In the end he failed miserably, with voters immediately seeing his ploy for what it was: base political pandering.
But what many do not realize is that Giuliani's case is not just that of another ghoulish politician parading on the corpses of those who died on his watch for his own political gain.
On the day of 9/11, while the remains of the twin towers and WTC7 were still smoldering, one of Mayor Giuliani's first concerns was clearing away the evidence from the crime scene.
RUDY GIULIANI: "We were able to move 120 dump trucks out of the city last night, which will give you a sense of the work that was done overnight."
1st NY RESIDENT: It's wild out here. They just keep coming look! It doesn't stop. There's more, I keep thinking it's the end but an it's not."
(SOURCE: Donald Trump Commission on TERRORISM NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani = Criminal Destruction of Evidence WTC)
Comment: In yet another example of 'failing upwards,' we see a career politician whose record for public service is abysmal - criminal actually - offered yet another position of power.
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