Republican congressman Louie Gohmert says that a successful impeachment could lead to civil war.

Representative Louie Gohmert (R-Texas). Congressional photo. 

A Republican congressman has said that a successful impeachment could result in a civil war. The Hill. Texas representative Louie Gohmert said  “[Democrats]about to push this country to a civil war if they were to get their wishes.” Gohmert also pointed out that the impeachment inquiry was being handled in a way that did not allow Republicans to participated at all and warned that Republicans could do the same thing the next time a Democrat is in office and the Republicans control the house. The comments come after the Democrats voted on rules for the impeachment inquiry. 

Gohmert's full comment's are below. 

My Comment:

Like most Americans, I haven't been following the impeachment drama. I know it's nothing more than a political stunt by the Democrats who know that President Trump has the advantage in 2020. They won't ever bring it to an actual vote or let Republicans participate in their hearings as they know there is no actual crime to investigate. It's mostly just noise and fury signifying nothing so I have tuned it out.

But Louie Gohmert's claims here are worth discussing, specifically the ones about a potential civil war. I think that he really is right. If the Democrats were to somehow manage to convince enough Republicans in the Senate to remove President Trump it would likely lead to violence. 

I've said for a long time that we are much closer to civil war than people realize. Both sides of the country are furious at each other and the Democrats seem very likely to cross some of the Republican's  red lines. Gun control was one of them, but I always though the other was removing President Trump for anything short of him being caught in bed with a dead woman or live boy. 

Part of it is the fact that this whole scheme is so obviously a joke. There is no actual crime in the President talking to Ukraine. And there is no crime in wanting to expose political corruption, even if that corruption is from a political opponent. With the Zelensky phone call transcript being released weeks ago it's strange that the Democrats are even trying to continue when it's so obvious that their plot has failed. 

Another problem is that the Democrats don't have any credibility anymore. We already did this song and dance before. For almost three years they were saying President Trump was compromised by Russia and that he worked with them. But even after a huge investigation, years of media witch hunts and millions of dollars spent there was no smoking gun. Indeed, even the Muller report showed no collusion and could only allude to behavior that might have been wrong without proving any of it. 

Furthermore the general public is a lot more aware of how crooked both operations against President Trump were. We know that the origins of the Russia investigation were hatched up by the Obama administration and we also know that the so called "whistleblower" was a Democrat. 

But are we heading to a civil war? I really doubt it. For one thing, this impeachment inquiry is political theater, there is almost no chance it ends with President Trump being removed from office. Even voting to make it an official impeachment is unlikely as it would allow the Republicans to cross examine witnesses and for President Trump to mount a defense. That won't happen and even if it did somehow, the impeachment would voted down in the Senate. 

Without a spark to start a war, I can't see one happening in America, at least in the short term. Especially when everyone is fat, happy and has money in their pocket. As long as the power stays on and the food deliveries keep happening it's unlikely to kick off unless something really stupid happens. 

Even though I think civil war is extremely unlikely, I do think it's important for the Democrats to recognize that their actions are creeping up to a red line. I think that, at the very least, the Democrats leadership understands this. They know that removing President Trump would destroy them and lead to civil unrest and possibly violence. That's not the goal. The goal is to damage his 2020 chances because they know they can't win based on the merits or demographics.