'Clearly hyperbolic': Rudy Giuliani denies he urged attack on Capitol in 'trial by combat' speech

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Rudy Giuliani says he didn’t really mean for anyone to take him seriously when he urged a mob of #MAGA followers to engage in “trial by combat” on Jan. 6 before they stormed the Capitol.

Former President Donald Trump’s then personal lawyer Thursday asserted his fiery speech was “clearly hyperbolic” and claims that “no reasonable listener” would take it literally, even though that’s exactly what the violent crowd of thousands did.

“No reasonable (person) would perceive Giuliani’s speech as an instruction to march to the Capitol, violently breach the perimeter and enter the Capitol building and then violently terrorize Congress into not engaging in the Election Certification, Giuliani’s lawyers said in a new legal filing in federal court.

Giuliani’s lawyers latched onto his use of the word “trial” to suggest that he was actually calling for Trump supporters to engage in some sort of quasi-legal process for overturning the election instead of storming the Capitol to hunt down perceived opponents.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/clearly-hyperbolic-rudy-giuliani-denies-he-urged-attack-on-capitol-in-trial-by-combat-speech/ar-AAKsEO0

Nice try Giuliani.

[Under The Radar]

1. Yea right Rudy, kinda like you were just tucking in your shirt?

[Chainfire]

3. Let him make his argument to a Jury.

[BlueStater]

4. They weren't talking to "reasonable people" and they knew it.

They were talking to an audience of asshole Trump supporters who thought the election was stolen. There wasn’t a single “reasonable person” in that entire crowd.

[Solly Mack]

5. Exactly.

[Faux pas]

7. Lol

like any trump humper knows what hyperbolic means