GOP lawmaker blasts Trump for quoting pastor warning of civil war over impeachment

[left-of-center2012]

Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger (Ill.) on Sunday criticized President Trump for quoting a pastor saying impeachment could trigger a "Civil War-like fracture" in the country.

The rare rebuke from a Republican member of Congress came in response to Trump tweeting a quote from Pastor Robert Jeffress on Fox News.

Jeffress, a Dallas-based pastor and known supporter of Trump, has a history of controversial and offensive comments. He has reportedly made derogatory remarks about Islam, calling it "a religion that promotes pedophilia" and a "heresy from the pit of hell."

Jeffress has also called Mormonism a "cult" that is not a true part of Christianity and said "you can't be saved by being a Jew.”

Link to tweet

https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/463592-gop-lawmaker-calls-out-trump-for-quoting-pastor-warning-of-civil-war

[keithbvadu2]

1. Jeffers also has bad feelings about Catholics.

https://www.newsweek.com/did-satan-create-catholicism-trump-supporting-pastor-robert-jeffress-thinks-so-690176

Did Satan Create Catholicism? Trump-Supporting Pastor Robert Jeffress Thinks So
By Maria Perez On 10/21/17 at 1:55 PM EDT

[ffr]

2. I'm not religious, but I prey for the safety of all Americans tonight.

We democrats are little more than enemies of the United States to him and not the other way around. So I can only imagine what the freeper world is going to take from his call to arms.

Hopefully there will not be more Heather Heyers to lay flowers upon.

[Qutzupalotl]

3. Here is Adam's response:

Link to tweet

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.