TONIGHT. >>> SOME REPUBLICANS CRITICIZING
PRESIDENT TRUMP TONIGHT OVER
WHAT HE TRIED OUT AS A NEW
IMPEACHMENT DEFENSE CLAIMING THE
IMPEACHMENT PROBE IS SIMILAR TO
A QUOTE LYNCHING.
TOP ALLIES BREAKING WITH HIM.
>> GIVEN THE HISTORY IN OUR
COUNTRY I WOULD NOT COMPARE THIS
TO A LYNCHING.
THAT WAS AN UNFORTUNATE CHOICE
OF WORDS.
OF WORDS. >> THAT’S NOT THE LANGUAGE I
WOULD USE.
WOULD USE. >> YOU SAID IT’S NOT LANGUAGE
YOU WOULD USE.
WHY?
WHY? >> I DON’T AGREE WITH THAT
LANGUAGE, PRETTY SIMPLE.
>> LYNCHING OR MOB MURDERS ARE A
TRAUMATIC RELIC OF AMERICAN
RACISM.
RACISM. OVER 3,900 BLACK, MEN, WOMEN AND
CHILDREN HAVE BEEN LYNCHED
THROUGH 1960 INCLUDING OVER A
HUNDRED IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
THINK ABOUT THAT AS YOU LOOK AT
SOUTH CAROLINA’S TWO U.S.
SENATORS TODAY.
SENATORS TODAY. THE FIRST TIM SCOTT, THE OTHER
IS LINDSEY GRAHAM WHO ONCE
DECLARED TRUMP, A QUOTE, RACE
BAITING BIGOT IN 2015 BUT TODAY
DEFENDED TRUMP’S LYNCH COMMENT.
>> WHAT DOES LYNCHING MEAN?
A MOB GRABS YOU, THEY DON’T GIVE
YOU A CHANCE TO DEFEND YOURSELF.
THIS IS JOKE, THIS IS A SHAM AND
THIS A POLITICAL LYNCHING.
>> MEANWHILE THE FORMER HEAD OF
THE RNC MICHAEL STEELE WEPT TO
TWITTER.
TWITTER. PUTTING IT AS THIS IMAGE IS
DISTURBING, A REALITY.
HE POSTED THIS PICTURE OF A
BLACK MEN HANGING FROM A TREE,
PRESSING DONALD TRUMP TO
UNDERSTAND THAT IS WHAT AN
ACTUAL LYNCHING LOOKS LIKE.
YOUR VIEW OF THIS.
>> I’M SO DEEPLY OFFENDED AS
THE, YOU KNOW, DESENDANT OF
AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO WERE
ENSLAVED AND ALSO WHAT’S
INTERESTING IS THE WAY TRUMP IS
INVOKING THE SPECTACULAR
VIOLENCE OF LIFRPING TO ARGUE
THIS IS WHAT THE STATE IS DOING
TO HIM.
TO HIM. THAT HE IS SO PRIVILEGED IN HIS
WHITE MAS CLINTY IT’S THE SAME
THING AS HAVING YOUR LIFE STOLEN
AWAY BY STATE ACTORS WHO THINK
THE SIMPLE COLOR OF YOUR SKIN IS
THE REASON TO ROB YOU OF YOUR
RIGHTS.
RIGHTS. IT’S COMPLETELY INSANE AND
OFFENSIVE, AND I THINK WE
SHOULDN’T ALLOW HIM TO FLIP THE
SCRIPT HERE.
SCRIPT HERE. DONALD TRUMP IS THE VIOLENT
WHITE NATIONALIST WHO HAS
PRESIDED OVER THE UNLEASHING IN
THIS COUNTRY OF RACIAL
SENTIMENTS THAT WE HAVE NOT SEEN
IN MY LIFETIME.
WE HAVE SEEN AN UPTICK IN
VIOLENT HATE CRIMES SINCE HIS
PRESIDENCY.
PRESIDENCY. SO THE IDEA HE WOULD INVOKE THAT
HISTORY AS A WAY TO SAY HE IS
BEING VICTIMIZED IS SOMETHING
ALL FOLKS SHOULD BE CALLING HIM
OUT FOR.
OUT FOR. AND LINDSEY GRAHAM IS JUST
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS.
ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. >> I WONDER AS WE LOOK AT THIS,
THERE ARE POLITICIANS IN BOTH
PARTIES WHO AT TIMES HAVE USED
THIS LANGUAGE.
THIS LANGUAGE. AND I WONDER IF YOU COULD GIVE
US YOUR VIEWS ON WHETHER IT’S
NOT STRICTLY RACIAL BECAUSE MANY
PEOPLE REMEMBER THAT CLARENCE
THOMAS WHEN HE WAS FACING
CREDIBLE ACCUSATIONS, WHEREVER
THE INVESTIGATION WENT WAS
CRITICIZED FOR WHAT HE SAID IN
THIS VEIN.
THIS VEIN. TAKE A LOOK.
>> AS A BLACK AMERICAN AS FAR AS
I’M CONCERNED IT IS A HIGH
ATTACK LYNCHING FOR UPPITY
BLACKS WHO IN ANY WAY DEIGN TO
THINK FOR THEMSELVES.
THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU.
YOU WILL BE LIFRPYNCHED, DESTROY
CARICATURED BY A COMMITTEE OF
THE U.S. SENATE RATHER THAN HUNG
FROM A TREE.
>> YOU KNOW, I’M SO GLAD YOU
BROUGHT UP CLARENCE THOMAS
BECAUSE HE TOO WAS RIDICULOUS.
HE INVOKED A HISTORY OF
AFRICAN-AMERICAN MEN BEING
LYNCHED AS A WAY TO GET PAST
ANITA HILL’S ACSWRAEGZSCUSATIONS
AND WE SEE HOW HE’S DECIMATED
THE CIVIL RIGHTS PROGRAM AND
LEGACY FROM THAT PERCH.
I BELIEVE ANITA HILL AND I WAS
APPALLED TO LISTEN TO HIM.
YOU KNOW, AS I’VE GOTTEN OLDER,
LISTEN TO HIM INVOKE THAT
HISTORY IT’S SO DEEPLY
DISTURBING.
DISTURBING. AND NO, LYNCHING IS NOT A THING
THAT ONLY HAPPENED TO
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, BUT IT WAS
CERTAINLY ONE OF THE PRIMARY
WAYS THE STATE ENFORCED ITS
SUPREME POWER TO DETERMINE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIFE.
AFRICAN-AMERICAN LIFE. AND TRUMP IS DOING IT AGAIN.
HE IS PRESIDING OVER THE TERROR
OF PEOPLE AT THE BORDER.
HE IS PRESIDING OVER A CAMPAIGN
OF STATE VIOLENCE AND NOW HE’S
TRYING TO ARGUE THAT THE STATE
HOLDING HIM ACCOUNTABLE IS A
FORM OF VIOLENCE.
AND ONE OF THE WAYS THAT TRUMP
IS MOST EFFECTIVE IS HE’S ABLE
TO FLIP OUR MEDIA SCRIPTS AND
PRETEND TO BE THE VICTIM.
AND WE SHOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO
DO THAT BECAUSE AMERICA HAS YET
TO RECKON WITH THE BLOOD ON ITS
HANDS FROM ALL THE THINGS IT HAS
DONE.
DONE. THIS IS WHY THE LEFT IS GETTING
SO MUCH TRACTION WITH YOUNG
VOTERS OF COLOR WHEN THEY TALK
ABOUT ISSUES LIKE REPARATIONS.
AND TRUMP COMES IN AS THE SORT
OF IMPOSTOR PRESIDENT THAT HE IS
IS TRIES TO PUMP THIS HISTORY
FOR HIS OWN.
I AM OFFENDED.
I’M GLAD SOME REPUBLICANS STOOD
UP TO HIM, BUT THERE SHOULD BE
NATIONAL OUTRAGE ABOUT THIS.
I KNOW HE WANTS AN OUTRAGE
CAMPAIGN.
CAMPAIGN. BUT I’M INTERESTED IN GIVING HIM
THAT OUTRAGE, SERVING IT UP TO
HIM.
HIM. >> WE DIDN’T LET IT CLOUD OUT
THE BIGGER NEW STORIES THAT WERE
DIFFERENT BUT WE WEREN’T GOING
TO LET IT GO WITHOUT COMMENT AND