Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani was assaulted by at grocery store worker in Staten Island on Sunday, according to BNN and The New York Times.
The Times notes:
In a brief interview, Mr. Giuliani said he was walking through a ShopRite grocery store in the Charleston neighborhood with supporters when the employee disparaged him and slapped his back, then made an apparent reference to abortion.
“The one thing he said that was political was ‘you’re going to kill women, you’re going to kill women,’” said Mr. Giuliani, who said he understood the remark to be about the Supreme Court’s decision overturning Roe v. Wade on Friday.
The initial account shared by police did not mention abortion, but said that an unnamed 39-year-old man had hit Mr. Giuliani in the mid-back while saying, “What’s up, scumbag?”
The man was taken into custody. Police were still investigating and it was not immediately clear what, if any, charges the man could face.
Here’s the video:
Giuliani, who called for “trial by combat” at a speech he gave on January 6, 2021 at the White House, also told the Times that political violence is a problem in the United States and needs to end:
“This has to stop. This is getting ridiculous,” he said. “I’ve been in politics 50 years, I’ve never been attacked like this.”
Mr. Giuliani said that he had red marks on his back, but was not bleeding and had remained on his feet after being struck. He had been planning to hand out fliers for his son, Andrew Giuliani, ahead of Tuesday’s Republican primary for governor. The younger Mr. Giuliani was not on hand.
“My back hurts, but otherwise I’m able to walk and stuff like that,” the former mayor said. “He almost knocked me down. Thank God for a 78-year-old, I am in pretty good shape.”
Maybe if Rudy would take the time to heed his own advice, karma wouldn’t catch up with him in the grocery store.
