The top Republican in the House, Representative Kevin McCarthy of California, said of Mr. Trump’s lynching comparison, “I don’t agree with that language,” adding, “It’s pretty simple.”Senator Lindsey Graham, Republican of South Carolina and an ally of Mr. Trump on most topics, defended the word choice. “This is a lynching in every sense,” Mr. Graham told reporters on Tuesday. with it, calling it a political lynching because that’s literally what it is,” Mr. Graham said. Pressed by reporters about the use of the term, Mr. Graham said, “Mob rule is what lynching is all about. I didn’t say they’re lynching the president literally.”While Mr. Trump’s use of the word was striking, it was not the first time the word had been used to describe impeachment proceedings.

Source: New York Times October 22, 2019 12:51 UTC