At least 1 GOP congressman thinks Trump's impeachment 'Civil War' tweet is 'beyond repugnant'
President Trump had a busy Sunday on Twitter, beginning with a volley of retweets attacking Fox & Friends host Ed Henry after an exchange with conservative backer Mark Levin — and one of the retweets was of shark-themed Trump parody account.
So today Trump retweeted an account that takes his tweets and makes them about sharks. pic.twitter.com/YHNIuHdSXB
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) September 30, 2019
Not all of Trump's tweets were so amusing. The president accused House Intelligence Chair Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) of "treason" for unclear reasons; appeared to threaten the whistleblower who filed a complaint about concerns over Trump's Ukraine call — in doing so, Trump misrepresented and arguably broke the law — and he quoted one of his most fervent and controversial Evangelical Christian supporters, Dallas pastor Robert Jeffress, saying on Fox & Friends that, according to Trump's transcription, removing Trump through impeachment "will cause a Civil War–like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal."
Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) called Trump's tweet "beyond repugnant."
I have visited nations ravaged by civil war. @realDonaldTrump I have never imagined such a quote to be repeated by a President. This is beyond repugnant. https://t.co/a5Bae7bP7g
— Adam Kinzinger (@RepKinzinger) September 30, 2019
Historian Kevin Kruse explained why it makes no sense.
Trump can only be removed through impeachment if two-thirds of the Senate votes to remove him.
To do that, 20 Republicans would need to join the 45 Democrats and 2 Independents.
Removal would be bipartisan. Framing it as some kind of civil war isn't just dangerous. It's dumb. pic.twitter.com/UqW7Dkf1Mx— Kevin M. Kruse (@KevinMKruse) September 30, 2019
No president has ever been removed from office via impeachment, though Richard Nixon resigned when it appeared such removal was imminent.
