Speaker At A Trump-Vance Rally Calls For ‘Civil War’ If Trump Does Not Win In November

Barely a week after coup-attempting former President Donald Trump was nearly assassinated at a rally in Pennsylvania, a speaker at an Ohio rally for his running mate on Monday called for “civil war” if Trump does not win back the White House.

“I’m afraid if we lose this one, it’s going to take a civil war to save the country,” said George Lang, a state senator from the Cincinnati area, shortly before Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance took the stage at his first solo rally in Middletown, his hometown.

Trump campaign officials did not respond to HuffPost queries about Lang’s remarks, but about half an hour later, Lang apologized for them in a social media post.

“I regret the divisive remarks I made in the excitement of the moment on stage. Especially in light of the assassination attempt on President Trump last week, we should all be mindful of what is said at political events, myself included,” he wrote.

The campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee amid Joe Biden dropping out of this year’s presidential race, was quick to note that calls for violence are not new at Trump events.

“Donald Trump and JD Vance are running a campaign openly sowing hatred and promising revenge against their political opponents,” Harris campaign spokesperson Ammar Moussa said in a statement. “It’s a feature, not a bug, of their campaign and message to the American people. That’s why a Republican official was empowered to predict a civil war while introducing these candidates.”

Indeed, Trump has aggressively stoked violence since the time he ran for office in 2015. Trump routinely encouraged rallygoers to beat up protesters who came to his events.

As president, he wanted law enforcement officers