Calls impeachment inquiry a "lynching"

Trump tweeted that the impeachment inquiry was "a lynching," appropriating a term tied to racist mob murders of Black Americans. The remark drew bipartisan condemnation, with Republicans like Rep. Liz Cheney calling it "very sickening." The tweet again cast lawful oversight as persecution and stoked racial grievance to rally supporters.

"All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here – a lynching." — Twitter, October 23, 2019