Rudy Giuliani attacked Stormy Daniels, and the women of cable morning news were having none of it
In Tel Aviv on Wednesday, Rudy Giuliani took some potshots at Stormy Daniels, the adult film star and director who says she had an extramarital affair with President Trump in 2006. "The business you were in entitles you to no degree of giving your credibility any weight," said Giuliani, now a lawyer for Trump. "I'm sorry, I don't respect a porn star the way I respect a career woman or a woman of substance or a woman who ... isn't going to sell her body for sexual exploitation."
Thursday morning's cable news shows noticed the fallacy of Giuliani's argument. "Rudy Giuliani has a glass-houses problem here," CNN's John Berman said on New Day. "If he's going to appoint himself the morals police there, that's some pretty shaky ground."
On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) were furious about Giuliani derisively judging Daniels by her looks.
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Back on CNN, Alisyn Camerota wondered how Giuliani "feels about ... married men who have sex with porn stars without using protection." Kristen Powers noted that "Donald Trump proudly hung out at the Playboy Mansion." There's more. Watch below. Peter Weber
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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.
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