I don’t deny that Rudy is a RINO. I’ve said that of him myself.
But, speaking for myself, I have enough respect for the guy where as if he asked me for an apology, I probably would depending on what it was that I did.
His nannyist actions, his RINO positions, I have zero respect for RINO politicians.
Any respect I might have felt for him vanished when he started presuming to lecture conservatives go vote for more liberals.
(He did, and we sit in the results of such. Liberalism is bad, regardless of R or D affiliation.)
Personally, once a politician is done in office, they should shut their pieholes and butt out.
They aren’t in office anymore, they may be gone for a reason like Sheldon Silver.
At any rate, they should have no more weight or clout than..you or I.