Giuliani Uses Romney’s Words To Tout Own Tax Record

ABC News’ Jan Simmonds reports:  In Rudy Giuliani’s latest ad, he looks to an unlikely source to tout his record on taxes… his Republican opponent Mitt Romney, R-MA.

The ad, entitled "Quotes", features well, quotes from several prominent Republicans or Conservatives touting Giuliani’s history of fiscal conservativeness and cutting taxes.

Following praising quotes from Grover Norquist, George Will, Steve Forbes, and Pat Toomey the following quote appears on the screen:  "Mayor Giuliani has a great record of cutting taxes", citing Mitt Romney.

The Romney Campaign notes that when the former Massachusetts Governor made those comments on CNBC in October, he also raised a negative about Giuliani’s record.
Answering a question from Larry Kudlow, Romney said, "Mayor Giuliani has a great record of cutting taxes and cutting spending, although, according to the Mayor, Mayor Bloomberg, that followed him, he said that he left excessive deficits for him."  Not quite a ringing endorsement from his fellow Republican.

Giuliani has gone out of his way not to attack his fellow Republicans in his ads and has rarely taken a swing at them while on the stump.  Ironically, Mitt Romney is the only candidate that Giuliani has sparred with on occasion on the issues of illegal immigration and taxes. 

The ad will air in selected markets in Florida, where Giuliani has campaigned almost exclusively since the New Hampshire Primary on January 8th.

The ad can be viewed here.