Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Sunday offered a justification after he was found liable for defaming two former Georgia election workers, Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman.

On his Sunday WABC radio program, Giuliani congratulated himself for a “brilliant legal move” because he recommended that then-President Donald Trump take his rigged election claims to state legislatures instead of the courts after the 2020 presidential vote.

“I went to Georgia, indicted, I went to Michigan, I went to Pennsylvania, I went to Arizona, and I went there, and I testified, and I brought my witnesses, and I said, among other things, if we lose, we’ll have a historical record, yet we’re going to prove this one day, Mr. President,” he recalled telling Trump. “I don’t even realize they’re going to try to put us in prison, arrest us, raid our apartments.”

  • creamed_eels@toast.ooo
    40·
    6 months ago

    That didn’t happen.

    And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.

    And if it was, that’s not a big deal.

    And if it is, that’s not my fault.

    And if it was, I didn’t mean it.

    And if I did, you deserved it.

    So that’s line four of the prayer? Moving along pretty well!

    • bitwaba@lemmy.world
      6·
      6 months ago

      I feel like it’s more like line 5. He’s admitting fault, just “didn’t mean” to harm the election process.

      I guess we’ll see “you don’t deserve democracy” some time over the next year and our election really will be a question of if we want to become a fascist state or not

      • TechyDad@lemmy.world
        4·
        6 months ago

        There are quite a few on the right already saying this. “We’re a republic, not a democracy!”

          • kablammy@sh.itjust.works
            1·
            6 months ago

            As long as the candidates are also House members, and they can be changed part of the way through their term, that’s just the parliamentary system, like the UK, Australia, NZ, etc have.