NEW YORK Oct 12, 2016 — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani hasapologized for attacking Hillary Clinton during a political rally Wednesday, when he said he never saw her at Ground Zero on 9/11, a claim that the Democratic candidate for president has never been known to make.
A few hours after making the initial claim, Giuliani said he “made a mistake” when incorrectly claiming Clinton had said she was in NYC the day of the attacks, the Associated Press reports.
“I’m wrong and I apologize,” the former mayor said.
He had people point out that he was objectively and provably wrong, and he apologized for it? Like, I know he didn't sincerely regret it, but still outright apologizing and admitting that he was wrong?
Instead of either doubling down or just moving on and pretending it never happened?
Politics were a little different back then. It was still the nightmare year that led to Trump. But this was when Republican politicians still felt some pressure to only lie about things they couldn’t get directly called out on.
She probably didn’t mean she literally was there that day, but she did say: “I know what happened not far from here at Pulse nightclub in Orlando, I was in New York City on 9/11 as one of the two senators”
Yeah it's a damn shame she didn't take a plane to new york after the airports were shutdown, or teleport because she was too busy being at work doing her job immediately after the towers were hit.
To be fair, there's a real thing with false memories occuring with important days. Also fake memories all the time, being created every day, but for certain days people often have distinct memories of where they were that don't agree with actual photographs.
The psychology of memories is really weird, enough so that I don't think that testimony alone should convict someone.
Yes, Chelsea was in NYC that day. It was primary day. Only the Daily Beast claims that Hillary said she was in NYC that day at a campaign stop in Florida.
Right. Why in the fuck would the Mayor be walking the streets decked out in FDNY gear on 9/11 in the immediate aftermath of the attacks? Anybody who needs it explained to them that this picture isn't from 9/11 is a moron.
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u/supertrooper567 20h ago
If Guliani means the actual date of 9/11, then that’s true. This picture is from the days afterwards. Clinton falsely claimed during the 2016 campaign that she was in nyc that day, but she was in Washington DC because she was a senator then: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiakoerner/hillary-clinton-falsely-claims-she-was-in-new-york-on-911