process to something like lynching is far beneath the office of the president of the united states. the congressman from south carolina. but as we showed earlier, that brings us to lindsey graham. south carolina sight of 164 lynchings of african-americans senator graham knows history and doubled down on the president s use of the word. separately the daily beast reports tonight that the president s allies are upset with graham for not holding hearings in the judiciary committee looking into joe biden s son and ukraine. with all of that in mind, we are happy to have with us tonight jason johnson, politics editor at the root. jason, first off, i thought we d start with a definition for our viewers, a lynching is mob rule. it is murder by mob without due process of law, without any process, often accompanied by torture.
it is murder by mob without due process of law, without any process, often accompanied by torture. it is, in short, the worst thing humans can do to each other, the worst thing to imagine a family member of any of us going through. we should also mention, it was my privilege in june to visit the national memorial for peace and justice, in equitffect, our nation s lynching memorial. it is no less impactful than the holocaust museum, than the 9/11 museum. i wish it was a rite of citizenship for all people to visit the memorial. having established that, jason, your take on the invocation of this powerful word in our national discourse today. well, first, brian, the reason this can happen so glibly on the part of this president is the lack of history most americans understand.
process to something like lynching is far beneath the office of the president of the united states. the congressman from south carolina. but as we showed earlier, that brings us to lindsey graham. senator graham knows history and doubled down on the president s use of the word. separately the daily beast reports tonight that the president s allies are upset with graham for not holding hearings in the judiciary committee looking into joe biden s son and ukraine. with all of that in mind, we are happy to have with us tonight jason johnson, politics editor at the root. jason, first off, i thought we d start with a definition for our viewers, a lynching is mob rule. it is murder by mob without due process of law, without any