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Molly Crane-Newman

Ex-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin invokes ‘David and Goliath’ fight in New York Times libel case

NEW YORK — Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin testified Thursday that she was “mortified” by a 2017 New York Times editorial that suggested her political messaging incited a mass shooting — and likened her case to a fight of biblical proportions.

“I felt powerless. I knew that, you know, if I wanted to raise my head and try to get the word out that there were untruths printed, once again, I knew that I was up against Goliath, and I felt, collectively, that I was David,” the GOP firebrand recalled in Manhattan Federal Court.

“What were the stones that David could use to halt these actions of this Goliath?” Palin asked.

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