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Rudy Giuliani might just be the next great Jewish comedian

Whisper it, but the former Trump lawyer's words wouldn't sound crazy out of the mouth of a Catskills comedian

August 3, 2023 13:13
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 30: Rudy Giuliani, former advisor to former President Donald Trump, attends the annual Memorial Day Parade on May 30, 2022 in the Staten Island borough of New York City. Dozens of cars, veterans, local politicians and nearly 50 motorcycles joined the annual parade. This year's event comes after the parade last year was scaled back due to the coronavirus pandemic. Across the country, communities have been welcoming back events honoring those who lost their lives serving in the military, after having been scaled back or canceled over the last few years. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
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In the feverish and shell-shocked days after 9/11, there was one leader that stood above the rest in the rubble of downtown Manhattan.

Rudy Giuliani, then the mayor of New York, was a hero. He was warm and consoling and everywhere, showing the human side of city hall in the face of the greatest tragedy in the city’s history. He was, as everyone said, America’s mayor. Someone that managed to get the people of flyover states to not just feel sympathy, but to care about New York, to think of New Yorkers as real people, rather than a cosmopolitan abstract that they could project their political hates onto.

Anyway, now he’s not that, he’s a disgraced former Trump guy responsible for some of the most farcical scenes of the 2020 election (see Four Seasons Landscaping).

In the latest crash on the downhill trajectory of Mr Guilani’s once proud career, in a Manhattan Court he stands accused by a former employee of creating a hostile work environment through ‘wide ranging sexual harassment’ and abuse. This is obviously very grim and Giuliani deserves to lose if it’s proven in court.