Trump’s erratic behavior, combined with his penchant for offending minorities, has only made it harder for Republicans to coalesce around an impeachment defense, said Russell Riley, a presidential historian at the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. “His use of this word, likening this to a lynching, is not a part of any strategic approach but is a manifestation of an impulse to fight back with the most incendiary language that he could muster,” Riley said.
Russell Riley
