{"id":2454262,"date":"2025-07-01T13:09:02","date_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rudy-giuliani-blasts-zohran-mamdani-as-enemy-of-america-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-07-01T13:10:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T17:10:31","slug":"rudy-giuliani-blasts-zohran-mamdani-as-enemy-of-america-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/rudy-giuliani-blasts-zohran-mamdani-as-enemy-of-america-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudy Giuliani blasts Zohran Mamdani as \u2018enemy of America\u2019 &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frudy-giuliani-blasts-zohran-mamdani-as-enemy-of-america-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2454262&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Former New York City Mayor rudy Giuliani has harshly criticized the newly nominated Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, labeling him an &#8220;enemy of America&#8221; and predicting that his election would lead too the destruction of New York City. Mamdani, who won the nomination as a socialist, has <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >made controversial campaign promises including economic sanctions<\/a> against Israel and freezing rent. giuliani, responding to these policies on &#8220;piers Morgan Uncensored,&#8221; expressed his belief that mamdani&#8217;s tenure would scare residents and further lead to an exodus from the city. He suggested that voters should investigate Mamdani&#8217;s background themselves, while also implying that Mamdani&#8217;s stance on certain issues is beyond reproach, stating that even without the context of 9\/11, mamdani&#8217;s views are detrimental to the city.The context and implications of Giuliani&#8217;s comments reflect important political tensions surrounding the upcoming election.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Rudy Giuliani blasts Zohran Mamdani as &lsquo;enemy of America&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2162224\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former New York City Mayor <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/rudy-giuliani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Rudy Giuliani<\/a> criticized the current Democratic nominee for mayor, <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/zohran-mamdani\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Zohran Mamdani<\/a>, for his policies, predicting he would &ldquo;destroy New York City.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Mamdani won the nomination earlier this week as a socialist candidate. Some of his campaign promises are to boycott, divest from, and sanction Israel, freeze rent, stop cooperation with immigration enforcement, and provide free child care. Giuliani, a Republican who won a second term as mayor, reacted Monday to Mamdani&rsquo;s nomination on <em>Piers Morgan Uncensored<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3458968\/how-thune-trump-got-behind-one-big-beautiful-bill\/\">How Thune and Trump got behind &lsquo;big, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mike-johnson-fights-to-keep-trumps-ear-as-house-agenda-stalls-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Mike Johnson fights to keep ...\u2019s ear as House agenda stalls - Washington Examiner\">beautiful bill&#038;rsquo<\/a>;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3459482\/barack-obama-george-w-bush-criticize-trump-administration-gutting-usaid\/\">Obama, Bush criticize Trump administration for &#8216;gutting USAID&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3457901\/big-beautiful-vote-a-rama-amendments-proposed-pass-fail\/\">Big, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/big-beautiful-vote-a-rama-what-has-been-proposed-and-did-they-pass-or-fail\/\" title=\"..., beautiful vote-a-rama: What has been proposed, and did they pass or fail?\">beautiful vote-a-rama amendments<\/a>: What has been proposed, and did they pass or fail?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Do I see him as an enemy of America?&rdquo; said Giuliani, repeating host Piers Morgan&rsquo;s question. &ldquo;You&rsquo;re damn right I do. I think he&rsquo;s gonna destroy New York City, and I think this is a disaster time for New York City.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/50K-dG_fiQI?si=5KNTmBhh8KUG6kBk\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This guy becomes mayor, this city is gone. People are leaving the city already. You can&rsquo;t say things like the things he&rsquo;s saying and not frighten the hell out of people. I mean, it has nothing to do with even 9\/11. Had 9\/11 not happened, he&rsquo;d be an enemy of the city,&rdquo; Giuliani said.<\/p>\n<p>Giuliani stood by his comments that Mamdani should be &ldquo;investigated,&rdquo; but he clarified that New Yorkers &ldquo;should do the investigation as voters.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/state\/3457806\/mamdani-globalize-the-intifada-jeffries\/\"><strong>MAMDANI DODGES ON &lsquo;GLOBALIZE THE INTIFADA&rsquo; AS JEFFRIES DEMANDS HE &lsquo;CLARIFY HIS POSITION&rsquo; ON PHRASE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The former mayor made the comment during his podcast <em>America&rsquo;s Mayor Live<\/em>, the day after the primary results were in, when he also suggested President Donald Trump wouldn&rsquo;t &ldquo;give a friend of Hamas security clearance.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The 33-year-old defeated former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the election, which was determined by ranked choice voting.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2162224\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2162224\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rudy Giuliani calls Zohran Mamdani an &#8216;enemy of America<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2631,"featured_media":2454263,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rudy-giuliani-bankruptcy.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[58234,36160,34505,32076,56601],"class_list":["post-2454262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-enemy-of-america","tag-political-controversy","tag-rudy-giuliani","tag-washington-examiner","tag-zohran-mamdani"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/rudy-giuliani-bankruptcy.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454262","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2631"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2454262"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454262\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2454266,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2454262\/revisions\/2454266"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2454263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2454262"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2454262"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2454262"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}