Rudy Giuliani exaggerated about allegedly being assaulted while he
was at a grocery store.
And it looks like it's not just those on the left who are calling him out for
the exaggeration.
Apparently he's also being called out by one of his own,
Greg Kelly over at Newsmax.
Now if you can get through the what sounds like a big rig in
the background as Giuliani is doing this interview.
You can hear the moment where the issue was casually brought up.
The incident was casually brought up, let's take a look.
>> The main thing that he has is passion, tremendous passion.
>> Hey Mr. Mayor, is somebody mowing the lawn right outside your window?
I can barely hear you.
>> We're at a big rally in Staten Island right
around the corner from where I was attacked yesterday.
>> So Giuliani brings up where I was attacked.
Now mind you,
we showed you guys a surveillance footage of him being attacked.
He had claimed that he was almost knocked to the ground, he almost broke his skull,
it was terrible, but the video showed otherwise, and well,
Greg Kelly brought that up, let's watch.
>> And you tell me because let me see the video if you don't mind.
This person with the hand on your back, I gotta be honest, it doesn't look that bad.
But I understand that looks can be deceiving.
>> That was the woman who was rubbing my back not the guy you're watching.
So the woman, that woman gave a statement to the police.
The guy hit me so hard that she herself almost fell.
>> The video does not show that she herself almost fell.
We also saw the guy pat you on the back and
it is not the equivalent of being violently assaulted.
But I don't know Cenk, maybe I'm being unfair to America's mayor,
what do you think?
>> I loathe Greg Kelly, I mean watch old clips of me talking about Greg Kelly,
can't stand that guy.
I can't believe we've got common ground.
First, really,
you're gonna do an interview with the world's largest lawn mower behind you.
Okay, fine.
>> [LAUGH] >> That's the smallest part of
the issue here.
But that pat on the back, he says he could have been killed.
Come on man, so I shared Greg Kelly smirk on that, that is absurd.
>> I'm sorry to interrupt you Cenk, but
you weren't here when we covered the original story when it first broke.
I should note, the grocery store worker who patted him on the back got
arrested for assault of an elderly person.
The charges didn't get dropped, but they were lessened.
And I think they should be dropped entirely.
But Giuliani first detailed what happened to him on an interview that he had
with a conservative radio show host.
And the conservative radio show host is probably just the way he talks is my
favorite thing.
Here's how he described what happened to Giuliani, let's watch.
>> Rudy Giuliani got jumped, got sucker punched.
And yet he got hit, he turned around,
he gritted it, he bared with it.
And as we speak right now,
he's leaving a little league game out there in Staten Island.
That's right, he took that blow, it didn't knock him down to the ground, and
he just kept moving, just kept moving.
Well, I'm gonna let him explain the details cuz we were able to get
the first exclusive interview right after he got cold cock
sucker punched by this menace to society.
>> [LAUGH] >> You hear that Cenk boy?
He got cold cock sucker punched, but he got back up, he's a hero, okay?
Against this menace, my God, I think that guy is an American hero.
>> Yeah, so
I had to deal with Curtis with my whole life because I grew up in New Jersey.
So he's a New York clown.
There's a couple of clowns that go get media attention.
And they have like different props and
his prop is the beret because he thinks that makes him look cool.
>> Does it? >> If you say so brother,
if you say so, okay.
But he's so tough, he thinks that pat on the back is getting cold luck.
[SOUND] Really, you're tough Curtis, you're tough,
you're a total weakling, so is Giuliani.
Look, you guys are a joke.
So whenever you listen to any right wing radio host,
you should assume they're definitely lying to you.
If you have massive evidence that they're not, that would be shocking, okay?
But if you turn on right wing radio,
assume that every single word that comes out of their mouth is a lie.
Look at that, Giuliani literally said he could have been killed,
could have been murdered there.
You saw the video, there is no other video.
>> He got jumped, he got sucker punched.
>> [LAUGH]