Kristina Karama, former chair of the Michigan Republican Party, said that “we witnessed the political lynching of Donald Trump today.” She was not the only one. Evangelicals Eric Metaxas and Todd Starnes also played the lynching card in the wake of Trump’s felony convictions.
One should think twice about using this term in light of its historical meaning. I find it interesting that Trump conservatives want everyone to know about the original revolutionary-era meaning of the Pine Tree Flag (“An Appeal to Heaven”), but don’t have the same historical sensitivity about the historical use of the term “lynching.”
Eric Metaxas:
World News Daily: “The New York trial of Donald J. Trump is a public lynching. Lady Justice never entered the courtroom. She was not even in the building. And the worst awaits us all.”