Rudy Giuliani Cancels His Trip to Ukraine, Blaming Democrats' 'Spin'

[Arkansas Granny]

Facing withering attacks accusing him of seeking foreign assistance for President Trump’s re-election campaign, Rudolph W. Giuliani announced on Friday night that he had canceled a trip to Kiev in which he planned to push the incoming Ukrainian government to press ahead with investigations that he hoped would benefit Mr. Trump.

Mr. Giuliani, President Trump’s personal lawyer, explained that he felt like he was being “set up,” and he blamed Democrats for trying to “spin” the trip.

“They say I was meddling in the election — ridiculous — but that’s their spin,” he said.

Mr. Giuliani said on Thursday that he had hoped to meet in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, with the nation’s president-elect and urge him to pursue inquiries that could yield new information about two matters of intense interest to Mr. Trump. One is the origin of the special counsel’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. The other is the involvement of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s son in a gas company owned by a Ukrainian oligarch.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/11/us/politics/rudy-giuliani-ukraine.html

[True Blue American]

1. Ignorant move on Rudy's

Part. You can bet more than Democratic spin stopped him.

That poor man needs to be put in a skilled Nursing Home. He is pathetic. Long past a joke.

[Arkansas Granny]

5. The ignorance began when Rudy admitted that he was going to Ukraine

with the purpose of meddling in an investigation.

[True Blue American]

24. Yes,it did!

Sure sign the old man has a screw loose. And I say this as an old woman still clicking.

Except when it comes to typing.

[ginnyinWI]

26. He must have meant the Oranges of the Investigation?

[FakeNoose]

9. Even Repukes were freaking out over his "trip"

... so it's not the Dems fault. He's just plain nuts.

[musicman65]

28. Lock him up

[sazemisery]

2. If his intentions had been for the good...

he would not have canceled. Cast your blame in the right direction, asshat.

[Mike Niendorff]

3. Seriously, Mr Guiliani ...

You seriously thought you could get away with this?

In broad daylight?

Wow have you people had it easy the last 20 years.

SHAME!!!


MDN

[watoos]

4. He cancelled because the president was going to snub him,

wasn't going to meet with him. Trump isn't respected in Ukraine and I wonder why? Ukraine just got done kicking Russian puppets out of power, why would the president of Ukraine meet with the lawyer for another Russian puppet?

[rickford66]

6. Why did it say "accusing" instead of "reporting" ?

Big diff

[Roy Rolling]

7. Waste of a Perfectly Good Meme

[pdsimdars]

8. But a number of commentators said that now that he has made his intentions known in public

he doesn't really need to go. He's told them the message. Now he can do it by phone.

[watoos]

15. You don't think that part of the message

delivered privately wouldn't have involved black mail? Give me dirt on Biden or you don't get weapons and our support against Russia.

What are the names of the "number of commentators?"

[pdsimdars]

21. I don't know what you are saying. . he gave his "message" to them out loud so he doesn't need to go

Message delivered.

[UpInArms]

10. Accused him of doing what he said he was going to do?

Mr. Giuliani said on Thursday that he had hoped to meet in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, with the nation’s president-elect and urge him to pursue inquiries that could yield new information about two matters of intense interest to Mr. Trump. One is the origin of the special counsel’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. The other is the involvement of former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s son in a gas company owned by a Ukrainian oligarch.

[Arkansas Granny]

16. Apparently that is called spinning these days.

[spanone]

11. Damn, maybe if we keep 'spinning' we can spin the asshole out of office?

[Arkansas Granny]

14. I'd be willing to give that a try.

[beachbum bob]

12. lol, he was outed and the corrupt hate being outed

[Smackdown2019]

13. Cookie jar

That cookie jar got robbed so many times, it was down to the last one and little Rudy didn't want to be one that was Publicly caught taking the last one. Bad Rudy.... now go into the white house corner and say sorry to your Master....

[LittleGirl]

17. If it walks like a duck...eom

[gordianot]

18. Don't you think Putin said "No"?

After all the Ukraine is not part of the program and not exactly friendly to the Russian Federation.

[watoos]

19. First of all, there was no there there,

Republicans publicized the trip to make it sound scary, like there was really some dark secrets that were going to be revealed. The whole event was a nothingburger.

Second of all, the president elect of Ukraine wanted no part of the scam, he wasn't going to meet with Ghouliani, which would have been quite the snub.

Trump cut his losses and cancelled the meeting, on to the next mud slinging event.

[mgardener]

20. Does Rudy have security clearance?

And in what universe is what Rudy was planning to do not election tampering?
Isn't he asking a foreign government for assistance in a federal election????

[Mc Mike]

22. Deport Rudy. rec, nt.

[rpannier]

23. Scooby Doo Meme Time

[Paladin]

25. Wow. Who would have thought it?

A maneuver so ham-handed, corrupt and subject to ridicule that even Giuliani would pull out of it. Makes my day.

[kskiska]

27. Joe DiGenova announced on Faux

that his wife, Victoria Toensing, would accompany Rudy to Ukraine.

[Proud Liberal Dem]

29. It looks bad

because it IS bad.

[Arkansas Granny]

30. Just some more of that "no collusion" that Trump keeps yammering about.