Trump compares impeachment inquiry to a ‘lynching’

President Trump on Tuesday compared the ongoing impeachment inquiry to a “lynching,” immediately drawing blowback from one of the most senior black Democrats in Congress.

Trump wrote that Republicans should recognize that they are “witnessing” a lynching in the form of impeachment.

“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,” Trump tweeted. “All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here — a lynching. But we will WIN!”

View the complete October 22 article by Brett Samuels on The Hill website here.