Need some comic relief in these stressful hours before the polls close on November 5? You’re in luck: thoroughly disgraced former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani has not completely ruled out the prospect of making another bid for Gracie Mansion.
The New York Post reports that Giuliani “is exploring running for New York City mayor next year,” according to unnamed political insiders. Reached for comment on Sunday, Giuliani told the outlet that while a campaign for office is “unlikely” and he is, as of now, “not running,” he is “not going to say never, ever, ever.” As a reminder, Giuliani was mayor of New York from 1994 to 2001, and despite the fact that it was during this period that he went on an infamous rant about ferrets, he left office largely respected, with some people regarding him as a hero who could conceivably go on to become president.
Of course, fast forward a few years and you’d be hard pressed to find an individual who has since hit rock bottom as hard as, and as many times as, ole Rudy. A mere sampling of his downfall since leaving office has included:
- Being criminally charged in Georgia for trying to help Trump steal a second term (he pleaded not guilty)
- Being criminally charged in Arizona for trying to overturn the election there (he pleaded not guilty)
- Being sued for defamation by Dominion Inc. and Smartmatic, i.e., just two of the many civil suits against him
- Being ordered to pay $148 million to the election workers he defamed
- Filing for bankruptcy
- Effectively being declared a deadbeat by a bankruptcy judge
- Having his radio show canceled for false election claims
- Appearing on The Masked Singer
- Appearing in a scene from Borat Subsequent Moviefilm: Delivery of Prodigious Bribe to American Regime for Make Benefit Once Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan with his hand in his pants
- Holding a press conference outside of Four Seasons Total Landscaping
- Holding a press conference with what appeared to be hair dye dripping down his face
- Losing his license to practice law in DC and New York
- Being forced to basically turn over all his earthly possessions to the election workers he defamed
All of which would make it exceedingly difficult to actually win a mayoral race, but very, very funny nevertheless.
Despite “not running” at the moment, Giuliani had plenty of thoughts to share with the Post concerning his would-be competition. “Everyone running for mayor looks like they’re from Red China,” he told the outlet. “They don’t look American. I’m concerned about the city becoming a Democratic dictatorship.” Then he claimed that “The only time since Fiorello LaGuardia a century ago that city government was honest was under me and Mike Bloomberg,” bolding adding: “If you don’t have a Republican or independent mayor, you will have corruption at City Hall.”
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