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By Brandon Carter
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Roger Stone, an American political consultant, lobbyist, strategist, and a longtime confidant to President Donald Trump, noted for his use of opposition research for candidates of the Republican Party, predicted during an interview with TMZ Thursday there would be a "spasm of violence" tantamount to civil war if the president were brought under impeachment charges by Congress.
“Try to impeach him. Just try it,” Stone said. “You will have a spasm of violence, an insurrection in this country like you have never seen before. Both sides are heavily armed, my friend.”
Stone said members of Congress who are advocating for Trump’s impeachment need to “get over it.”
“Stone has a history of forecasting violence for those opposing Trump. During the lead-up to the 2016 Republican National Convention, when Trump was seen as a prohibitive favorite to lock up the Party's presidential nomination, and despite fears that establishment party officials might seek to steer delegates away from Trump, Stone threatened to reveal where delegates who flipped on Trump were staying during the convention,” according to Politico’s Cristiano Lima.
Ordinarily, I wouldn't bother you with rubbish spewing from the mouths of longtime Trump advisers like Roger Stone, who are the bottom-feeders of American politics. But Stone's prediction of armed insurrection if Trump is impeached and threat that politicians voting for Trump's impeachment will endanger their lives is consistent with everything else we've seen Trump do to stir up his followers.
