Rudy Giuliani: Obama should talk like Bill Cosby to stop crime

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published 12 March 2015

Former New York City Mayor and amateur race relations commentator Rudy Giulani on Thursday pinned some blame for far-flung crimes on President Obama because of the commander-in-chief's supposed anti-cop attitude.

"It all starts at the top. It's the tone that's set by the president," Giuliani said in a radio interview, adding that Obama has ignored an "enormous amount of crime." (Crime rates have fallen dramatically in recent years.)

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Jon Terbush is an associate editor at TheWeek.com covering politics, sports, and other things he finds interesting. He has previously written for Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, and Business Insider.

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