Former President Donald Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani deleted tweets insisting he was not drunk at the White House on Election Night and that criticized members of the Trump campaign who said he was.
Giuliani attacked Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien and communications strategist Jason Miller, both of whom said he was visibly intoxicated on election night as Trump and his team waited for the results to roll in.
But Giuliani claimed he "REFUSED all alcohol that evening" and his "favorite drink" is Diet Pepsi.
He went on to say he was "disgusted and outraged" by what he refererred to as the "outright lie" from both men saying he had been drunk.
\u201cIf you're going to lie, at least make it believable. Nobody's favorite drink is Diet Pepsi.\u201d— Tron_Little (@Tron_Little) 1655223355
Stepien and Miller made their claims under oath in their testimony before the House Select Committee tasked with investigating the events of January 6, 2021—the day a mob of Trump's supporters including known White nationalist and White supremacist groups attacked the United States Capitol on the false premise the 2020 general election was stolen.
Miller said Giuliani, a former Republican Mayor of New York City, "was definitely intoxicated." Miller alsom claimed to recommend Trump not declare victory despite initially enjoying a lead over Democrat Joe Biden in crucial battleground states.
Giualini, however, told Trump to “just say we won” despite all evidence to the contrary.
Stepien said Trump "thought I was wrong" even though "my recommendation was to say that votes were still being counted, it’s too early to tell, too early to call the race."
For many, Giualini's tweet only affirmed what Trump campaign insiders said about his actions on election night.
Giualini was swiftly criticized as a result.
\u201cSure Rudy. When I lived downtown #STL after my divorce thats all I drank too. I seem to not remember things from that time as well. It may be a condition. Lol\u201d— Humble (@Humble) 1655297219
\u201cBro I had an expired Payday and a Diet Pepsi for lunch don\u2019t ask me for advice.\u201d— Big Sticky (@Big Sticky) 1655314185
\u201cRudy Giuliani deleting his Diet Pepsi Tweet tells you just how crazy it was in the first place.\u201d— Aubry Andrews \ud83e\udd9d (@Aubry Andrews \ud83e\udd9d) 1655263359
\u201cLOL on the 'apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani' testimony... MANY people saw Rudy VERY drunk. He was a KNOWN drunk. Check out Lev's Tweet, Rudy was ALWAYS drunk, not just on election night\n\nAnd yet Rudy tries to claim he was only drinking Diet Pepsi that day\n\nHAHAHAHAHAHAHA\u201d— Tomi T Ahonen Standing With Ukraine (@Tomi T Ahonen Standing With Ukraine) 1655298930
\u201cRudy Giuliani is fine with you thinking he tried to overthrow the government, he just doesn't want you to think he was drunk when he did https://t.co/AJxGXPzCLS\u201d— Citizens for Ethics (@Citizens for Ethics) 1655265641
\u201cRudy Giuliani is now insisting that all he drank on election night was Diet Pepsi. He's still obsessed with the allegation that he was drunk that night, to the point that he isn't even trying to defend himself against the allegation that he committed serious election crimes.\u201d— Palmer Report (@Palmer Report) 1655266655
\u201cBeing drunk is better than drinking diet Pepsi tbh.\u201d— Kris Kinder (@Kris Kinder) 1655296944
\u201cAnd imagine. All those people testified Rudy was drunk.\u201d— Pamela Kissinger \ud83c\udf3b\ud83c\udf3b\ud83c\udf3b (@Pamela Kissinger \ud83c\udf3b\ud83c\udf3b\ud83c\udf3b) 1655229472
\u201c@RudyGiuliani why did you delete this ? More lies?\u201d— DOT LIBMAN \u262e\ufe0f (@DOT LIBMAN \u262e\ufe0f) 1655234134
Earlier this week, Wyoming Republican Representative Liz Cheney—January 6 House select committee vice chair—criticized Trump by suggesting he listened to "an apparently inebriated Rudy Giuliani" instead of the guidance of his campaign advisors following the 2020 general election.
In outlining upcoming testimony during the ongoing hearings, Cheney said Trump likely followed Giuliani's advice "to just claim he won and insist that the vote counting stop, to falsely claim everything was fraudulent."
