A far-right evangelical pastor recently suggested that if former President Donald Trump were to be elected to a second term, a "civil war" wouldn't be entirely unwelcome.
During a recent episode of his Truth & Liberty podcast posted by Right Wing Watch, televangelist Andrew Wommack was addressing a point made by a caller who asked how America could have another revolution to convert the United States to a nation that would "use the Bible as the constitution." Wommack then talked excitedly conversations he's had with fellow believers who would "physically fight" for Christian nationalist values.
"I've actually had people say that if Trump was to be elected if we got a conservative Congress, that they fear that we would have another civil war," Wommack said. "And you know what? I don't want a civil war, I don't know anybody that does, but would it be worth it? To turn this nation back? I believe it would."
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The Civil War has become a common refrain during the 2024 presidential election cycle, with historians theorizing that it may be because the US is more divided than ever since the war that nearly split the union. Former UN ambassador Nikki Haley shied away from naming slavery as the reason for the Civil War during a campaign speech in New Hampshire, prompting wide condemnation. And Trump suggested in an Iowa speech that he would have been able to avoid war entirely with his negotiating prowess.
"The Civil War was so fascinating, so horrible," Trump said in Newton, Iowa. "So many mistakes were made. See, there was something I think could have been negotiated, to be honest with you. I think you could have negotiated that. All the people died, so many people died. You know, that was the disaster."
Talk of a potential civil war has been continuously bubbling in the wake of Texas' refusal to comply with a Supreme Court ruling that it remove razor wire placed along the Southern border, stating that national borders are the jurisdiction of the federal government rather than individual states. In a post to his Truth Social platform, Trump called on "all willing states" to send National Guard troops to Texas to help it continue its defiance of the Court's order.
Texas' refusal to obey the Supreme Court may be the most significant act of rebellion by a state against the federal government since the Nullification Crisis of 1832, when South Carolina defied tariffs imposed by then-President Andrew Jackson's administration. Jackson called South Carolina's bluff and threatened to send federal troops to the Palmetto State to enforce the tariffs directly, prompting the Southern state to back down. Of course, South Carolina was the first state to secede from the union in 1860 after Abraham Lincoln was elected, whereupon it launched an attack on Fort Sumter in 1861 and kicked off the Civil War.
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Watch Wommack's remarks below, or by clicking this link.
