Sep 30, 2019 - Politics & Policy

Beto O'Rourke: Trump's civil war tweets are a "threat of violence"

Fadel Allassan

Beto O'Rourke holds a microphone. — Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke tweeted Monday that President Donald Trump is threatening a civil war. "This is a constitutional crisis," the former Texas congressman wrote.

Driving the news: Trump fired off a lengthy tweet thread Sunday of a quote by pastor and radio host Robert Jeffress on Fox News, which ended with a prediction that removing Trump from office will cause a "civil war-like fracture" the country will never heal from.

O'Rourke said the president is threatening violence and called on "Republicans to hold him accountable before more are harmed."

"In El Paso, we saw the consequences of the president's words," O'Rourke wrote.

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