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kentuck

(114,760 posts) Mon Mar 1, 2021, 11:43 AM Mar 2021

What did Rudy Giuliani mean by "trial by combat" ?? [View all]

As soon as his speech was over, his audience marched over to the Capitol and we saw hand-to-hand combat at the doors of the Capitol. Should Rudy be charged with inciting an insurrection? What did he mean by "trial by combat"?

https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/idOVDU2NS9R

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What did Rudy Giuliani mean by "trial by combat" ?? [View all] kentuck Mar 2021 OP

It's pretty obvious he was exhorting them to do exactly what they did. lagomorph777 Mar 2021 #1

He could say that he meant "wombat." Harker Mar 2021 #2

That he wouldn't be there. NT mahatmakanejeeves Mar 2021 #3

Rudy expected the day to end with him appointed Chief Prosecutor. Kid Berwyn Mar 2021 #4

His usual drunken drivel, hopefully nothing more than that... Blue Owl Mar 2021 #5