Rudy Giuliani, former advisor to former President Donald Trump, attends the annual Memorial Day Parade on May 30, 2022 in the Staten Island borough of New York City. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) A Staten Island grocery store worker was arrested after he allegedly slapped former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on the back at the store and then cussed him out.According to the NYPD, the 39-year-old suspect, a worker at the store, approached Giuliani from behind and slapped him on the back at a ShopRite in the Charleston section of Staten Island around 3:30 p.m.
on Sunday afternoon.Video obtained by the New York Post shows Giuliani standing among a small circle of people with his back turned to the surveillance camera.
A man approaches, puts his hand to Giuliani's back and continues to quickly walk by. A woman standing next to Giuliani immediately begins to caress his back where the man touched.Giuliani was out campaigning for his son, Andrew, who is seeking the Republican nomination for Governor of New York.Andrew Giuliani worked as an aide in the Trump White House and as a commentator on the conservative network Newsmax, but he has never held elected office.
His father says that when he was mayor and his son a teenager, his son was helpful to him.The attacker was taken into custody by the police.