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It anyway. did you ever think in a million years you'd need to explain the difference to the president of the united states between, you know, a legitimate impeachment trial and a salem witch trial? >> it's really disheartening. no, of course you never think you're going to have to retell this history to a leader of our country. but to see both the president and his supporters using the witch trials, it's offensive to the descendants, those victims, that their legacy is being twisted in this way to sort of portray an innocent victim when, in fact, we're going to have a pretty fair process. the...

People who are marginalized, being really victimized, and we don't want that to happen. if the president bears any resemblance to the history of 1692, it's in fact the men who were in charge who wanted to silence people who had different views than themselves and used the power of a so-called trial to do so. >> yeah. >> this is a history that we can't forget. >> mayor, you can't believe that you are giving this lesson. i can't believe i'm having this conversation. yet here we are, and i am grateful and thankful that you at least came on the show. i appreciate it. merry christmas to you. thank ...

The salem witch trials where innocent people were put to death. well, that statement caught the eye of none other than the mayor of salem, and she is kim driscoll, and she joins me now. mayor, thank you so much. i appreciate you joining us. >> happy to be with you. >> well, you gave the president a quick lesson, a history lesson on twitter, and here's what you wrote. you said, "salem 1692 equals absence of evidence plus powerless, innocent victims were hanged or pressed to death. the ukrainegate 2019 equals ample evidence, admissions of wrongdoing plus perpetrators are among the most powerful ...

Remembered so that it acknowledges going forward what never, ever should happen again. that people who are different, people who are marginalized, being really victimized, and we don't want that to happen. if the president bears any resemblance to the history of 1692, it's in fact the men who were in charge who wanted to silence people who had different views than themselves and used the power of a so-called trial to do so. >> yeah. >> this is a history that we can't forget. >> mayor, you can't believe that you are giving this lesson. i can't believe i'm having this conversation. yet here we a...

>> well, he's obviously under a great deal of duress, but if he thinks he can bully nancy pelosi into backing off, he's with the wrong customer. >> the president even claiming -- and this is peak crazy quote -- more due process was afforded to those accused in the salem witch trials. oh, yeah? well, the salem witch trials? let's remember when the president said this. >> i'm a student of history. >> well, maybe he was a student of history, but he must have been a really bad one because let's listen to someone who actually does know her history. her name is kim driscoll. she's the mayor of salem...