Trump Warns of Treason, Civil War; GOP Congressman Outraged

President Trump is warning that the Democrat-driven impeachment proceedings and any move to oust him from office amount to “treason” and would spark a civil war, prompting outrage from a Republican congressman.

Associated Press

Published 30 September 2019

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is warning that the Democrat-driven impeachment proceedings and any move to oust him from office amount to “treason” and would spark a civil war, prompting outrage from a Republican congressman. Trump tweeted a conservative pastor’s comment that removing him would provoke a “civil war-like fracture” in America. ….If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War…

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