President Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani tweeted out a rejected Super Bowl commercial featuring antifa on the 18th anniversary of 9/11.
Giuliani, who served as the mayor of New York City from 1994-2001, tweeted out an abridged clip of a Grunt Style ad during the early hours of Wednesday morning. The commercial depicts a police officer facing an agitated crowd of protesters who are hostile towards law enforcement. The police officer is taken through memories dating back to his time in the military and to his childhood, recalling the day 9/11 happened. As the commercial unfolds, America the Beautiful is played.
The ad concludes with the tagline: “This we’ll defend.”
GOD BLESS AMERICA! pic.twitter.com/VklXvWggKJ
— Rudy Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) September 11, 2019
The version Giuliani tweeted cut off the end of the commercial where it advertises the apparel company.
“To us, what you wear is more than just a necessity to be clothed,” the website’s “About” section reads. “It’s about attitude! We have taken the American fighting spirit and instilled it in everything we do. You don’t have to be a Veteran to wear Grunt Style, but you do have to love Freedom, Bacon and Whiskey. We provide more than apparel, we instill pride.”
A number of people were quick to question Giuliani’s motive behind posting this video to commemorate 9/11.
not sure what’s more risible here: Giuliani’s slobbering fascism, or the fact that he has to use an unattributed commercial for a shitty clothing brand to do it https://t.co/qL4s76t63T
— Patrick Blanchfield (@PatBlanchfield) September 11, 2019
Wtf, Giuliani? On 9/11.
The theme moving forward — we’ll defend our minority rule, via all means necessary.
Frightening. https://t.co/v3CRKFIHAa
— Michelangelo Signorile (@MSignorile) September 11, 2019
Remember, Giuliani and co would never ever put out a video like this involving white nationalist protesters of the Charlottesville variety who, actually, y’know, kill innocent Americans. https://t.co/gQgVSNDfFS
— Mehdi Hasan (@mehdirhasan) September 11, 2019
Jesus. https://t.co/gjWNfKYcvF
— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) September 11, 2019
What is this video that Rudy Giuliani tweeted in the early hours of the Sept. 11 anniversary? https://t.co/5b6Glm9AlH
— Chris Megerian (@ChrisMegerian) September 11, 2019
