Washington Post Columnist On Giuliani’s Obama Comment: ‘It Is Racist’

Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson appears on "Morning Joe" Feb. 20, 2015.
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Washington Post columnist Eugene Robinson criticized Rudy Giuliani on Friday for saying President Barack Obama doesn’t love America, calling the former New York City mayor’s assertion “racist” and “crazy.”

“Yes, Mr. Mayor, It is racist, and it sounds, frankly, kind of unhinged,” Robinson said, speaking on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

Robinson also described the move as a strategic blunder.

“This is a President who was elected twice, with more than 50 percent of the popular vote both times,” Robinson said. “Just as politics, it seems crazy to me.”

Giuliani on Wednesday night reportedly said, “I do not believe that the president loves America. He doesn’t love you. And he doesn’t love me. He wasn’t brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country.”

The former mayor later explained that his comments shouldn’t be construed as racist, since Obama “was brought up by a white mother, a white grandfather, went to white schools, and most of this he learned from white people.”

Watch below, via MSNBC. Robinson’s remarks start at 3:40:

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  1. "He wasn’t brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country.”

    Does the son of a mob member really want to go there with upbringings?

  2. “Yes, Mr. Mayor, It is racist, and it sounds, frankly, kind of unhinged,” Robinson said, speaking on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

    I adore Gene Robinson. Anyone who has watched him on Hardball or any other show knows he’s a genuinely good and very thoughtful person who goes out of his way to avoid nasty exchanges. He’s also very reluctant to call something racist unless he sees it as blatant. So, Robinson saying these things is pretty remarkable. And I don’t think this is going over well for the GOP, and certainly not for Giuliani. I’m sure Mr. Married Three Times and My Kids Don’t Talk to Me thought this would be a hit with the wingnuts and no one would call him on it. Too bad, so sad.

  3. So, was this Guiliani’s (very) bad attempt at “Some of my best friends are …?”

  4. Meanwhile, back at Fox News Rudy & Roger are dappin’ it up !

  5. I am going to bet Rudy spanks the carrot all over the American flag and that makes him not racist and what comes from his mouth has no substance either.

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