Republican South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham questioned the press while defending President Trump’s use of the word “lynching” to describe the impeachment inquiry.
Trump faced backlash for comparing his impeachment to “a lynching” on Twitter. Graham was one of the only prominent Republicans to defend the president, saying, “This is a lynching in every sense. This is un-American.”
He also criticized the media’s handling of Trump’s comments and the impeachment inquiry as a whole.
“I’m going to let the whole world know that if we were doing this to a Democratic president, you would be all over me right now,” Graham said Tuesday. “Not one person is asking a question.”
Graham pointed out that Trump still does not know who his accuser is and criticized the closed-door process that has accompanied much of the impeachment inquiry so far. He said he could “only imagine” the difference in coverage the impeachment inquiry might have if a Democrat were in the White House.
“It shows a lot of things about our national media,” Graham said, adding, “When it’s about Trump, who cares about the process, as long as you get him?”
Sen. Lindsey Graham defended Pres. Trump’s tweet comparing the impeachment process to a “lynching,” saying, “This is a lynching in every sense. This is un-American.”
Other Republicans have since criticized the president’s use of “lynching.” https://t.co/6kwlIKJMP5 pic.twitter.com/JoQ4XwhSfX
— ABC News (@ABC) October 22, 2019
Graham called the impeachment process in the House “a sham,” adding, “I will do everything I can to make sure it doesn’t live long in the Senate.”
