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Trump Lashes Out at Democrats After Impeachment Vote

Associated Press

   TUPELO, MISS. - President Donald Trump lashed out Friday at Democrats
   in the House for their vote this week formalizing the impeachment
   inquiry into his conduct, calling it "an attack on democracy itself."

   Democrats are "disgracing themselves and bringing shame upon the House
   of Representatives," Trump charged during a rally in Tupelo,
   Mississippi, in support of the state's Republican candidate for
   governor. "They've been plotting to overthrow the election since the
   moment I won," he told the packed crowd.

   The rally came a day after Democrats voted to formalize the
   investigation into whether Trump abused his office and compromised
   national security when he asked the president of Ukraine to investigate
   one of his political rivals. Aggrieved and feeding off the energy of
   the crowd, Trump repeatedly defended himself against what he called the
   "deranged impeachment witch hunt" and accused Democrats of doing
   anything to take him down and invalidate the results of the 2016
   campaign.

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