Just hours after he spoke to Trump supporters and called for “trial by combat” to guarantee President Donald Trump a second term in office despite the result of the 2020 election, Rudy Giuliani went on Twitter and tried to blame the destruction and violence perpetuated by Trump supporters at the U.S. Capitol on Antifa.
As a 6:00 PM curfew went into effect in Washington, D.C., the former New York City mayor and current attorney to the president tweeted out:
The violence at the Capitol was shameful.
It was as criminal as the rioting and looting this summer which was not condemned strongly enough by the Left.
This violence is condemned in the strongest terms.
Our movement values respect for law and order and for the Police.
— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) January 7, 2021
Our cause is to obtain an honest vote and to end voter fraud before it becomes a permanent tactic of the enabled and media protected Democrat Party.
Violence is rejected, condemned and counter productive.
Antifa involvement is no excuse.
It contradicts our values.
— Rudy W. Giuliani (@RudyGiuliani) January 7, 2021
The “Antifa” talking point is now being used across right-wing media, with Fox News host Tucker Carlson telling viewers Wednesday evening that Trump supporters weren’t to blame:
“The right’s favored media — conservative TV, websites and social networks — offered an alternate reality in which everyone but pro-Trump rioters were to blame for the mayhem at the Capitol.
“Carlson ended the monologue at the top of his Fox News show by saying: ‘We got to this sad, chaotic day for a reason. It is not your fault. It is their fault.'”
Meanwhile, Giuliani was shredded on social media for trying to pass the buck:
You are disgusting. Everyone knows the role you have played in stoking this. You stand condemned by the rest of the world
— Lesley Podesta (@podesta_lesley) January 7, 2021
What happened to “trial by combat”?!? You called for sedition, and you got it. You own this just as much as Trump.
— Bob Riccio (@BobRiccio) January 7, 2021
Here’s @RudyGiuliani respecting law and order LAST NIGHT by imploring a Senator to delay certification of Biden as long as possible:
“the only strategy we can follow is to object to numerous states and raise issues so that we get ourselves into tomorrow”https://t.co/tYGbdKoMkX
— Teapot Dome was Amateur Hour! (@HarrenGWarding) January 7, 2021
You incited them. We heard you. You called what was about to take place “trial by combat.” Words, Rudy. Words say much, no matter how few of them there are. Always. You should know that, you were a prosecutor. But it seems you flipped to the other side. You should be disbarred.
— GastropodOfJoy, M.A. (@GastropodJ) January 7, 2021
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