Rudy Giuliani

2022 - 6 - 27

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Rudy Giuliani says the supermarket employee accused of slapping ... (NBC News)

Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani said he wants the man accused of slapping him on the back as he campaigned for his son at a Staten Island supermarket ...

In a statement Saturday, Andrew Giuliani said: “Innocent people are attacked in today’s New York all of the time. I respect the fact that there’s a division of opinion in this country," he said. I don't care if we're on the right, if we're on the left, if we're talking about Jan. 6 or yesterday ... Let's not participate in that. "I'm in good shape for a 78-year old. Wade, a decision that eliminates the broadly supported constitutional right to abortion. "I believe you let Mr. Gill go, a lot more of these crazy pro-choice people are going to start attacking people."

Grocery store worker arrested after Rudy Giuliani was slapped on back (The Washington Post)

A Staten Island grocery store worker has been charged with assault after police say he slapped Rudy Giuliani on the back and called him a “scumbag.”

But as New York mayor, Giuliani was a supporter of abortion rights, even signing a proclamation celebrating the anniversary of Roe v. Throughout his political career, Giuliani has wavered on the issue of abortion rights. Wade, the Tampa Bay Times and CNN reported. A woman immediately puts her arm around Giuliani as the man walks past the former mayor and his supporters and down another aisle. Police did not specify whether the suspect referenced abortion or the Supreme Court decision. “Lucky, I’m a 78-year-old who’s in pretty good shape, because if I wasn’t, I’d have hit the ground and probably cracked my skull.”

Police arrest New York man accused of slapping Rudy Giuliani on ... (The Guardian)

Employee Daniel Gill, 38, apparently asked Giuliani, 78, 'What's up, scumbag?' during incident in ShopRite store on Staten Island.

In a statement, Andrew Giuliani said: “Innocent people are attacked in today’s New York all of the time. Giuliani claimed Gill said: “You … you’re one of the people that’s gonna kill women. It was not clear from the video if that man was also a store employee. One of the counts alleges assault on someone 65 or older, the NYPD said. Gill asked Giuliani, “What’s up, scumbag?”, according to a statement from the New York police department. As he was standing, 38-year-old Daniel Gill walked up from behind Giuliani, slapped his back and continued to walk, the video showed.

Rudy Giuliani says grocery store assault could have killed him — but ... (Globalnews.ca)

Rudy Giuliani claims that a man hit him from behind in a supermarket, which could have led him to fall, crack his skull and die.

Andrew Giuliani released a statement on Sunday saying: “Innocent people are attacked in today’s New York all of the time. In the surveillance footage, a man approached Giuliani from behind and slapped his back. The assault on my father, America’s Mayor, was over politics. Former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani said he was assaulted in a Staten Island supermarket by an employee, in an attack that he said could have ended his life if he had fallen over. “I believe you let Mr. Gill go, a lot more of these crazy pro-choice people are going to start attacking people.” Giuliani said he stumbled forward because of the blow but didn’t fall over.

Rudy Giuliani Is Furious Fox News Isn't Covering Him Getting ... (Rolling Stone)

Giuliani claimed on Sunday that he was “assaulted” while in Staten Island supporting his son Andrew Giuliani's New York gubernatorial campaign. That “assault,” ...

That “assault,” video later revealed, amounted to a clapping the former mayor heartily on the back while verbally criticizing him, but the man was arrested anyway and charged with second-degree assault, a felony. For his part, Rudy Giuliani has dedicated his time to playing up the drama of the encounter, in an interview with Steve Bannon’s “War Room” Giuliani complained that Fox News was not covering his “assault” with enough vigor, griping that “even if Putin got assaulted, Fox would cover it.” Giuliani claimed on Sunday that he was “assaulted” while in Staten Island supporting his son Andrew Giuliani’s New York gubernatorial campaign.

Rudy Giuliani Says Guy Who Tapped His Back in Supermarket ... (Vanity Fair)

The former mayor of NYC claims he could have been killed by the “assault.” Video footage suggests, shockingly, that he is full of s--t.

As for whether or not anyone should ever take his word on something, he is also know for, in the words of one U.S. diplomat, waging a “ campaign full of lies” concerning Ukraine that got Donald Trump impeached the first time. Mr. Gill was then followed and threatened by one of Mr. Giuliani’s associates who allegedly poked Mr. Gill in the chest and told him that he was going to be ‘locked up.’ He was then needlessly held by the NYPD in custody for over 24 hours. You’re one of the people who kills women.” Gill has been charged with second-degree assault and “suspended pending termination,” according to Insider. Andrew Giuliani has since claimed the incident—which, again, appears to show his father being tapped on the back—is an example of “the left wing…encouraging violence.” He also said in a statement that “Innocent people are attacked in today’s New York all of the time. Rudy Giuliani’s election lies—for which he’s had his law license suspended in New York and Washington, D.C., and been sued for defamation—of course, helped lead to the January 6 insurrection that left numerous people dead. According to the longtime Trump attorney, who, over the last two decades, has gone from “America’s mayor“ to “Sir, the Department of Health has rules about people manscaping in places where food is served,” he was assaulted by a ShopRite employee while campaigning for his son, Andrew Giuliani, who is running for governor of New York. “I got hit on the back as if a boulder hit me. It hurt tremendously,” the elder Giuliani claimed in a video posted to Facebook on Monday. He also suggested to The New York Times that it’s a miracle he is still able to walk, and told Insider that if he wasn’t in better shape, the blow would have resulted in him falling to the ground, cracking his skull, and dying.

Rudy Giuliani 'Attack' Captured on Surveillance Video (TMZ)

10:03 AM PT -- The suspect, Daniel Gill, was charged with three misdemeanors - assault, menacing and harassment. According to the criminal complaint, ...

Although Giuliani said he was nearly knocked to the ground ... it doesn't appear that way in the video. He could have easily hit me, knocked me to the ground and killed me." During a news conference he said, "He hit me to knock me down and if that doesn't merit jail time in New York, we're in the wild wild west." Giuliani told the NY Post he felt a "tremendous pain" in his back, and the guy was yelling at him about the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. as he struck Giuliani ... and you can tell from the video the guy's slap and choice words irked, not only Giuliani, but the team of people around him. Giuliani said this caused "physical injury including but not limited to redness, swelling, and substantial pain to the back and left side of his body, as well as causing informant to be placed in fear of physical injury, and becoming alarmed and annoyed."