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A Republican state senator has called for “civil war” if Donald Trump loses the presidential election in November.

George Lang, an Ohio politician, made the comment as he introduced JD Vance at his first solo campaign event since becoming Trump’s running mate.

After taking to the stage fist-raised and shouting Trump’s post-shooting battle cry “Fight! Fight!”, Mr Lang warned of an existential threat facing Americans. He declared in front of a large, heated crowd in Ohio: “We are in the fight for the soul of our nation… for our kids, for our grandkids, it is a fight we can never imagine.

“I believe wholeheartedly, Donald Trump and Butler County’s JD Vance are the last chance to save our country. Politically, I’m afraid if we lose this one, it’s going to take a civil war to save the country.”

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Honestly, at this point I'm getting tired of them saying it all the time.

Do it.

It would not go the way they think it would go, and the confederate/nazi/MAGA party would be swiftly defeated within days/hours. They do not have the support they think they have, most Americans don't let politics run their lives and Fox poison their brains and a civil war would actually wake those Americans up to the seriousness of what's going on right now.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Agreed. Do it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

At the end of the day, starting a whole-ass war because some people get to have a better life than the bible says they should just isn't a good cause. It sucks that a lot of people think otherwise.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

but you lost the last one

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Why would they want to lose immediately after losing...I mean, I don't want to kink-shame, but I don't see the logic....

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Don’t the remember what happened the last time they tried a little civil war?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

2% of the population died.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (3 children)

If we have another civil war, we can learn from our biggest mistake too.

Finish Reconstruction.

We can accept their secession, conquer them, and then keep them as territories. During that time, we can enact policy that helps all Americans. Restore fairness standards in news reporting, wipe out the KKK, pass a voter's bill of rights, tax churches equally, replace FPTP with IRV, and abolish the electoral college.

If we don't address the brainwashing, it'll happen a third time too. They can have a little bit of authoritarianism if they want it so much.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

If we have another civil war, we can learn from our biggest mistake too.

Finish Reconstruction.

Obligatory - FUCK ANDREW JOHNSON.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Problem this time is, it isn't quite as clear cut geographically. Even in red states like Georgia, you have MILLIONS of Democrats.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Haha that would be wild!

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

"...it is a fight we can never imagine."

What does that even mean?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They invoke “civil war” phrase every time they feel threatened, and then wonder why their candidate faced an assassination. Who do they think is the dumbass here? Their voters? Or the opposition?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Oh? It isn't the pen is mightier than the sword?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

The penis mightier

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

These people are still using crayons

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They would, but they ate the whole box and now are crying they were taken by immigrants

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

This war again? You'd think they'd learned their lesson, but they keep burning the books that could teach them.

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