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Friday, October 25, 2019

Vol VII No. 776 - Part 1b

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Trump defends calling impeachment inquiry a 'lynching'
President Donald Trump defended his use of the term "lynching" to describe the ongoing impeachment inquiry of his actions toward Ukraine, despite criticism that the term is not appropriate outside the context of racially charged hate crimes.
Donald Trump wearing a suit and tie: President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he leaves the White House, Oct. 25, 2019, to travel to South Carolina. © Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he leaves the White House, Oct. 25, 2019, to travel to South Carolina. "It's a word that many Democrats have used, it's a word that many people have used over the years, but that is a word that's been used many times. Let me tell you something, the level of unfairness for a perfect conversation with the president of Ukraine, this was a perfect conversation," he told reporters at the White House on Friday.
Clarence Thomas, during his appearance before the Senate Judiciary Committee as part of his Supreme Court confirmation hearing in 1991, accused the committee of racism, referring to it as a "high-tech lynching."
Former Vice President and 2020 presidential candidate Joe Biden recently apologized for an October 1998 politically-charged comment where he said that the impeachment of President Bill Clinton could be seen as "partisan lynching."
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Trump's defense of his comments comes just before he heads to a historically black college in South Carolina Friday, amid concerns about efforts the Republican Party is making with the black community ahead of the 2020 election.
(MORE: Trump compares impeachment process to 'a lynching') The president also repeated his comments that he believes the investigation is "a hoax."
"It's just a continuation of the Russian witch hunt which turned out to be phony, the Mueller deal was phony, and now they have this. And all it is is very simple," Trump said.
(MORE: Trump's reference to lynching resurrects painful chapter in US history: Experts) Trump compared the impeachment process to "a lynching" on Twitter Tuesday, prompting criticism from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers.
"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!" Trump tweeted on Tuesday.

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