Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani said Sunday that the city’s police force should not express their dissatisfaction with Mayor Bill de Blasio by turning their backs on him.
“The mayor is not in any way to be treated with people turning their backs,” Giuliani said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” Sunday. “It doesn’t matter if you like the mayor or you don’t like the mayor, you have to respect the mayor’s position. I don’t support that.”
Hundreds of NYPD officers turned their backs in protest of de Blasio at Saturday’s funeral for officer Rafeal Ramos, who was killed in the line of duty last week in the wake of ongoing protests against the city’s police, as the mayor delivered a eulogy for the fallen officer.
While Giuliani opposed that public display, he did say that de Blasio should apologize to the city police for any offense he caused.
“I do believe Mayor de Blasio should apologize to the New York City police department,” he said. “He created an impression with the police — I don’t know that he wanted to do it, he probably didn’t — but he created an impression with the police that he was on the side of the protesters.”
“I do believe Mayor de Blasio should apologize to the New York City police department…he created an impression with the police that he was on the side of the protesters.”
First, the Mayor is under no obligation to apologize for the hallucinations of a loudmouth minority of belligerent authoritarian fascists concerned that they’re being reined in.
Second, it’s longstanding policy that we don’t negotiate with terrorists.
Wow, when even Rudy thinks the police officers didn’t look good with this stint, you know they’ve gone too far.
Rudy still thinks it’s all de Blasio’s fault of course for any misunderstandings.
Shut the FUCK up, Rudy.
Bill deBlasio owes NO ONE an apology, least of all you, for the common sense comments he made when it came to his son.
Right , so many commenters disagreed with this happening ; Rudy has realised he dropped himself into it . He’s now trying to get the votes back .
Why should the Mayor apologize for expressing the sentiment that he understands the protestors viewpoint? How does that in any way undermine the good cops? It’s ridiculous to try to stretch that into an indictment of the entire dept. Complete political grandstand maneuver to try to imply that is the Mayor’s position.