Senator Lindsey Graham defends Trump's use of 'lynching'
Source: BBC
The Republican senator came to the president's defence after Mr Trump called the impeachment inquiry "a lynching" in a tweet.
But Democrats were outraged at the president for invoking such a grim and racist chapter from US history.
Speaking to reporters, Graham claimed it's a "lynching in every sense.".....................
Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-us-canada-50146215/senator-lindsey-graham-defends-trump-s-use-of-lynching#
Lindsey is clueless
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https://www.democraticunderground.com/100212609819
Lindsey Graham has no idea why Trump saying he's being lynched is offensive
.....................When asked if he could understand why African Americans might be offended by the reference, Graham doubled-down on defending Trump's words.
"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," Graham said.
Graham was reacting to Trump's words earlier in Tuesday where he described the House impeachment inquiry as a lynching.
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Hassler
(3,377 posts)From him. If you're a sexual predator, or a traitor, Sgt Schultz always has your back.
forgotmylogin
(7,528 posts)Except nobody's been hung from a tree or dragged behind a car or set on fire by a lawless mob...
They want to imply that though.
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)Crowman2009
(2,495 posts).......snowflakes? Just sayin'!
Bradical79
(4,490 posts)Graham is such a racist little cockroach.
madamesilverspurs
(15,801 posts).
C_U_L8R
(45,002 posts)How curious.
truthisfreedom
(23,146 posts)lynch
verb
ˈlinch
lynched; lynching; lynches
Definition of lynch
transitive verb
: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal approval or permission
The accused killer was lynched by an angry mob.
riversedge
(70,214 posts)Owl
(3,641 posts)Kali
(55,008 posts)bluestarone
(16,930 posts)I really hope he's defeated in 2020.
tclambert
(11,085 posts)NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)His Southern Gentleman delicate and genteel ways and mannerisms always sound so fake to me... what a phony he is! When he has one of his little temper tantrums, he sounds like he's trying to impersonate one of the characters from Gone With the Wind.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)makes her sound ridiculous
EarthFirst
(2,900 posts)This is exactly what they mean; when the patriarchal society and overt racism & bigotry were the status quo...
Politicub
(12,165 posts)chamber will reinforce the idea.
I'm sick to my stomach. It's unconscionable for them to appropriate and redefine what a lynching actually is.
AllaN01Bear
(18,200 posts)rockfordfile
(8,702 posts)Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)At the Esso station.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)Lindsey is a Trump whore.
MissMillie
(38,556 posts).