When they’re not whooping and high-fiving over yesterday’s impeachment vote, House Democrats are apparently having violent thoughts about Donald Trump. Case in point, Democratic Rep. and House Majority Whip James Clyburn:
THIS IS SICK
Listen to what Majority Whip James Clyburn just said about Trump:
"Let's give him a fair trial, and hang him". pic.twitter.com/HTiCne7Q7C
— Benny (@bennyjohnson) December 19, 2019
Classy AF.
Wai, wai, wait… did he just say "hang him"? https://t.co/KkgJfbOXuh
— Melissa Mackenzie ? (@MelissaTweets) December 19, 2019
W.T.A.F. https://t.co/UQSSmw3kBo
— Mr. Nuclear Cocaine (@MrNukemCocaine) December 19, 2019
Imagine if Trump had suggested a hanging of Clyburn…
— Madlaw (@madlaw1071) December 19, 2019
Oh well. At least CNN’s John Berman called Clyburn out for that. Oh, wait.
And he doesnt even check him. He just let's it roll.
— KEJ (@KeJBass) December 19, 2019
They’re all garbage people.
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Update:
Despite Clyburn’s language being decidedly clumsy, it’s worth noting that he was not actually suggesting that Donald Trump be hanged. Context matters, and Clyburn’s remarks deserve to be represented fairly and accurately.
Clyburn is pretty much saying the exact opposite of this. He says he doesn’t want what in his view would be a supposed sham trial in the Senate, basically saying that’d be just as unacceptable as a show trial where the proceedings are fake then someone is condemned to be hanged. https://t.co/6vD5SryY2m
— JERRY DUNLEAVY (@JerryDunleavy) December 19, 2019
Agree, awkwardly phrased but sounds like he ends by saying this is the reverse of that https://t.co/vZDvdsT7LM
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 19, 2019
Clyburn seems to be stressing the need for a fair trial, and says as long as it takes to set that up, he's willing to wait. This is a bad, out of context hit on a guy who was bending over backwards to ask for fairness for Trump.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 19, 2019
I mean unless I'm misreading Clyburn! But it seems clear from viewing carefully that he's pushing for fairness for Trump and arguing that a process that doesn't allow for all the evidence isn't fair.
— Seth Mandel (@SethAMandel) December 19, 2019
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