President and removing him from office hits 50 . Only 6 of republicans, for example, back impeachment. And the backlash, instant. Africanamerican Lawmakers Said the president s use of the word lynching is deeply offensive, yet not surprising given the source. I think it was just an egregious statement. Its beneath the dignity of the office of the president of the United States. The president should not compare a constitutionally mandated impeachment inquiry to such a dangerous and dark chapter of american history. Its irresponsible for him to do so, and i hope that he will apologize. Back to that a bit later. But we begin the hour with a very big day in the trump impeachment inquiry. A diplomat complained that the president was putting his personal politics ahead of smart ukraine policy. This testing on a day when support for impeaching the president and removing him from office is on the rise. Now at 50 for the first time. It is trademark trump to turn up the volume when he wants to d
he said, the biggest problem, i don t know how to solve that. i said, did you ever call him? actually, he tried 11 times but the gentleman on the other side did not take his call, okay? lack of respect. but he takes my call. obama administration officials say they never tried to place any such call. and then on the impeachment inquiry, also fiction. what happened to the whistleblowers? they re gone because they ve been discredited. the whistleblower gave a false account. the whistleblower s account of my conversation was totally wrong. the whistleblower had second and thirdhand information. you remember that. it was a big problem. they released the conversation and that threw shifty schiff off. catherine lucie of the wall street journal joins our conversation. just to close that up, the whistleblower s account has been largely confirmed. the parts we ve been able to