... but, a top House Democrat - House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler (D-NY) - made that same comparison himself in 1998 during Bill Clinton's impeachment.
Hypocritical double-standards - that is what literally defines a Democrat.
Flashback: Jerry Nadler in 1998 Accused Republicans of Running a "Lynch Mob" Against Bill Clinton
http://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/22/flashback-jerry-nadler-in-1998-accused-republicans-of-running-a-lynch-mob-against-bill-clinton/

... According to an October 4, 1998, Associated Press article that touted Nadler's role as a top Clinton defender, the then-51 year-old congressman said:
I am the president's defender in the sense that I haven't seen anything yet that would rise, in my opinion, to the level of impeachable offense. ...
I wish we could get this over with quickly. ... In pushing the process, in pushing the arguments of fairness and due process the Republicans so far have been running a lynch mob.
Despite this, House Democrats have rushed to condemn Trump's comparison of impeachment to lynching and demanded an apology. ...
Here's your apology, Dimbulbs ...


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