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I didn’t realize he was that. I like him too.
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has some advice for the GOP presidential candidates following his own failed presidential campaign in 2008: move away from social issues.
"People focused a lot on what I did as mayor [with] Sept. 11, so I went high in the polls," Giuliani told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” program Tuesday, but where he got slammed was on his social views, which tend to be moderate enough that he got tagged as a liberal.
“My opponent started focusing on that I was pro-choice,” said Giuliani. "Donald [Trump] announced he is pro-life, which is easier in the primary. I’m pro-gay rights. At the time gay marriage wasn’t a big issue. I’m now pro-gay marriage. I signed the first partnership bill ever signed by anyone."
And eventually, the issues got to the voters, and his celebrity status “negated” his campaign, said Giuliani.
The party needs, overall, to put the focus back on the economy and national security, he said.
"Where it gets to social issues, the party might disagree with me," said Giuliani, but I think that’s our soft underbelly. And I look at it differently. That’s where we lose the suburbs."
Are you kidding me? Giuliani rocks, and I mean rocks those New York values, always has.