US legislators condemn Trump’s tone-deaf ‘lynching’ comment
Apology demanded from president for reference to dangerous and dark chapter of American history
23 October 2019 - 09:39
Washington — US President Donald Trump on Tuesday again waded into fraught US racial history by labelling the impeachment inquiry against him a “lynching” — language that conjured memories of decades of killings of thousands of black people — drawing swift bipartisan condemnation.
“All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here — a lynching. But we will WIN!” Trump wrote on Twitter, referring to the impeachment inquiry in the Democratic-led House of Representatives focusing on his request that Ukraine investigate a domestic political rival, Democrat Joe Biden...
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