Rep. Al Green Alexander (Al) N. GreenThe Memo: Trump's race tactics fall flat Trump administration ending support for 7 Texas testing sites as coronavirus cases spike The Hill's Coronavirus Report: Miami mayor worries about suicide and domestic violence rise; Trump-governor debate intensifies MORE (D-Texas) blasted President Trump Donald John TrumpFederal prosecutor speaks out, says Barr 'has brought shame' on Justice Dept. Former Pence aide: White House staffers discussed Trump refusing to leave office Progressive group buys domain name of Trump's No. 1 Supreme Court pick MORE’s comparison of the House’s impeachment inquiry to a "lynching" Tuesday, calling him “no better than” the participants in the August 2017 “Unite the Right” white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va.

“Mr. President, HOW DARE YOU compare impeachment to lynching (the mob murdering and racist terrorizing of Black people)?” Green tweeted.

Mr. President, HOW DARE YOU compare impeachment to lynching (the mob murdering and racist terrorizing of Black people)?



Your continuing to weaponize hate make you no better than the bigots who screamed "blood and soil" in Charlottesville. #ImpeachNow — Congressman Al Green (@RepAlGreen) October 22, 2019

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Green, one of numerous Democratic lawmakers and presidential candidates to condemn the comments, has been a vocal critic of Trump on racial issues, bringing an unsuccessful impeachment resolution to the House floor over the summer after Trump tweeted that four non-white congresswomen should “go back” to other countries.

In 2017, after Green became one of the first Democratic lawmakers to call for Trump’s impeachment, he played death-threat voicemails he had received, including explicit threats of lynching.

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.), the highest-ranking African American in Congress and a fellow member of the Congressional Black Caucus, also sharply condemned Trump’s tweet, telling CNN, “I'm a product of the South. I know the history of that word … that is a word that we ought to be very, very careful about using."