一位历史学家指出了今天和内战前美国之间的几个相似之处，称唐纳德·特朗普总统在鼓吹如果他通过弹劾被免职，未来将会发生类似的冲突时“有点道理”。
特朗普因乌克兰-拜登事件面临众议院弹劾，福克斯新闻的推特评论福音派牧师罗伯特·杰弗里斯说，总统的下台“将在这个国家引发一场内战，就像骨折一样，我们的国家永远无法愈合。”
波士顿学院历史教授希瑟·考克斯·理查森是19世纪美国的专家，她在推特上发表了特朗普备受争议的内战推特后的“惊人相似”的相似之处。
理查森说:“1830年至1860年精英奴隶主权力的巩固和1954年至2019年保守党运动的兴起之间的相似之处惊人地相似。”他说，他们都是通过“诋毁美国黑人”来掌权的。"
“他们的种族主义教条赢得了选民，他们开始通过提高财富的法律。这些法律对普通人伤害越大，他们就越倾向于反对所有概念验证的种族主义，然后又开始攻击“女性主义者”，他们说所有这些人都威胁白人的自由。
“随着他们变得越来越富有，失去了公众的支持，他们开始相信他们是国家的自然领袖，即使人们反对他们的政策，他们也应该统治国家。他们通过玩弄制度来保持权力:不公正的选区划分、选民压制和顺从的SCOTUS。
“但现在这种情况正在崩溃。当特朗普威胁要爆发内战时，他不仅仅是在谈论拯救自己的藏身之处；他呼吁他的支持者团结在种族和性别的周围，这样他们就能保护已经积聚了一代人或更长时间的寡头政治。
理查森补充说，这两个时期有一个“至关重要的区别”:“1860年的世界是一个由白人统治的世界。但是现在[有色人种]和妇女是有发言权和投票权的政治参与者。两者都日益强大。”周一早上，特朗普在推特上发布了牧师杰弗里斯的煽动性言论，一名哈佛大学法学教授表示这本身就是一种可弹劾的罪行。
特朗普在推特上写道:“南希·佩洛西和民主党人不能取消弹劾比赛。
“他们知道他们无法在2016年击败他，也越来越意识到他们不会在2020年击败他，弹劾是他们必须除掉唐纳德·特朗普的唯一工具——民主党人不在乎他们是否在此过程中烧毁和摧毁这个国家。
“我从未见过福音派基督徒在任何问题上比这种试图非法罢免总统，推翻2016年选举，并在此过程中否定数百万福音派选民的行为更愤怒。
“他们知道特朗普总统犯下的唯一可弹劾的罪行是在2016年击败希拉里·克林顿。这是民主党永远不会原谅他的不可原谅的罪行。
“如果民主党人成功地解除了总统的职务(他们永远不会这样做)，那将会在这个国家引发一场内战，就像骨折一样，我们的国家永远无法愈合。“罗伯特·杰弗里斯牧师，”福克斯新闻。"
HISTORIAN WARNS TODAY'S AMERICA LOOKS 'EERILY SIMILAR' TO PERIOD BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR, COMPARES MOVEMENT CONSERVATIVES TO SLAVEHOLDER ELITE
Ahistorian noted several likenesses between today and pre-Civil War America, saying President Donald Trump "was onto something" when he touted a similar conflict in the future if he is removed from office via impeachment.
Trump, facing impeachment by the House over the Ukraine-Biden affair, tweeted comments made on Fox News by the evangelical pastor Robert Jeffress that the president's removal "will cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal."
Heather Cox Richardson, a history professor at Boston College who is an expert in 19th century America, laid out on Twitter what she described as the "eerily similar" parallels after Trump's controversial civil war tweets.
"The parallels between the consolidation of elite slaveowners' power from 1830-1860 and the rise of Movement Conservatives from 1954-2019 are eerily similar," Richardson said, remarking that they both took power by "denigrating black Americans."
"Their racial dogwhistles won voters and they began to pass laws that moved wealth upward. The more those laws hurt regular people, the more they doubled down on racism against all POC, and then turned on 'Feminazis,' all of whom they said threatened white men's liberty.
"As they got richer and lost popular support, they came to believe they were the nation's natural leaders who should rule even as people turned against their policies. They stayed in power by gaming the system: gerrymandering, voter suppression, and a compliant SCOTUS.
"But that is now crumbling. When Trump threatens civil war, he is not just talking about saving his own hide; he is calling for his supporters to rally around race and gender so they protect the oligarchy that has been gathering power for a generation or more."
Richardson added that there is a "crucial difference" between the two periods: "The world of 1860 was a world dominated by white men. But now POC [people of color] and women are political participants with voices and votes. And both are getting more powerful daily."On Monday morning, Trump tweeted out the incendiary comments made by Pastor Jeffress, an action one Harvard law professor said was an impeachable offense in and of itself.
Trump tweeted: "'Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats can't put down the Impeachment match.
"They know they couldn't beat him in 2016 against Hillary Clinton, and they're increasingly aware of the fact that they won't win against him in 2020, and Impeachment is the only tool they have to get rid of Donald J. Trump - And the Democrats don't care if they burn down and destroy this nation in the process.
"I have never seen the Evangelical Christians more angry over any issue than this attempt to illegitimately remove this President from office, overturn the 2016 Election, and negate the votes of millions of Evangelicals in the process.
"They know the only Impeachable offense that President Trump has committed was beating Hillary Clinton in 2016. That's the unpardonable sin for which the Democrats will never frgive him.
"If the Democrats are successful in removing the President from office (which they will never be), it will cause a Civil War like fracture in this Nation from which our Country will never heal.' Pastor Robert Jeffress, @FoxNews."
