Trump warns Christian leaders of ‘violence’ if GOP loses the House in 2018

Published August 28, 2018 9:25pm ET



President Trump warned of “violence” if the GOP loses the House in the November midterm elections while speaking to evangelical leaders Monday evening.

“They will overturn everything that we’ve done, and they’ll do it quickly and violently, and violently. There’s violence. When you look at Antifa and you look at some of these groups — these are violent people,” Trump said in a private dinner with Christian leaders, according to recorded excerpts observed by NBC News.

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