Former Donald Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani attended an event for New York Yankees fans on Sunday, but said he has been boycotting the team for years because of its support for the Black Lives Matter movement.Giuliani, who served as mayor of New York from 1994 to 2001, said he boycotted the Yankees last summer because of their stance on BLM, a controversial political and social movement aimed at combating racism. He also declared “war on Christianity” after a band of darlings who dissed the nuns were invited to Dodgers Pride Night in Los Angeles.
“I was with the Yankees,” the 79-year-old said. Black Lives Matter supports this. “Sorry, I love my country more than baseball.”Giuliani left Yankees Stadium because of the BLM move, but still found time to take photos and sign autographs at a Yankees fan event in New Jersey on Sunday. After being invited to the 2024 Pinstripe Pride event with former players Goose Gossage, Wade Boggs and Bernie Williams, he attended a Yankees event at the American Dream Mall in East Rutherford, mingling with some of the Yankees’ biggest players and supporters.Giuliani, a longtime ally of former President Trump, grew up in Brooklyn and was a Yankees fan through his father, despite living closer to the Dodgers’ former home stadium.
“In the eight years I’ve been mayor, the Yankees have won four World Series,” said the American politician and attorney, who was introduced at a Yankees event on Sunday by sports memorabilia giant HallofFameSignings.com. “Their revival came as New York moved from being considered ungovernable to becoming an important example of urban renaissance.
“The Yankees, as well as the Mets and all New York sports teams, played an important role in rebuilding the city after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. I will always have a special place in my heart for these people and this team…Last December, Giuliani filed for bankruptcy after being ordered to pay $148 million in defamation for spreading false information about two former Georgia election officials who lost their lives to racist threats and intimidation.
The guilty verdict followed emotional testimony from Wandrea “Shay” Moss and her mother, Ruby Freeman. Ruby Freeman tearfully described being the target of a false conspiracy theory that Giuliani and other Republicans were trying to defeat then-President Trump to stay in office. After defeat. 2020 elections.Groans rang out in the courtroom as the jury foreman read the $75 million in damages awarded to the women.
Moss and Freeman received an additional $36 million in other expenses.A group of individuals and companies who say they owe Giuliani money gathered Friday for their first court hearing since Giuliani filed for bankruptcy. In a two-hour Zoom hearing, Giuliani’s lawyers told a U.S. bankruptcy judge that the former New York mayor doesn’t have the money to pay $148 million he owes voters for tipping off his role his in the 2020 elections. . Complaints against Giuliani will also have to wait.
“There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.” said attorney Gary Fishoff. Giuliani noted that he made a living as a radio and podcast host while dealing with a wide range of “financial issues.”
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