Sen. Lindsey Graham defended President Trump's characterization of the impeachment inquiry as a lynching while speaking to reporters Tuesday morning.

Earlier in the day, Trump implied that Democrats are conducting the process "without due process or fairness or any legal rights," and he proceeded to equate the move to a "lynching."

Despite furious backlash for the comparison, Graham, who has been an ardent supporter of the president, defended the comment.

“This is a lynching in every sense. This is un-American,” the South Carolina Republican stated.



Graham asked whether he can understand African Americans being offended by the term:



"No, I think lynching is being seen as somebody taking the law in their own hands and out to get somebody for no good reason." https://t.co/Ly3Hujew6F — Josh Lederman (@JoshNBCNews) October 22, 2019

When he was asked if he could understand why black people could be offended by the remark, Graham said, "No, I think lynching is being seen as somebody taking the law in their own hands and out to get somebody for no good reason," according to NBC News's Josh Lederman.

Graham's fellow South Carolina senator, Tim Scott, who is the only black GOP senator, said, "There’s no question that the impeachment process is the closet thing to a political death row trial, so I get his absolute rejection of the process. I wouldn’t use the word lynching."

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