Late Night writer destroys Trump for comparing impeachment probe to 'lynching'

Late Night With Seth Meyers comedian Amber Ruffin has set Donald Trump straight over his suggestion that the impeachment inquiry is a “lynching.”

In a tweet that has been heavily criticised for its insensitive word usage, Trump said:

All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here – a lynching.

Seth Meyers had passed the mic to African American colleague Ruffin, who verbally eviscerated Trump.

Oh Donald Trump, you raggedy b*****d. You’re not being lynched. You know how I know? Because people who are being lynched don’t sit in a mansion tweeting about b******t.

 The reason you’re comfortable comparing your situation to a lynching is because you value Black people so little that, in your mind, a Black person dying is equal to your slight discomfort.

I keep hearing things like, ‘This is a distraction.’

The president saying racist things isn’t a distraction. It’s a real thing that makes real Americans feel unsafe.

Ruffin also pointed out:

It’s not surprise that Trump is a racist because his dad was a racist. His dad was arrested in 1927 near a Klan rally.

Now, that doesn’t prove that he was in the Klan, but if you see me near a Cinnabon, it’s not ‘cos I like waiting in line…

The savage takedown drew praise online.

There was also a serious element to Ruffin's monologue

Same.

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