In related news, a Republican state senator from Ohio was forced to apologize after he said only a “civil war” would save the country if Trump loses in November. George Lang made the comments during vice-presidential nominee JD Vance’s first solo campaign rally in his hometown of Middletown, Ohio.

Sen. George Lang: “I believe wholeheartedly Donald Trump and Butler County’s JD Vance are the last chance to save our country politically. I’m afraid if we lose this one, it’s going to take a civil war to save the country. And it will be saved.”

Ohio Senate Democrats said in response, “Inciting violence over an election that hasn’t even occurred yet is irresponsible and undemocratic.”