President Donald Trump on Tuesday compared the ongoing impeachment inquiry to a lynching, while suggesting that Democrats are carrying out the investigation without due process or fairness or any legal rights.
All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here - a lynching. But we will WIN! he tweeted.
So some day, if a Democrat becomes President and the Republicans win the House, even by a tiny margin, they can impeach the President, without due process or fairness or any legal rights. All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here - a lynching. But we will WIN!
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All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here - a lynching. But we will WIN!
Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 22, 2019
House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), one of the most influential Black lawmakers in Congress, rebuked Trumps use of the word on CNN , saying, Im a product of the South. I know the history of that word. That is a word that we ought to be very, very careful about using.
He added that he hopes this president is an anomaly.
You know, Ive studied presidential history quite a bit, and I dont know if weve ever seen anything quite like this, he said.
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Lynchings, often by hanging, were a common form of white terrorism in the South during the Jim Crow era, which stretched from the end of Reconstruction in 1877 to the 1960s. Thousands of Black Americans lost their lives to lynch mobs over this period, according to the NAACP.
JUST NOW: @WhipClyburn aghast at @realDonaldTrump's use of word \"lynching.\"
\"That is one word no president ought to apply to himself. You know, I've studied presidential history quite a bit, and I don't know if we've ever seen anything quite like this.\"pic.twitter.com/2luIJBp7in
JUST NOW: @WhipClyburn aghast at @realDonaldTrump 's use of word "lynching."
John Berman (@JohnBerman) October 22, 2019
"That is one word no president ought to apply to himself. You know, I've studied presidential history quite a bit, and I don't know if we've ever seen anything quite like this."pic.twitter.com/2luIJBp7in
Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.), a civil rights activist who founded the Illinois chapter of the Black Panthers in the 1960s, echoed Clyburns response while questioning the presidents mentality in using such a word.
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You think this impeachment is a LYNCHING? What the hell is wrong with you? he tweeted . Do you know how many people who look like me have been lynched, since the inception of this country, by people who look like you.
If the President wishes to learn about actual lynching, I would encourage him to read, support, & pass my bill, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which makes lynching a federal hate crime.
Unfortunately for him, there are no anti-impeachment sections. https://t.co/onWlWpifX6
If the President wishes to learn about actual lynching, I would encourage him to read, support, & pass my bill, the Emmett Till Antilynching Act, which makes lynching a federal hate crime.
Bobby L. Rush (@RepBobbyRush) October 22, 2019
Unfortunately for him, there are no anti-impeachment sections. https://t.co/onWlWpifX6
Presidential hopeful Julin Castro was also quick to bash Trumps use of the word lynching on Twitter, calling it beyond shameful that the president had used it to describe being held accountable for your actions.
Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham came to Trumps defense, however, telling reporters this is a lynching in every sense. This is un-American.
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Ive never seen a situation in my lifetime, as a lawyer, where somebody is accused of a major misconduct who cannot confront the accuser, call witnesses on their behalf and have the discussion in the light of day so the public can judge, the South Carolina senator said of the ongoing inquiry. If this continues in the House its a complete sham and I will do everything I can to make sure it doesnt live very long in the Senate.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.), in contrast, called Trumps language unfortunate.
That was an unfortunate choice of words, McConnell told reporters. Given the history in our country, I would not compare this to a lynching.
Trumps outburst came one day after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) released a fact sheet that outlined how the president had betrayed his oath of office, betrayed our national security and betrayed the integrity of our elections for his own personal political gain in his dealings with the Ukrainian government.
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