An Ohio Republican has apologised after appearing to threaten a civil war if Donald Trump fails to win November's presidential election.
George Lang, a state senator, made the comment during a boisterously pugnacious introduction for JD Vance, the former president's running mate who is also a US senator for Ohio.
"I'm afraid if we lose this one, it's going to take a civil war to save the country, and it will be saved," Lang told a Republican audience at Vance's former high school in Middletown, Ohio, as he prepared to introduce the vice-presidential nominee. "It's the greatest experiment in the history of mankind, and if we come down to a civil war, I'm glad we got people like ... Bikers for Trump" and the group's national president, Mark "Smitty" Smith, "on our side". read more
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GOPers can't help it: they're VERY interested in what everyone else is doing, and, boy, do they like to teach transgressors a lesson.