Rudy Giuliani hospitalized in critical condition
Rudy Giuliani is in critical but stable condition, his spokesman said Sunday.
“We ask you to join us in praying for America’s Mayor,” said Ted Goodman, a spokesman for the 81-year-old former New York City mayor. expression. “Mayor Giuliani is a warrior who faces every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he is fighting with that same level of strength as we speak.”
He was hospitalized in Florida New York Times reported. On weekdays’ “America’s Mayor Live,” Giuliani said he was broadcasting from Palm Beach.
During his opening remarks Friday night, Giuliani coughed and said: “My voice is a little off, so I won’t be able to speak as loudly as usual.”
President Trump said in his post on Truth Social: Giuliani “A True Warrior and the Best Mayor in the History of New York City…. HE WAS RIGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING!”
In August, Giuliani was injured when the car he was traveling in was rear-ended in New Hampshire. He was hospitalized and suffered a fractured thoracic vertebrae, multiple lacerations and contusions, and injuries to his left arm and lower leg. spokesman As Giuliani said at the time.
Giuliani first came to national attention as a prosecutor at the Justice Department during the Reagan administration and later became a U.S. attorney in Manhattan. After losing his bid for mayor of New York City in 1989, he won in 1993 and served two terms. He became the first Republican to win the mayor’s office since John Lindsay left the mayoralty in 1973.
Giuliani’s time in office was a time of a crackdown on crime, but race relations eroded as Giuliani defended the police against accusations of bias and brutality. He withdrew from the race to represent New York in the Senate in 2000, citing his prostate cancer diagnosis.
After Al Qaeda terrorists flew hijacked planes into the World Trade Center in 2001, he was widely praised, with Oprah Winfrey calling him “America’s mayor.”
Giuliani floated the idea of amending the law to seek a third term or serve an extra three months to aid the post-9/11 recovery. Neither idea gained much support, and Michael Bloomberg was sworn in on January 1, 2002.
He ran for president in 2008 but was unsuccessful. During Trump’s first term, he defended the president during the Russia investigation. During Biden’s presidency, Giuliani pushed the president’s false claims disputing Biden’s election victory.
In 2024, Giuliani was disbarred for making false statements about the election and was not allowed to practice law in New York or Washington.
Former Times writer Chris Megerian contributed to this report.
