Michael van der Veen, one of former President Donald Trump’s defense attorneys, decried the impeachment of his client as “constitutional cancel culture,” during his opening remarks – remarks that were widely refuted, debunked, and pronounced disgraceful in real time.
Van der Veen, who once sued Trump on behalf of a client and described him as a “f—ing crook,” a claim he denies, engaged in what CNN’s Keith Boykin described as “whataboutism” and “nothing but a Trump campaign commercial.”
But it was his claim of “constitutional cancel culture” that infuriated many and led to mocking. Take a look: