Some in GOP Parrot Far-Right Talk of a Coming Civil War By Associated Press Nationwide SHARE BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — War-like imagery has begun spreading in Republican circles after the attack on the U.S. Capitol by a mob of President Donald Trump's supporters, with some elected officials and party leaders rejecting pleas to tone down rhetoric calling for a second civil war. What You Need To Know Some elected Republican officials and party leaders are rejecting pleas to tone down rhetoric calling for a second civil war The heightened rhetoric mimics language far-right extremists and white supremacists have used for years