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In today's Daily Debunker: What Rep. James Clyburn really said about President Trump, and the real scoop on a viral photo supposedly showing Melania Trump with a male porn star.

by Snopes Staff, Dec. 20, 2019



On Thursday, the Twitter account of U.S. President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign accused Rep. James Clyburn, a prominent Democrat, of saying “Hang him!” in reference to the president and said Clyburn’s “hatred and anger is out of control.”

Did the congressman really call for Trump to be hanged? With video and transcript in hand, Snopes.com’s Bethania Palma sets the record straight.

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