Andrew Giuliani — yeah that Andrew Giuliani. He’s Rudy Giuliani’s kid. You know, the one who made $95,000 a year to act as the Trump administration’s “liaison to the sports community.” Now he wants to parlay that invaluable experience into becoming the next governor of the state of New York.
On Tuesday the 35-year-old announced his candidacy in the 2022 election. He’ll run for the GOP nomination in a bid to take the governorship from Democrat Andrew Cuomo, who has become tangled in multiple scandals involving sexual harassment and misreporting of nursing home Covid-19 deaths.
Giuliani told CNN he’s running “for all New Yorkers,” but given his close ties to Trump and, well, his father, that might be a lost argument on many New York residents.
If his campaign is anything like this wild appearance on TV defending his dad last month, it should make for quite the show.
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During a wild 10-minute back and forth with Erin Burnett, Andrew looked less-than-dignified as he deflected questions, hurled accusations, and rattled off conspiracy theories, including one about the judge who signed the search warrant for the raid on his father’s home.
“Who appointed the judge?” Andrew asked Burnett. “President Barack Obama! You have an Obama-appointed judge who has signed this warrant where no other judge would sign this warrant!”
To which the CNN host countered, “You have proof that no other judge would sign the warrant?”
He did not, of course.
Twitter had a lot to say about Andrew throwing his hat into the ring:
I would be a better NY Governor than Andrew Giuliani, and I’ve never lived in NY a day in my life.
— JB ?? (@jdboor) May 18, 2021
Andrew Giuliani is running for office and Rudy filed the paperwork, which can only mean one thing: Andrew Giuliani will be the next governor of New York Sports Club.
— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) May 18, 2021
Staten Island goes wild. Andrew Giuliani loses by 70 points. https://t.co/yav9V0lw4f
— Nick Marino (@NickMarino_) May 18, 2021
Andrew Giuliani begins his campaign with irrevocable distinction of being the only candidate for NY Governor to ever be played by Chris Farley. https://t.co/hr1bkwA36N https://t.co/IQ6fMOUZBJ
— @DukeStJournal (@DukeStJournal) May 18, 2021
Andrew Giuliani is the only candidate I can for sure beat in a governor's race.
— max fine (@MaxFine12) May 18, 2021
Hell on earth:
Andrew Giuliani becomes Governor of NY
Lauren Boebert becomes Speaker of the House
Republicans select the next SC Justice giving them 7-2 majority
Register to, and vote in 2022 if your life depended on it…….it conceivably may. Who thought trump would win?
— This Space For Sale….Inquire Within. (@fromMA) May 18, 2021
Will Andrew Giuliani be campaigning at the Four Seasons Total Landscaping?
— ????The Queer Reverend???? (Blue Check) (@Marxtopoid) May 18, 2021
I’m old enough to remember when people had records of having accomplished something in life before running for a high position like New York governor. Now we have Andrew Giuliani, who wants to be governor and has a record of having done absolutely nothing.
— Clyde Haberman (@ClydeHaberman) May 18, 2021
Andrew Giuliani is running for NY Governor on the coattails of his father’s “America’s Mayor” legacy.
He must have forgotten that any of Rudy’s credibility that was left leaked out of his head on national tv.— Beki ?? (@Daksthetruth) May 18, 2021
Bengali
This moron is as pathetic and as unhinged as his soon to be indicated father. Going to be a great year if Rudy, Trump, Marjorie the Greene Hag (lying on her taxes), GAYTZ and others are all indicted. I hope they resist because seeing them dragged away…preferably over shards of glass…will make this year amazing.
mailliw110
Wouldn’t it be awesome if they all had their trials at the same time?
Cam
This is the Republican Party now.
No qualifications, but of course they think they can run a state. And the reason for their running? Usually to help protect friends or family from criminal prosecution.
Jere
You’d think there was no other jobs than Governor or President in this country. Why do these neophytes always want to start at the top, despite having no political experience? If Andrew Giuliani (or Caitlyn Jenner) would like to be taken seriously as a candidate, the best thing is to start local and and work up and gain experience along the way. Run for local council. Run for school board. Run for State Assembly. Something. Anything. Sure, Donald Trump won with no experience, but that was a disaster.
Kangol2
Of course this dimwit Ghouliani spawn chooses one of the most populous and complex states to run, much like Caitlyn Jenner did with California, which is larger and richer than most other countries on earth. They are privileged, entitled, gross mediocrities like Don the Con himself, and only way to stop their fanciful, potentially disastrous electoral dreams is to vote against them and ensure they never get into office.
Fahd
All about the fundraising: It will be interesting to see which donors are behind him. I hope they’re exposed – and I hope none of the money winds up paying for Rudy’s lawyers.
fredk
now we know what donna hanover would like if she switched genders & had botched work.
BoomerMyles
Well we got the “it girl” running for CA governor.
Why not an unqualified douchebag for NY?
Kangol2
Kangol2
With Ghouliani-spawn, he doesn’t have a chance in hell of winning, which is a good thing for the people of New York State and the US. There are other right-wing wackos like Lee Zeldin, a total Don the Con zealot, who people should be wary of. New York has elected horrible Republicans like Alphonse D’Amato and George Pataki before to statewide office before, so right-wingers like Zeldin and others with some electoral success are real dangers. Having a goon like Andrew Cuomo in office doesn’t help either, but as horrible as he is, he remains fairly popular in New York, so he’s not dooming whichever Democrat runs after him to a loss. Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul and Nassau County executive Laura Curran, who is very competent and moderate, have a strong chance of succeeding the sleazebag.
Fname Optional Lname
Oh great, this is all we need. 4 years ago I tweeted @EricTrump and told him that children of politician’s are not allowed to run for office. Let’s hope he doesn’t see this.
butchqueen
He is 35? I thought he was 50!!!
BaltoSteve
And the truly sad thing is folks will vote for him because of name recognition. You see it on local and state politics all the time. The child, nephew/niece, etc.. as long as the last name is the same. And this is something that happens on both sides of the aisle. I believe it’s an extension of the Devil That You Know concept.
Hdtex
Shallow gene pool.
twomen4u
One terminally sick puppy!
Kieran
Everybody is saying how hot he is.
Gay Thomas
This imbecile claimed he’d been around politics for 5 decades. He’s 35. He and Eric Trump could pass for brothers (ugly AF). Somewhere out there Gary Busey is laughing his ass off.