--- title: Wasserman Schultz Calls on Republicans to Repudiate Giuliani description: Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz called on Republican presidential candidates to repudiate Rudy Giuliani. canonical: https://time.com/3715017/debbie-wasserman-schultz-rudy-giuliani-barack-obama/ author: Zeke Miller article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-19T16:24:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:23.542Z article:section: Politics og:title: Democrats Call on 2016 Republicans to Repudiate Giuliani og:description: He said President Obama doesn't love America. og:url: https://time.com/3715017/debbie-wasserman-schultz-rudy-giuliani-barack-obama/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c9be49abf5a2728/69877fee8e0601f85945a5fc/rudy-giuliani.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 2560 og:image:height: 1440 og:image:alt: Rudy Giuliani og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Democrats Call on 2016 Republicans to Repudiate Giuliani twitter:description: He said President Obama doesn't love America. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3c9be49abf5a2728/69877fee8e0601f85945a5fc/rudy-giuliani.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Democrats Criticize Giuliani for Remarks About Obama > Sponsored content. 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Rob Kim—Getty Images by [Zeke Miller](https://time.com/author/zeke-j-miller/) ## Zeke Miller Feb 19, 2015 4:24 PM UTC Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz called Thursday on Republican presidential candidates to repudiate the comments of former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani. In a speech to the Association of Democratic State Chairs meeting in Washington, the Florida congresswoman called on the GOP to say “enough” after Giuliani said at a private New York dinner he doesn’t believe President Obama loves America. “He doesn’t love you,” Giuliani said [according to Politico](http://www.politico.com/story/2015/02/rudy-giuliani-president-obama-doesnt-love-america-115309.html). “And he doesn’t love me. He wasn’t brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country.” Calling out a dozen Republican president candidates by name, Wasserman Schultz said, “Now is the time for its leaders to stop this kind of nonsense.” “One of the Republican frontrunners was sitting just feet away and didn’t say a word,” she added, in reference to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker who was in attendance. “I would challenge my Republican colleagues and anyone in the Republican Party to say: Enough. They need to start leading.” “The mayor can speak for himself,” Walker said Thursday morning on CNBC addressing the controversy. “I’m not going to comment on whether—what the president thinks or not.” Wasserman Schultz also mocked the emerging Republican 2016 presidential field, saying “These guys are going to make the 2012 GOP field look downright presidential.” In her remarks, Wasserman Schultz announced that the preliminary results of the party review of its 2014 electoral defeat will be announced on Saturday. “As a party, we need to do a better job developing a cohesive narrative,” she said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3715017/debbie-wasserman-schultz-rudy-giuliani-barack-obama/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3715017/debbie-wasserman-schultz-rudy-giuliani-barack-obama/"},"headline":"Democrats Criticize Giuliani for Remarks About Obama","datePublished":"2015-02-19T16:24:19.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:23.542Z","description":"Democratic National Committee Chair Rep. 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