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Andrew Giuliani gets stomped into a puddle of hair dye in New York's gubernatorial primary [1]
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Date: 2022-06-29
Of course, this isn’t the outcome Giuliani—who spent half a decade as a pro golfer before nepotism got him a cushy position in the Trump administration—told us to expect. Last June, he assured us he was on a glide path to victory:
GIULIANI: “We just released our first poll. We actually found from the 2.9 million registered Republicans that we are up 8 points so far for the Republican nomination. So look, I think there was a little bit of a plan for the party to anoint another candidate. Unfortunately for them, the 2.9 million Republicans are starting to say, you know what, we like this Giuliani guy. So, honestly, I’m very excited.”
But as Axios helpfully pointed out at the time, Giuliani’s internal polls didn’t jibe with real polls.
Andrew Giuliani, the son of former New York City Mayor and Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani, received no support from state Republicans for his bid to be the next governor of New York during a secret straw poll held Monday. Driving the news: Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.) got about 85% of the vote, and around 10% chose to abstain, New York Republicans said. The results bode well for Zeldin's chances of becoming the Republican nominee to challenge Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the upcoming election.
And then there was Andrew’s campaign kickoff, wherein he confused the Statue of Liberty with a landmark that clearly wasn’t the Statue of Liberty.
x Andrew Giuliani appears to question whether he was looking at the Statue of Liberty or a different statue. pic.twitter.com/EiPpyaJZKc — The Recount (@therecount) May 18, 2021
Transcript!
GIULIANI: “Okay, let me know whenever you’re ready. Which one is that, is that Miss Manhattan or is that Lady Lib …? That’s Lady Liberty over there, so. Everybody ready?”
Oof.
Of course, there’s no good reason Giuliani should give up now. He could “just say he won,” like his dad advised Trump to do on Election Day 2020. Unfortunately, Andrew doesn’t have the weird charisma of Trump—who declined to endorse his bestie’s kid. He didn’t even inherit the fading charms of his father, whose smile can still light up a room—so long as that room is rentable by the hour.
Giuliani the younger, of course, has long displayed a desire to ride his father’s coattails.
These charmingly childish antics led to an unflattering and popular (if un-embeddable) Saturday Night Live sketch. Two, actually.
Andrew didn’t hesitate to bring up his SNL portrayals while announcing his bid for governor (and confidently declaring he’d beat Zeldin).
Yet Zeldin will go on to face Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul, who easily won her primary, in November.
And what’s next for Andrew, beyond navigating visitor protocols at the prison his father will likely soon call home? Maybe he can unleash his papa’s creativity with some Diet Pepsi and get some ideas.
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