Giuliani Tells CNN He’s Getting Death Threats over Obama Comments

CNN reporter Jim Acosta spoke with Rudy Giuliani over the phone earlier today and told Anderson Cooper that the former New York mayor claimed he’s been getting death threats after his controversial remarks about whether President Obama loves America.

Giuliani, of course, said earlier this week that he doesn’t think Obama loves this country because he criticizes it so much, has a different worldview than past presidents, and rarely talks about the good things in America. And as Giuliani told Acosta tonight, “I don’t regret making the statement. I believe it. I don’t know if he loves America.”

But Giuliani has been getting quite a lot of backlash, and he told Acosta that his office has been receiving multiple death threats. Acosta noted CNN could not confirm it and Giuliani didn’t say whether or not he had already alerted the police.

Watch the video below, via CNN:

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