Axios reports:
President Trump’s attorney Rudy Giuliani condemned violence by pro-Trump mobs as “shameful” on Thursday morning, more than 18 hours after calling for “trial by combat” at a “Save America” Trump rally that preceded the Capitol insurrection.
Giuliani’s tweets Thursday, which described the violence as “rejected, condemned and counter productive,” stood in sharp contrast to the comments he and President Trump made at Wednesday’s rally, where they encouraged supporters to continue fighting the election results and march to the Capitol.
Giuliani, who is a former federal prosecutor, still referred to Wednesday’s insurrection as being “as criminal as the rioting and looting this summer” at anti-racism protests around the country.
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
More breaking news from inside Senate:
Rudy Giuliani calls & asks Sen. Tommy Tuberville to object to 10 states – AFTER the violence at U.S. Capitol – to slow it down.
So incompetent, left the voicemail on another Senator's phone, who promptly made it public.#SeditionSenators pic.twitter.com/Vn1p8R3gxA
— LongTime?FirstTime?? (@LongTimeAmy) January 7, 2021