Kim Driscoll, the mayor of Salem, Massachusetts, tore into President Trump, saying it was “frustrating and offensive” for him to compare impeachment to the Salem witch trials.
“There’s a big difference between innocent victims, you know, spectral evidence, and a full impeachment inquiry with the rule of law, you know, playing a major role,” the mayor said Tuesday on Don Lemon’s CNN show.
Lemon said he had brought her on the show because of the “history lesson” she had previously given the president on Twitter.
“Will they ever learn some history?” Driscoll tweeted hours earlier. “This situation is much different than the plight of the witch trial victims, who were convicted using spectral evidence + then brutally hanged or pressed to death. A dubious legal process that bears no relation to televised impeachment.”
Right, will they ever learn some history? This situation is much different than the plight of the witch trial victims, who were convicted using spectral evidence + then brutally hanged or pressed to death. A dubious legal process that bears no relation to televised impeachment. https://t.co/EVGvzbr3UN
— Kim Driscoll (@MayorDriscoll) December 17, 2019
The segment came on the eve of a House vote on impeaching Trump. The chamber is expected to vote in favor of the two articles of impeachment Wednesday, which would move the process to the Senate for a trial.
The president sent a letter Tuesday to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, claiming that “more due process was afforded to those accused in the Salem Witch Trials.”
Two-thirds of the Senate is needed to vote in favor of removing Trump. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has said the president will not be removed from office.
