Pundits and journalists alike scrambled on Thursday to defend porn star Stormy Daniels and accuse Rudy Giuliani of hypocrisy. The Trump attorney said at a conference in Israel that he didn’t believe that Stormy Daniels was credible, saying that he respected “career women” more than he respected porn stars.
Giuliani takes swipe at Stormy Daniels, porn stars: “She has no reputation.” https://t.co/SVb33Uxnxk pic.twitter.com/3UXm7Zbf4H
— ABC News (@ABC) June 7, 2018
Many were quick to turn the attack back on Giuliani, some attempting to undermine his credibility and some just getting personal.
Giuliani’s stupid, condescending attack on Stormy as a “woman who sells her body for sexual exploitation”, only serves to highlight the hypocrisy of defending Trump, who had affairs & paid several such women & whose wife & ex-wife got paid for posing nude. Not a good look, Rudy.
— Ana Navarro (@ananavarro) June 7, 2018
not to be rude to rudy giuliani but marrying your own cousin is way grosser than acting in porn
— Gabrielle Bluestone (@g_bluestone) June 7, 2018
“I don’t respect a porn star the way I respect a career woman.”
Rudy Giuliani respects career women so much he’s divorced 3 of them.
While married to the 2nd career woman, he had a public affair with another respectable career woman who he was paying on City Hall payroll.
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) June 7, 2018
Stormy Daniels doing porn is far more trustworthy and honest than anything Giuliani has ever done https://t.co/49bwbuoO1I
— Oliver Willis (@owillis) June 7, 2018
From a man who divorced one of his three wives on live television: “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 has great respect for herself,” said the slimeball former NYC mayor. https://t.co/JkN2CMQAYa
— Democratic Coalition (@TheDemCoalition) June 7, 2018
On CNN’s “New Day,” host Alisyn Camerota and guest Kirsten Powers also saw hypocrisy in Giuliani’s statement.
Alisyn Camerota: “I’m sure that many people feel the way Rudy Giuliani does” about porn stars like Stormy Daniels not having credibility. What about men who have sex with porn stars? “Do they have credibility?”@KirstenPowers: The “women are the ones that are demonized” pic.twitter.com/9eP6JvtWf6
— New Day (@NewDay) June 7, 2018
Mika Brzezinski called the remarks “about as disgusting as it gets” and “the worst that you can say … given the age of #MeToo” on “Morning Joe.”
“This is women being judged by their looks and nothing else. That’s where we are today? We need to step up.” –@morningmika comments on Rudy Giuliani’s comments about Stormy Daniels pic.twitter.com/s7CQi9l6Sl
— Morning Joe (@Morning_Joe) June 7, 2018
On ABC’s “The View,” Meghan McCain quoted a friend who worked in the trade as saying that Giuliani had responded in a manner typical to one who “can’t afford our services.”
NBC’s Megyn Kelly reminded Giuliani that first lady Melania Trump also posed for nude photographs.
Megyn Kelly Reminds Giuliani: Melania Trump Has Posed Nude https://t.co/HYuzgpmwBZ pic.twitter.com/wnNpWLZc8U
— Mediaite (@Mediaite) June 7, 2018
And “Ellen Show” producer Andy Lassner posted Melania’s nude photos on his Twitter account to drive the point home, saying, “When Rudy Giuliani insults @stormydaniels’ career choices, he insults even the #bebest of us.”
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Giuliani clarified his comments by going for the double down, saying that any feminist who supports the porn industry “should turn in your credentials.”
“If you’re a feminist and you support the porn industry you should turn in your credentials”- Rudy Giuliani to me re: push back on his comments that being in porn makes Stormy Daniela lack credibility.
— Dana Bash (@DanaBashCNN) June 7, 2018