On Friday, 77 WABC owner John Catsimatidis canceled The Rudy Giuliani Show after the former New York Mayor and lawyer for Donald Trump refused to cease talking about the validity of the 2020 election.
The former New York news/talk host took to social media to blast the billionaire after his show’s cancellation.
“What John Catsimatidis has done is disgraceful,” Giuliani said during his America’s Mayor Live video show. “With the pretense that he was building some kind of a First Amendment station, he blew a hole in the First Amendment that’s so big you can’t even find it. You can’t tell somebody not to talk about the 2020 presidential election and tell me that you have respect for free speech.”
Catsimatidis told The New York Times he had repeatedly informed Giuliani that he could not make false claims about the validity of the election that saw Joe Biden defeat Donald Trump. Giuliani informed the station owner that he was not willing to comply with the mandate, resulting in his suspension and subsequent cancellation.
“Isn’t it a hell of a time to stop me from doing what I’ve been doing for three and a half years – just when they may be preparing to steal another election?,” Giuliani posited during the program.
In a statement to The Independent, Rudy Giuliani argued that 77 WABC ending his show was a “clear violation of free speech”.
