Washington (CNN) President Donald Trump's campaign falsely suggested Thursday that a senior Democratic congressman, Rep. Jim Clyburn, had called for Trump to be hanged.

"The number 3 House Democrat, James Clyburn, just said this about President Trump: 'Hang him!' This hatred and anger is out of control," the campaign's "war room" tweeted along with a video clip from Clyburn's Thursday interview with CNN's John Berman on "New Day," which you can watch here

The clip was soon rocketing around pro-Trump social media -- as prominent Trump allies tweeted more explicit versions of the campaign's insinuation that Clyburn had proposed Trump's execution.

But the very clip the campaign tweeted shows the campaign was taking Clyburn's remarks far out of context.

Facts First: Clyburn did use the words "hang him," but this was not a call to hang Trump or anyone else. Rather, Clyburn was saying that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's comments in favor of Trump's acquittal on articles of impeachment, in advance of a Senate trial, have shown that McConnell is "not going to be impartial" in running the proceedings -- just as if it would show bias if someone with the "reverse" perspective had said in advance of a trial, "Let's give him a fair trial and hang him.'"

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