Washington (CNN) South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn said Saturday he is not going to be intimidated by anyone in the White House after President Donald Trump's reelection campaign falsely suggested Clyburn called for Trump's hanging.

"They're bullies. They're trying to intimidate," the House Majority Whip told CNN's Fredricka Whitfield on "Newsroom."

"My goodness, what I've been through in this country, what I go through every day, you aren't going to intimidate me," he continued. "They can attempt all they want to. I'm going to continue to speak out the way I know to speak out, the way I should speak out to represent my constituents, the way I should, and I'm not going to be intimidated by people who hide behind some tweet."

Clyburn said: "I am not going to be intimidated by anybody in this White House or by anybody out in the blogosphere. I've lived too long to be intimidated by anybody."

The congressman's comments come after the Trump campaign posted a tweet and video clip that took remarks Clyburn made to CNN on Thursday far out of context. The clip was soon rocketed around pro-Trump social media, and some of Trump's prominent allies made the campaign's dishonest framing of Clyburn's remark even more incendiary.

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