Giuliani blames ‘abbreviated language’ for saying no radical Islamic attacks before Obama

Posted by | August 16, 2016 14:35 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

Earlier: No radical Islamic attacks before Obama

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Oh, he just omitted 9/11 because he was “abbreviating” things.

You speak in somewhat abbreviated language,” he told the New York Daily News by way of explaining his Monday introduction for Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Youngstown, Ohio. “All human beings speak in abbreviated language at times.”

Given Giuliani’s frequent invocations in public appearances of his experience as mayor during 9/11, reporters immediately noticed when he said that the threat from terrorist groups “started” when Obama took office in 2009.

“Under those eight years, before Obama came along, we didn’t have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack inside the United States,” he told the crowd in Ohio.

Giuliani told the Daily News that his comment was simply “misinterpreted” because he was trying to keep his remarks brief.

“When you’re giving a speech, you only have five minutes, you can’t give an encyclopedic explanation,” he said, adding that he will “of course” make other comments that “can be taken out of context or misinterpreted” thanks to the limitations of public speaking.

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21 responses to Giuliani blames ‘abbreviated language’ for saying no radical Islamic attacks before Obama

  1. nola878 August 16th, 2016 at 14:54

    “Misinterpreted”…”Bad audio”…”Sarcasm”…The RW is just full of excuses.

    But the real world calls it for what they really are…LIES!

  2. Roctuna August 16th, 2016 at 15:05

    “All human beings speak in abbreviated language at times.” Well that still eliminates Rudy 9-11.

  3. StoneyCurtisll August 16th, 2016 at 15:09

    Nice job Rudy..
    Coverup one lie with another lie…
    He just can’t help himself.

  4. William August 16th, 2016 at 15:09

    Oh well, that’s a relief. For a minute there I thought Rudy was just making sh*t up.

  5. anothertoothpick August 16th, 2016 at 15:15

    Rudy and trump’s messages are a lot like the light from a distant star.

    They take a long time to get here and they need to be analyzed.

  6. whatthe46 August 16th, 2016 at 15:17

    What’s abreviated language? Is it anything omitting the truth?

  7. arc99 August 16th, 2016 at 15:22

    Abbreviated language? Horsesh*t.

    All you had to do was REMOVE a single word which would have made your speech even shorter.

    “”There were no terrorist attacks in this country before Obama.””

    See how easy that was Rudy?

  8. Larry Schmitt August 16th, 2016 at 15:23

    He kept it brief all right. He left out the truth.

  9. William August 16th, 2016 at 15:34

    Just sayin’

  10. labman57 August 16th, 2016 at 15:48

    Is Rudy sure it wasn’t due to faulty communications equipment … or was he just being sarcastic?

  11. spacegod August 16th, 2016 at 15:59

    Of course, we should all remember that American English is not Nosferatu’s first language.

  12. Hirightnow August 16th, 2016 at 16:02

    I speak in abbreviated language all of the time;
    FU Rudy.

  13. bpollen August 16th, 2016 at 16:29

    Haven’t heard that euphemism for BS before.

  14. Um Cara August 16th, 2016 at 18:55

    Rudy ‘9/11’ Giuliani forgetting to mention 9/11 when given the opportunity? All snark aside, I hope the dude is getting regular medical checkups. Something sounds amiss.

  15. Stoic Sophist August 16th, 2016 at 19:28

    Remember, it’s the Republicans that are the straight-talkers…

  16. bunya August 17th, 2016 at 14:17

    I think “abbreviated language” is code for “I just pulled this sh*t out of my ass.”

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