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September 30, 2019

Trump Warns Impeachment Could Lead to Civil War, Calls Critics "Savages"
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Over the weekend, President Trump repeatedly took to Twitter to attack
the whistleblower, as well as a range of officials and journalists. He
accused House Intelligence Chair Schiff of committing treason; he
described Schiff and a group of other Democratic lawmakers as "savages";
he claimed impeachment is "unlawful"; and he reposted a message from a
supporter warning impeachment could lead to a "Civil War like fracture
in this Nation." Republican Congressmember Adam Kinzinger of Illinois
tweeted that Trump's civil war retweet was "beyond repugnant." Kinzinger
wrote, "I have visited nations ravaged by civil war. @real Donald Trump
I have never imagined such a quote to be repeated by a President."


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