Salem mayor tells Trump to 'learn some history' after witch trial claims

[highplainsdem]

Source: The Hill

The mayor of Salem, Mass., told President Trump to "learn some history” after he alleged that people accused in the Salem witch trials were given more due process than he has received in the Democrats' impeachment inquiry.

Mayor Kim Driscoll (D) in a tweet Tuesday included a screenshot of a letter from Trump to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) in which the president decried the impeachment inquiry and made the claim about the Salem witch trials.

“Salem 1692 = absence of evidence+powerless, innocent victims were hanged or pressed to death,” Driscoll wrote.

“#Ukrainegate 2019 = ample evidence, admissions of wrongdoing+perpetrators are among the most powerful+privileged,” she added.

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Read more: https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/475039-salem-mayor-tells-trump-to-learn-some-history-after-witch-trial

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Driscoll posted two tweets that are quoted in the article, and also did an interview with WCVB.

Both tweets below, and a link to the WCVB article about the interview, which also has video of the story.

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

https://www.wcvb.com/article/offensive-to-compare-impeachment-to-salem-witch-trials-mayor-says/30266249

[jberryhill]

1. "...that bears no relation to televised impeachment."

She left off ", unfortunately".

[highplainsdem]

2. Stephen Colbert was thinking along similar lines during his monologue last night.

That section starts about 5:30 in the video:

[LisaM]

3. Exactly what I said!

The accused were also kept in miserable, dungeon-like prisons at their own expense, and in almost all cases their property was seized by the authorities (and kept by those in power, with only a fraction being returned years later). They were strip-searched for moles or other bodily marks. They were forced to defend themselves in person, usually without counsel.

Is he asking for the same "due process"? By all means, give it to him, then.