Giuliani Claims No Successful 'Radical Islamic' Attacks in US Before Obama

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani today blamed President Obama for allowing acts of terrorism to occur under his watch, claiming that “successful” attacks did not happen until Obama took office.

“Before Obama came along, we didn’t have any successful radical Islamic terrorist attack inside the United States,” Giuliani said at an event for Donald Trump in Ohio, alluding to the eight years in which George W. Bush was president.

Giuliani was mayor of New York City from 1994 to 2001, during which time the World Trade Center was the target of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, in which the city’s twin towers were destroyed and almost 3,000 people were killed when commercial airliners were hijacked by members of al Qaeda and deliberately flown into the buildings.

Just seconds prior to the comment, Giuliani specifically referenced the attacks twice while touting vice presidential candidate Mike Pence’s foreign affairs experience and recalling a trip Pence made to Lower Manhattan as a congressman in the aftermath of the attack.

“[Pence was] a member of the Foreign Affairs and Judiciary Committee during the time of September 11th when we went through the worst foreign attack in our history since the War of 1812,” Giuliani said.

“Mike Pence understands [the threat of terrorism] from his time both on the Foreign Affairs Committee, from his very, very timely visit, which I remember, to Ground Zero. When we were in desperate need of help he was there,” he added.

The comment -- and the immediate scrutiny it received on social media -- drew comparisons to campaign claims by former Republican primary candidate Jeb Bush that his brother, President Bush, “kept us safe.”

During a February debate after repetition of the statement, Trump was quick to remind Jeb Bush about the timing of the Sept. 11 attacks.

"The World Trade Center came down during your brother's reign, remember that," Trump said.

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