President Trump on Sunday tweeted a quote from a Baptist pastor who said that his removal from office would ‘cause a Civil War like fracture... from which our country will never heal.’

Trump’s tweet was quoting Pastor Robert Jeffress, who appeared early Sunday morning on the Fox News Channel's Fox & Friends show.

Jeffress, an evangelical who is a staunch supporter of the president, is the Southern Baptist pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dallas.

The church, whose congregation numbers 13,000, is considered one of the more influential in the American evangelical community.

‘Nancy Pelosi and the Democrats can’t put down the Impeachment match,’ Jeffress told Fox News.

Pastor Robert Jeffress (left) told Fox News on Sunday that America risks 'civil war like fracture' if the Democrats succeed in removing President Trump (right) from office

‘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.’

When asked about the reaction from evangelical Christians to the possibility of an impeachment inquiry against Trump, Jeffress responded: ‘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 forgive 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.’

The president quoted Jeffress' comments on Fox & Friends word for word late Sunday evening

Jeffress has been known to make controversial remarks.

During an appearance last month on a Fox News radio show hosted by Todd Starnes, he said Jews and their children would be cursed by God if they vote for Democrats.

Jeffress was commenting about a remark Trump made in August when he said Jews who voted for Democratic candidates were ‘disloyal’ - presumably to Israel.

In 2017, Jeffress was quoted as saying that Catholicism is a ‘cult-like pagan religion’ and that the success of the religion is due to ‘the genius of Satan.’

During the 2016 campaign, Jeffress joined the evangelical advisory board, a group of influential Christian figures who offered spiritual and religious guidance to then-candidate Trump.

A Republican member of Congress slammed Trump for tweeting Jeffress’ comments about the prospect of a civil war in America.

‘I have visited nations ravaged by civil war,’ tweeted House Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois.

House Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a Republican member of Congress, slammed Trump for tweeting Jeffress’ comments about the prospect of a civil war in America

‘I have never imagined such a quote to be repeated by a President.

‘This is beyond repugnant.’

Earlier on Sunday, Trump said he wants and deserves to meet the anonymous whistleblower at the center of the fast-moving scandal that has triggered an impeachment probe against him.

The whistleblower, who could testify soon before Congress, fears for their safety if their identity is revealed, according to a lawyers' letter released by CBS News.

Battling the deepest crisis of his presidency, Trump in a series of tweets railed against accusations that he should be impeached for urging Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Joe Biden, his potential 2020 White House challenger.

'Like every American, I deserve to meet my accuser, especially when this accuser, the so-called "Whistleblower," represented a perfect conversation with a foreign leader in a totally inaccurate and fraudulent way,' Trump said.

Trump accused top Democratic lawmaker Adam Schiff of lying to Congress last week about what Trump said to Zelensky in the July phone call.

Jeffress (seen above in Dallas in June) counts himself as a supporter and adviser to Trump on religious matters. He has been quoted as saying Catholicism is a 'cult-like pagan religion' and that Jews and their children will receive eternal damnation for voting for Democrats

'He wrote down and read terrible things, then said it was from the mouth of the President of the United States. I want Schiff questioned at the highest level for Fraud & Treason,' he wrote.

Trump's Republican aides have sought to turn the tables on Democrats pushing for his impeachment, insisting that the president was the true 'whistleblower' as he had asked Ukraine to investigate Biden and his son for corruption.

'This individual is a saboteur trying to undermine a democratically elected government,' Trump advisor Stephen Miller insisted on Fox News Sunday.

'Getting to the bottom of a corruption scandal in Ukraine is in the American national interest.'

Trump's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani - who has emerged as his point man in the Ukraine scandal - led the charge along with Miller in combative Sunday talk show appearances.

Brandishing what he said were affidavits incriminating Biden's son Hunter over his work at a Ukrainian company, Giuliani said Trump was duty bound to raise the issue with Kiev.

'If he hadn't asked them to investigate Biden, he would have violated the constitution,' Giuliani told ABC's This Week, charging that 'Donald Trump was framed by the Democrats.'

The Democratic-led House of Representatives launched an official impeachment inquiry last week accusing Trump of a 'mafia-like shakedown' of Zelensky aimed at damaging Biden.

Trump and his allies claim Biden, as Barack Obama's vice president, pressured Kiev to fire the country's top prosecutor to protect his son Hunter, who sat on the board of a gas company, Burisma Holdings, accused of corrupt practices.

Trump (right) faces the prospect of impeachment by Democrats after a whistleblower came forward to reveal that he pressed the president of Ukraine to open an investigation against Joe Biden (left)

'Like every American, I deserve to meet my accuser, especially when this accuser, the so-called "Whistleblower," represented a perfect conversation with a foreign leader in a totally inaccurate and fraudulent way,' Trump said

Those allegations have largely been debunked and there has been no evidence of illegal conduct or wrongdoing in Ukraine by the Bidens.

But a transcript of the July call shows Trump pushing for Kiev to revisit the matter, saying both Giuliani and US Attorney General Bill Barr would be in touch.

For Democrats, that amounted to a smoking gun, leading Speaker Nancy Pelosi to finally approve an impeachment process she opposed as a risky distraction from the 2020 battle.

Pelosi on Sunday called for Trump to 'speak the truth. Honor your oath of office to the Constitution of the United States.'

'Don't make this any worse than it already is,' she said.

Democrats have charged aggressively into the inquiry, ordering Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to turn over Ukraine-related documents and scheduling witness testimony.

On NBC's Meet the Press, Schiff said he expected the whistleblower to testify 'very soon' - with all precautions taken to protect their identity.

CBS News released a letter from the whistleblower's lawyers to the acting director of national intelligence expressing concern that their 'client will be put in harm's way.'

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi says Democrats had 'no choice' but to investigate Trump for abuse of power

'We expect this situation to worsen and become even more dangerous,' the letter said, calling for 'appropriate resources to ensure their safety.'

Democrats have said articles of impeachment - formal charges - against Trump could be completed in as little as a month and swiftly voted on in the House, where the party has a majority.

The Biden campaign sent a letter Sunday to US TV networks to demanding they stop booking Giuliani for interviews, accusing him of 'knowingly and willingly' lying.

Polls suggest public support is growing for the impeachment inquiry, with a new CBS survey showing 55 percent of Americans - and nine in 10 Democrats - approve.

But even if impeachment is approved in the House, Trump would be tried in the Senate - where, for the moment, he appears able to count on a Republican majority to prevent conviction.