Democrats Call President Trump Offensive for Referring to Their Impeachment Efforts As A Lynching
Democrats were quick to attack President Trump on Twitter for calling their impeachment efforts “a lynching.”
Early Tuesday morning, the president 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!”
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!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 22, 2019
Of course, the Democrats used this as an excuse to call Trump a “white supremacist” and his comparison “abhorrent” and “despicable.”
Beto O’Rourke tweeted, “The legacy of slavery, segregation, Jim Crow, and suppression is alive and well in every part of this country—including in the White House where the president is a white supremacist.”
The legacy of slavery, segregation, Jim Crow, and suppression is alive and well in every part of this country—including in the White House where the president is a white supremacist. https://t.co/q4rCTuQRon
— Beto O'Rourke (@BetoORourke) October 22, 2019
Senator Kamala Harris fired back at Trump by tweeting, “Lynching is a reprehensible stain on this nation’s history, as is this President. We’ll never erase the pain and trauma of lynching, and to invoke that torture to whitewash your own corruption is disgraceful.”
Twitter users pointed out that Senator Harris used the phrase “modern day lynching,” when she responded to the backlash from the Jussie Smollett hoax.
You used that term to push a fake hate crime. https://t.co/LMfRw9bmna pic.twitter.com/e4E47jEqnI
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) October 22, 2019
Even Joe Biden put his two cents in by tweeting “Impeachment is not “lynching,” it is part of our Constitution. Our country has a dark, shameful history with lynching, and to even think about making this comparison is abhorrent. It’s despicable.”
Impeachment is not "lynching," it is part of our Constitution. Our country has a dark, shameful history with lynching, and to even think about making this comparison is abhorrent. It's despicable. https://t.co/QcC25vhNeb
— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) October 22, 2019
Senator Cory Booker tweeted, “Lynching is an act of terror used to uphold white supremacy. Try again.”
Lynching is an act of terror used to uphold white supremacy. Try again. pic.twitter.com/TcDR01XelB
— Cory Booker (@CoryBooker) October 22, 2019
Julian Castro wrote, “It’s beyond shameful to use the word ‘lynching’ to describe being held accountable for your actions.”
It’s beyond shameful to use the word “lynching” to describe being held accountable for your actions. https://t.co/WS1yPy8CIE
— Julián Castro (@JulianCastro) October 22, 2019
Many other Democrats expressed their outrage of President Trump’s use of the word “lynching,” but it was perfectly okay for Democrats to use the the word “lynching” to describe impeachment proceedings against then-President Bill Clinton in 1998.
Dem. Rep. Gregory Meeks said, “What we are doing here is not a prosecution, it is a persecution and indeed it is a political lynching”
Democrat Rep. Danny Davis (Illinois) on the impeachment of Bill Clinton: “I will not vote for this nightmare before Christmas. I will not vote for this lynching in the people’s House. I will vote against these resolutions.”
Watch:
Democrat Rep. Danny Davis (Illinois) on the impeachment of Bill Clinton: "I will not vote for this nightmare before Christmas. I will not vote for this lynching in the people's House. I will vote against these resolutions." pic.twitter.com/TgmAwXCQHu
— Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) October 22, 2019
In 1998, Jerry Nadler used the word “lynch mob” when he commented about impeachment proceedings against Clinton. Nadler’s comment was published in an Associated Press article:
“I am the president’s defender in the sense that I haven’t seen anything yet that would rise, in my opinion, to the level of impeachable offense. … I wish we could get this over with quickly. … In pushing the process, in pushing the arguments of fairness and due process the Republicans so far have been running a lynch mob.”
Democrat Rep. Jim McDermott compared Clinton’s Impeachment in 1998 to a “political lynch mob.”
“We’re taking a step down the road to becoming a political Lynch Mob… We are going to find a rope find a tree and ask a bunch of questions later..,” said McDermott.
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Democrat Rep. Jim McDermott compared Clinton’s Impeachment n 1998 to #Lynching:
— ALX 🇺🇸 🎃 (@alx) October 22, 2019
“We're taking a step down the road to becoming a political Lynch Mob... We are going to find a rope find a tree and ask a bunch of questions later..”
I heard clapping not outrage.. pic.twitter.com/CxUjtv3gMF
Senator Lindsey Graham told reporters “this is a mob taking over the rule of law” and the House’s impeachment inquiry is a “political lynching.”
Watch:
Sen. Lindsey Graham called the House's impeachment inquiry a "political lynching" https://t.co/CMRql2BF2w pic.twitter.com/HRT109JMDK
— CBS News (@CBSNews) October 22, 2019