Rudy Giuliani is an American politician and lawyer. He was also former US President Donald Trump’s adviser. Other than this, Giuliani is also famous for the allegations made against him. He has been accused of corruption and profiteering. Such claims have brought him under direct media scrutiny.
Recently, the lawyer made it to the news again. A video of an incident involving him and physical assault accusations on a man has gone viral on social media.
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Rudy Giuliani Gets Grocery Store Worker Arrested Over Alleged Physical Assault
The politician on Sunday was in Staten Island, campaigning for his son, Andrew Giuliani. The junior Giuliani is running for the Republican nomination for NY governor. There, his father was allegedly assaulted in a supermarket.
The video has been viewed over 2 million times on Twitter and was shared by commentator Ron Filipkowski. “Video of the ‘assault’ on Rudy at ShopRite, where Rudy had the person arrested, and said if he wasn’t in better shape he would’ve fallen, cracked his skull, and died.” he captioned the video.
In the clip, Giuliani is seen surrounded by people when a ShopRite employee walks from behind him and slaps him on the back. The person can be seen speaking to the group and his victim while walking off.
Trump’s former legal adviser spoke to the New York Post and explained the altercation. He claimed that the man who attacked him did so in response to the ‘Roe v Wade‘ abortion ruling being overturned by the Supreme Court.
“All of a sudden, I feel this, ‘Bam!’ on my back. I don’t know if they helped me not fall down, but I just about fell down, but I didn’t,” he said. “I feel this tremendous pain in my back, and I’m thinking, ‘what the,’ I didn’t even know what it was. All of a sudden, I hear this guy say, ‘You’re a f**king scumbag,” then he moves away so nobody can grab him.”
Giuliani added, “He says, ‘You, you’re one of the people that’s gonna kill women. You’re gonna kill women. You and your f**king friend are gonna kill women.’ Then he starts yelling out all kinds of, just curses, and every once in a while, he puts in that woman thing.”
Giuliani Wanted To “Set An Example”
After the incident, the 39-year-old ShopRite employee was detained and charged with second-degree assault involving a person over age 65. Rudy Giuliani also said he felt it was important to have the man arrested and condemned his reaction in regards to the Supreme Court decision.
“The Supreme Court made a decision. You don’t go around [and] attack people because of it. I mean, go get it changed,” he said. “I say to myself, ‘You know something? I gotta get this guy arrested,” I talk about broken windows’ theory all the time. You can’t let the little thing go.
“I’m like, ‘ I’m gonna get this guy arrested as an example that you can’t do this, And I said, also, in New York, we don’t prosecute people anymore and one of the reasons I brought crime down is I didn’t ignore stuff like this.'”
The ex-mayor also called into the ‘Curtis Silwa Show‘ on 77 WABC talk radio and said the slap felt like “somebody shot me.” He added: “I’m a 78-year-old who is in pretty good shape. If I wasn’t, I would have hit the ground and probably cracked my skull.”
Twitter Goes Into A Frenzy Over The Viral Assault Video And Suggests Rudy Giuliani “Should Be Arrested”
Twitter’s reaction to the viral video of Rudy getting hit is absolutely hilarious. Users do not sympathize with him. They instead started to question the credibility of the video. They even called out the supposed ‘victim’ and suggested that a case should be filed against the politician.
Politician’s Son On Alleged Attack: “Not Intimidated By The Left-Wing“
Andrew Giuliani released a statement following the attack on his father and claimed that he is not intimidated by the left wing. He said, “Innocent people are attacked in today’s New York all of the time. This particular incident hit very close to home. The assault on my father, America’s Mayor was over politics.“
“We will not be intimidated by left-wing attacks. As governor, I will stand up for law and order so that New Yorkers feel safe again. This message has resonated with voters throughout my campaign, leading up to Tuesday’s primary,” Andrew added.
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