I think you missed one very important point. He has had Al Sharpton to the White House 80, 85 times. You make Al Sharpton a close adviser, you are going to turn the police in America against you.
Former New York City mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, CBS News Face the Nation, Dec. 28, 2014
In his interview on Face the Nation, Giuliani addressed The Fact Checkers Four Pinocchio ratingabout his comment that President Obama launched a propaganda campaign that everybody should hate the police. That rhetoric, Giuliani had said, led to the assassination-style killings of two New York Police Department officers in December.
Giuliani had not responded to our requests for comment for the fact check, but was later asked about it by Major Garrett during the interview. He said the fact check missed the one big point: Al Sharpton. He offered a new explanation with a figure attached: Obamas anti-police rhetoric is through his association with the Rev. Al Sharpton, who has been invited to the White House 80 to 85 times.
You know, actions speak louder than words. You put Al Sharpton next to you, you just told everyone, Im against the police, Giuliani said in the segment.
Giulianis figure that Obama has had Sharpton to the White House 80, 85 times seemed high. That claim also has beenmade in right-leaning news outlets, including one that labeled Sharpton Obamas race czar. (While the Ebola czar is hardly seen, Obamas race czar is everywhere. He reportedly has visited the White House more than 80 times more than most of the presidents cabinet.)
Is it correctObama invited Sharpton to the White House upwards of 85 times? And does that make Sharpton a close advisor of the president?
The Giuliani-Sharpton relationship
Giuliani responded to our request for interview this time. He explained that it sends an anti-police message when Sharpton, an outspoken activist who has protested homicides of minorities by police since the 1990s, is in public with leaders such asObama or New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. There are a handful of reasons hundreds of NYPD officers are literally turning their back against de Blasio,he said, and one of the reasons is that de Blasio met with Sharpton after Eric Garner died after he was put in a chokehold by an NYPD officer in Staten Island.
For readers who are not familiar, there is history between Sharpton and Giuliani that dates to Giulianis first term as mayor of New York City, which started 21 years ago.
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Fact Checker: Giulianis claim the White House invited Al Sharpton up to 85 times