Graham Backs Trump: This Impeachment Is A Lynching

Mediaite reports:

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) defended Donald Trump’s claim that Democrats are “lynching” him with their impeachment efforts and insisted that black people should not be offended by the president’s use of the term.

“I think that’s pretty well accurate. This is a sham. This is a joke,” Graham said on Tuesday while discussing the president’s “lynching” tweet with reporters in the Capitol Building. “This is a lynching in every sense, this is un-American.”

“I’ve never seen a situation in my lifetime … where somebody is accused of a major misconduct who cannot confront the accuser,” the senior South Carolina senator added. “If this continues in the House, it’s a complete sham and I will do everything I can to make sure it doesn’t live very long in the Senate.”

Senator Lindsay Graham on Donald Trump’s tweet comparing impeachment process to #lynching “Yes, this is a lynching and in every sense this is un-American” pic.twitter.com/yedjHLsC0I

— Sonia Dridi (@Sonia_Dridi) October 22, 2019

Graham asked whether he can understand African Americans being offended by the term:

"No, I think lynching is being seen as somebody taking the law in their own hands and out to get somebody for no good reason." https://t.co/Ly3Hujew6F

— Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) October 22, 2019

.@LindseyGrahamSC has adopted @realDonaldTrump‘s “lynching” metaphor. By the way, there were 164 *real* lynchings in Graham’s South Carolina from 1877 to 1950.https://t.co/Z6c3TNlLuc

— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) October 22, 2019

Lindsey Graham just said Trump’s impeachment is “a lynching in every sense.” What is wrong with these overprivileged racist white dudes? Are they this desperate and pathetic that they’re willing to use the word lynching to try and distract from Trump’s corruption? Yep—absolutely.

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 22, 2019

I really hope the African American community in South Carolina just heard Lindsey Graham agree Trump’s impeachment is EXACTLY like a lynching. I hope they remember & vote that compromised Trump sycophant out of office. The white supremacy coming from the white house is grotesque.

— Dana Goldberg (@DGComedy) October 22, 2019