https://www.westernjournal.com/biden-blasts-trumps-lynching-comment/?utm_source=...After Biden Blasts Trump's 'Lynching' Comment, Video of Biden Saying Same Thing Goes Viral
By C. Douglas Golden
Published October 23, 2019 at 5:31am
There’s not really any good defense for President Trump’s “lynching” tweet.
It articulated a common frustration many Republicans have with the president: At a time when different language might have served to buttress his case that the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry was making a mockery of historical precedent in favor of a railroading, the focus was instead on the president’s phraseology.
Just in case you missed it, on Tuesday, the president caused no small amount of controversy by using the metaphor in a Twitter post admonishing the Democrats for the zeal with which they’re pursuing their impeachment inquiry.
“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,” he wrote.
“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
Biden got in on the condemnation with a decided swiftness, calling Trump’s remarks “abhorrent.”
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
“Impeachment is not ‘lynching,’ it is part of our Constitution,” he tweeted.
“Our country has a dark, shameful history with lynching, and to even think about making this comparison is abhorrent. It’s despicable.”
So it’s “abhorrent.” It’s “despicable.” It’s also a metaphor Biden himself employed during the 1998 impeachment of Bill Clinton.
Biden was, at the time, a senator from Delaware and had previously been both chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
He was a vociferous opponent of the Clinton impeachment, which isn’t any surprise; almost all Democrats were.
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