advocacy may have originated with supporters of Hillary Clinton — especially since many view it as an exclusively right-wing movement. But whether those theories were advocated by Clinton and/or her campaign or simply by Clinton “supporters” is an important distinction. Candidates are expected to be held accountable for the actions of their campaigns. Neither Cruz nor Trump, whose campaign did not respond to our request for backup material, provides any compelling evidence that either Clinton or her campaign had anything to do with starting the so-called birther movement.

http://www.factcheck.org/2015/07/was-hillary-clinton-the-original-birther/

[Boomer]

23. This truth is depressing enough

I don't see any evidence that Clinton was involved in the bogus birther charges, but I hadn't realized that it was actually some of her supporters that participated in that disgusting activity.

That is shameful behavior. Inexcusable.

[UpInArms]

24. Guouliani should apologize for continuing to speak

In public

[lordsummerisle]

50. ^^^

[awoke_in_2003]

55. For continuing to breathe. nt

[dakdirty]

25. There's really just a few things this can be...

Either we're seeing the last, desperate attempts Rudy is making to seem somewhat relevant, or the slow unraveling of his mind. I'm actually inclined to think both.

[Botany]

26. Trump racist? No way!

Last edited Sun Sep 4, 2016, 11:51 AM - Edit history (1)

Not only did he sponsor sending good people to Hawaii to check out
Obama's place of birth but when he was working with his dad's apartment
rental company they marked all black seeking to rent an aprartment
applications w/a paper w/a big C on it for colored and those people were
turned down for housing.

The base of Trump's support is 100% based on scratching the itch that
about 25 to 30% of Americans have and that is they are pissed off a
black man is POTUS.

[librarylu]

27. Okay

I won't call it "racist". I'll call it "despicable".

[Iliyah]

28. I've noticed that majority of the GOPers are psychotic

It's like a psycho purity test in order to become one.

[katsy]

29. Fucking clown

[Spitfire of ATJ]

30. This from the guy who says Black Lives Matter is racist.

[onecaliberal]

31. Giuliani should apologize for breathing.

[JohnnyRingo]

32. I'm sorry that Trump's a racist.

He can't help it, it's the only way to win over the GOP voters these days.

[Johonny]

33. Did Rudy drop in an All African Americans are on food stamps during this?

That guys more racist than Donald.

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

34. Rudy Giuliani should apologize

For being a complete waste of oxygen and other precious resources.

[marble falls]

35. I am sorry tRump is causing so much embarrassment for the US.

[NastyRiffraff]

38. Rudy should apologize

for existing. And for being a moron.

[smirkymonkey]

39. Like anybody should listen to what this jerk has to say...

[Dreamweaver 5.0]

40. Rudy should apologize for turning 9/11 into a

Republican Holiday.

[duncang]

41. I guess I missed all the apologies from dipshit donnie

On all the times he said Obama wasn't born in the U.S.A. and lied that he had some kind of soooper sekrit info on it. And it was all bad very bad. How about him making a actual apology for repeatedly lying to the American public. How about this rudy you apologizing for supporting and enabling this nitwit and promise you won't do anything as stupid as that again. How about you apologizing for trying to scam America saying there were no terrorist attacks in America before Obama. And do you really hate America that much that you would want to wish him on us?

[truthisfreedom]

42. Obviously both of them have onset Alzheimer's.

No doubt about it.

[Soxfan58]

43. Shut up

You little troll! I apologize to Trolls everywhere. Americas Mayor? No Americas crazy uncle.

[martin mike]

44. Is Rudy Giuliani Losing His Mind? - Politico

http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/09/rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-2016-214207

I would answer in the affirmative.

[vadermike]

45. Off!!!

Fuck off Rudy!!!!! My stepmom likes to say it like that (She is a strong fighting Dem) notice where I get it from ?

[uppityperson]

46. Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhahahahhahaa

[.99center]

49. Giuliani, rewriting history since 9/11

And getting away with it. If the msm weren't biased and were just concerned with the ratings, like the defenders around here like to argue, we would see Giuliani pressed by at least one of the entourage of reporters that follow Trumps campaign, about Trumps comments on Iraq and Bush .
I have to say though, the msm has really cleaned up their act since the primary, I don't recall the last time their incompetence caused them to get caught on air collabrating with Trump.

[Thinkingabout]

51. Jake Tapper gave information which is correct and shot Giuliani lies down.

Giuliani gave FOX information, Tapper gave truth. Now Giuliani should apologize for lying, Lyin' Giuliani lying for Lyin' Trump.

[Skittles]

53. fuck you Giuliani, you racist piece of shit

yes, YOU

[The Wizard]

54. Rudy and the Tramp

should stuff live chickens up their asses.

[Javaman]

58. and Rudy, you should apologize for masquerading as a human. nt