The former New York City mayor took to The Wall Street Journal opinion pages Sunday night seeking to move beyond the firestorm over his comments, saying his problem is really with Obama’s policies.
“My blunt language suggesting that the President doesn’t love America notwithstanding, I didn’t intend to question President Obama’s motives or the content of his heart,” Giuliani wrote. “My intended focus really was the effect his words and his actions have on the morale of the country, and how that effect may damage his performance.”
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Other Republicans — including Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham and Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul — have made similar comments in recent days.
While Rubio said he doesn’t question Obama’s motives, he also critiqued journalists for pushing the issue — saying that Democrats aren’t forced to answer for it “every time Joe Biden says something embarrassing.”
