rudy giuliani made comments about mexican immigrants during his speech at the commercial finance association's 40 under 40 dinner, attendees said.  | getty by rebecca morin 10/01/16 10:23 am edt a major financial trade group has apologized for a speech rudy giuliani gave in which the former new york city mayor and donald trump adviser made pointed comments about mexican immigrants. at the commercial finance association's 40 under 40 dinner at the waldorf astoria hotel in new york monday, giuliani veered off a speech that was supposed to be about leadership to talking about immigration and terrorism, according to a new york observer report published friday. story continued below the association's ceo wrote in an email sent to attendees that giuliani "presented unscripted personal opinions which were independent of cfa<u+2019>s political position or core values." <u+201c>while we, the event organizers, made every attempt to direct mr. giuliani<u+2019>s remarks ahead of time to focus on leadership, for which he is renowned and has authored a book, there is always the possibility of such a surprise at a live event,<u+201d> bob trojan wrote. attendees of the event told the observer that giuliani made comments about "mexicans in the kitchen at the waldorf" and how mexicans are coming to the u.s. to work illegally in kitchens. immigration has been a major focus of the trump campaign, with giuliani supporting and coming to bat numerous times for the gop nominee's plans. the apology came a day before giuliani was nixed as the keynote speaker for this year's international council of shopping centers<u+2019> new york national deal making conference. the observer is part of the news media company owned by trump's son-in-law jared kushner, who has also acted as an adviser to the republican nominee. a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york education policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york energy policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york health care policy and politics a free synopsis of our pro morning email about new york real estate policy and politics our morning email with must-read analysis and breaking news on state news and politics a morning email with must-read analysis and breaking news on city news and politics. a weekly round-up of legislation in city council for politics and policy professionals. a reported briefing on money in politics, executive moves, and trends in communications, lobbying and consulting. our twice-a-week digest of news on courts and the law in new york azi paybarah and jimmy vielkind's must-read briefing informing the daily conversation among knowledgeable new yorkers.
report: finance group apologizes for giuliani speech
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