Rudy Giuliani Claims There Were No Successful Terror Attacks Before Obama, Critics Remind Him About 9/11

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“Before Obama came along, we didn’t have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attacks inside the United States. They all started when (Hillary) Clinton and Obama got into office,” Giuliani, 72, said at a Donald Trump campaign event in Ohio on Monday, August 15.



Rudy Giuliani speaks during a campaign event for the 2016 Republican presidential nominee in Youngstown, Ohio, U.S., on Aug 15, 2016. Ty Wright/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Republican politician — who was mayor of New York from 1994 to 2001, including the day when two planes crashed into the Twin Towers and killed more than 3,000 — was heavily criticized on social media for his comment, which seemed as if he momentarily forgot about the largest terrorist attack on U.S. soil.

One tweeter wrote, “Disgusted that Rudy Giuliani is so anti-Obama that he is willing to dishonor the memory of those lost during 9/11. He of all people knows better.”

Others argued that the comment was taken out of context since Giuliani had referenced both the 1993 and 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center just seconds before making the apparent gaffe.