http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/giuliani-slams-obama-wisc-gov-walker-fails-romney-article-1.2121037Rudy Giuliani claims Obama 'doesn't love America' while Wisc. Gov. Scott Walker goes after Mitt Romney
The political figures expressed their disdain while attending a Manhattan dinner party Wednesday.
BY Celeste Katz
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, February 19, 2015, 1:52 AM
Obama doesn’t love America — and Mitt’s not much better.
Those were the not-so-subtle views expressed by former Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker at a Manhattan dinner party Wednesday night.
“I do not believe — and I know this is a horrible thing to say — but I do not believe that this president loves America,” Giuliani said of President Obama.
Republican Walker, a likely 2016 White House contender, went after his party’s previous candidate.
“The big thing I thought Mitt Romney’s campaign missed more than anything was we already knew the narrative that the economy was failing, and that there was a compelling case to get rid of the president,” Walker told the crowd of business leaders, academics, GOP honchos and members of the media at the posh 21 Club.
Among those attending were former U.S. Sen. Al D'Amato, Daily News Chairman & Publisher Mortimer B. Zuckerman and the evening's host, grocery store billionaire John Catsimatidis.
“What we never heard — or at least didn’t hear very clearly — was why Mitt Romney would be a better alternative,” Walker said.
The decision by Romney, the party's 2012 nominee, not to wage a third presidential campaign but encourage the party to choose a 2016 standard-bearer from among the "next generation" of GOP leaders, touched off a scramble for donors, staffers, and voters.
With former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush largely seen as the frontrunner, Walker -- whose national fame is largely rooted in his explosive battles with organized labor in Wisconsin -- is courting conservatives as he explores a run of his own.
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