Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City, has been hospitalised and is in a “critical but stable condition”, his spokesperson said on Sunday evening. Ted Goodman, the spokesperson, posted on social media: “Mayor Giuliani is a fighter who has faced every challenge in his life with unwavering strength, and he’s fighting with that same level of strength as we speak. We do ask that you join us in prayer for America’s Mayor Rudy Giuliani.”
It is unclear why Giuliani, 81, is in hospital or how long he has been there. Giuliani hosted his online show, “America’s Mayor Live”, on Friday night from Florida, but said his voice was “a little under the weather”.
Giuliani garnered acclaim for his response to the 11 September 2001 al-Qaida attack on New York City, earning the nickname “America’s mayor”. He later worked as an attorney for Donald Trump in his failed efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election, an effort that led to criminal charges against Giuliani in two US states and a defamation lawsuit from election workers. Giuliani has denied wrongdoing in the criminal cases.
Trump, on his social media platform Truth Social, praised his former attorney: “Our fabulous Rudy Giuliani, a True Warrior, and the Best Mayor in the History of New York City, BY FAR, has been hospitalized, and is in critical condition,” he wrote on Sunday. He went on to say, without evidence, that Giuliani had been “right about everything” and that Democrats “did anything possible to destroy our nation, and now, look at Rudy. So sad!”
Giuliani was previously hospitalised last year after a car crash in New Hampshire.
