Rudy Giuliani says Donald Trump is right about Mexican rapists — he just “said it in reverse”

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Published July 8, 2015 1:58PM (EDT)

 Rudy Giuliani   (MSNBC)
Rudy Giuliani (MSNBC)

Rudy Giuliani has made the ultimate show of loyalty to long-time friend Donald Trump. He's backing the GOP presidential hopeful in his disparaging comments about Mexican immigrants being "rapists."

Appearing on MSNBC's "Hardball" Tuesday evening, the former New York mayor told host Chris Matthews that he still respects Trump and believes he's an "unbiased" man, adding that he wasn't incorrect in saying that Mexican immigrants are rapists. He just made the point "in reverse."

"What he should have said is, most people come across the border for economic reasons," he continued.

Matthews interjected: "I think he said ... to 'rape people' basically."

Giuliani seemed unaffected. It's an inevitably, he suggested, because so many people are coming across the border "unchecked."

Some of them "murder people, kill people and are terrorists," he said.

Watch the clip courtesy of MSNBC below:


By Colin Gorenstein

Colin Gorenstein is Salon's assistant editor of internet and viral content. Follow @colingorenstein or email cgorenstein@salon.com.

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