GOP official at JD Vance rally 'afraid' civil war needed if Trump loses, later recants

Ohio state Sen. George Lang (R) said at a Trump-Vance 2024 rally Monday that he’s “afraid” a civil war might be necessary if Republicans lose the November election, before later recanting his remarks.

“I believe wholeheartedly Donald Trump and Butler County's JD Vance are the last chance to save our country, politically,” Lang said at a rally in Middletown, Ohio, the hometown of the first-term senator and GOP vice presidential nominee.

“I'm afraid if we lose this one, it's going to take a civil war to save the country...