ADIn 1998, however, both Davis and Meeks called the Clinton impeachment proceedings a “lynching” on the House floor the day before the president was impeached. Democratic criticisms of the Republican-led impeachment proceedings against Clinton were not limited to the House floor. called the impeachment proceedings against Clinton a “partisan lynching” during an October 1998 appearance on CNN. And on Oct. 4, 1998, Nadler told the Associated Press that Republicans were “running a lynch mob” against Clinton. ADAt least 11 House Democrats called the Clinton impeachment proceedings a “coup,” including two of the chairmen now leading the impeachment inquiry pertaining to Trump: Nadler and House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Eliot L. Engel (N.Y.).

Source: Washington Post October 22, 2019 22:07 UTC