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Trump Tends To Get Racist When He’s Feeling Vulnerable

President Donald Trump speaks to the press after announcing and initial deal with China at the South Lawn of the White House on October 11, 2019.(Photo by NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images)

October 22, 2019 12:58 p.m.

President Trump’s anxiety over unifying his party in opposition to impeachment was out for all to see on Tuesday morning.

In a tweet posted before 8 a.m. ET, Trump warned his fellow Republicans that they should “remember” that Democrats’ impeachment inquiry was nothing short of a public “lynching,” a sign that Trump is feeling increasingly concerned that some Republican never-Trumpers might rally others in the party to support impeachment.

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