--- title: Republican National Convention: Read Rudy Giuliani's speech description: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani gave an energetic speech at the Republican convention Monday. canonical: https://time.com/4412059/republican-convention-rudy-giuliani-transcript-video/ author: Will Drabold article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-07-19T03:04:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T23:20:56.918Z article:section: Politics og:title: Watch Rudy Giuliani's Energetic Speech at the GOP Convention og:description: The former New York City mayor made his case for Trump. og:url: https://time.com/4412059/republican-convention-rudy-giuliani-transcript-video/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85e2e5b0641e5af1/69889c73a988ca80076b8ab3/rudy-giuliani1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Rudy Giuliani's Energetic Speech at the GOP Convention twitter:description: The former New York City mayor made his case for Trump. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85e2e5b0641e5af1/69889c73a988ca80076b8ab3/rudy-giuliani1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Watch Rudy Giuliani's Energetic Speech at the Republican Convention by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 19, 2016 3:04 AM UTC  Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.Joe Raedle—Getty Images by [Will Drabold](https://time.com/author/will-drabold/) ## Will Drabold Jul 19, 2016 3:04 AM UTC Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani gave an energetic speech at the Republican convention Monday, arguing that Donald Trump would make America safer. Speaking as a friend of Trump’s for many years, Giuliani said that the real estate mogul had helped out without taking credit. “This is a man with a big heart,” he said. “Every time New York City suffered a tragedy, Donald Trump was there to help. And he did it anonymously.” He also drew a parallel with his own efforts as mayor to Trump’s proposals. “It’s time to make America one again,” he said. “I know it can be done because I did it by changing New York City from “the crime capital of America” to according to the FBI the safest large city in America. What I did for New York City, Donald Trump will do for America.” Read Giuliani’s remarks, as prepared for delivery: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4412059/republican-convention-rudy-giuliani-transcript-video/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4412059/republican-convention-rudy-giuliani-transcript-video/"},"headline":"Watch Rudy Giuliani's Energetic Speech at the Republican Convention","datePublished":"2016-07-19T03:04:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T23:20:56.918Z","description":"Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani gave an energetic speech at the Republican convention Monday.","url":"https://time.com/4412059/republican-convention-rudy-giuliani-transcript-video/","keywords":["Republican National Convention","2016 Election topic","Donald Trump","rudy giuliani"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85e2e5b0641e5af1/69889c73a988ca80076b8ab3/rudy-giuliani1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Drabold","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/will-drabold/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt85e2e5b0641e5af1/69889c73a988ca80076b8ab3/rudy-giuliani1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.","caption":"Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani delivers a speech on the first day of the Republican National Convention on July 18, 2016 at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio.","creditText":"Joe Raedle—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/republican-national-convention/","name":"Republican National Convention"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4412059/republican-convention-rudy-giuliani-transcript-video/","name":"Watch Rudy Giuliani's Energetic Speech at the Republican Convention"}}]}] ```