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Donald Trump became so unhinged as he railed about Black Lives Matter protesters in a 2020 conference call with state leaders that the governor of Maine feared he was having a nervous breakdown, according to an upcoming book.

Gov. Janet Mills (D) even called a security guard into her office to listen to the rant, New York Times journalists Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns reported in their book This Will Not Pass, a copy of which was obtained by The Hill.

You gotta sit here and listen to this because I think the president of the United States is having a nervous breakdown or something, and its scary, Mills recalled telling the guard, according to the book, which is out on Tuesday.

Oregons Democratic Gov. Kate Brown called her husband into her office to listen to Trump roar during the call, the book recounted. You cant make this shit up, Brown said she told her husband.

Trump was furious over national protests in the wake of the police murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and demanded a massive crackdown.

The book Frankly, We Did Win This Election, by Wall Street Journal reporter Michael Bender, recounted last year that Trump and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley went at it in a tense meeting in the Situation Room after Trump made exaggerated claims about the violence at the protests and alarmed officials by saying hed put Milley in charge of quelling the protests.

In a separate Oval Office meeting, Trump told Milley that he wanted the military to beat the fuck out of Black Lives Matters protesters or shoot them. When Milley said that wasnt possible, Trump reportedly responded: Well, shoot them in the leg or maybe the foot.

This Will Not Pass reported that Trump at the time derisively scoffed at calls to reschedule his upcoming political rally in Tulsa so it wouldnt be held on Juneteenth, which marks the Emancipation Proclamation and the end of slavery in America. He didnt appear to comprehend the significance of the date especially in the wake of Floyds death.

Can you imagine changing the day of the rally in Oklahoma to accommodate these people? Trump asked New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) during dinner at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, the book recounted. Have you ever heard of such a ridiculous thing?

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The first letter arrived in August 2020. Two more arrived this month. All three are from an anonymous sender who claims to be a neighbor.

DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio A Black Lives Matter flag is a symbol of support and pride for a family in a small central Ohio township. But they say their flag is also leading to hate mail, and this isnt the first time.

Out of their concern for their safety, we are not sharing the family's last name. But they still want their story told. They say they will not tolerate this type of hate.

We're an interracial family, we're a Black family, our kids are Black, said Janine. We want them to feel supported, their lives do matter.

A Black Lives Matter flag has been outside Janine and Jeff's Genoa Township home since the summer of 2020. Not long after the flag went up, a piece of concerning mail came in, with no return address, asking them to take the flag down.

And that they walk by our house every day and they were tired of seeing our signs, explained Janine. And they weren't sure if we were a Negro family is the language they used. But it was not welcomed here.

At the time, Janine shared what happened on Facebook to alert her neighbors to this anonymous sender.

For them to actually go to that length of writing a letter, sending it anonymously, to our home where we have our family, our children, it was pretty scary.

However, there was a positive. Neighbors stepped up with their signs, in a show of support.

But then, in the last two weeks, another anonymous letter arrived. It asked them to take their flag down calling the movement "a big scam."

And then another letter, two weeks later, said Janine. It's becoming more of a pattern and it's not at all comfortable or acceptable.

The 3rd letter reads, "take down that [stupid] flag on your house. My dog and me tired of seeing it every day."

Lt. Rich Lyon from the Genoa Township Police department says it's tough to track where the letters are coming from... and because there appears to be no direct threat of violence, there hasn't been a criminal offense.

Janine and Jeff are sharing their story to raise awareness that hate exists close to home.

Your hate is not welcomed. We have the support of our community. They stand with us, said Janine.

I'd even welcome a conversation with somebody rather than anonymous letters being sent to us, I mean I think we can accomplish a lot in this world though communication and one-way communication isn't very helpful, said Jeff.

Janine and Jeff say they've been in touch with Genoa Township Police and police tell them that they'll be on close watch.

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William Barr, Donald Trumps former attorney general, said in an interview on Thursday that it would be a big mistake for the Republican party to nominate Trump for president in 2024.

Appearing on the Newsmax television channel, Barr said Trump, who has hinted that he will run again, would not be a sound choice.

I dont think he should be our nominee the Republican party nominee, Barr said.

And I think Republicans have a big opportunity it would be a big mistake to put him forward.

In a poll in January 57% of Republican voters said they would choose Trump in 2024. Trump also won the less scientific Conservative Political Action Conference straw poll, in February, by a large margin.

Trump, who was impeached twice during his four years in the White House, has repeatedly teased his supporters with suggestions he will run again.

We did it twice, and well do it again, Trump told a crowd at the CPAC convention claiming again that he won the 2020 election.

Were going to be doing it again a third time.

Still, Barrs remarks will be sure to anger Trump, who has repeatedly clashed with his former attorney general since losing the 2020 election.

In Barrs book, One Damn Thing After Another: Memoirs of an Attorney General, he wrote that Trump had shown he has neither the temperament nor persuasive powers to provide the kind of positive leadership that is needed.

Trump, Barr said, has surrounded himself with sycophants and whack jobs from outside the government, who fed him a steady diet of comforting but unsupported conspiracy theories.

Trump responded by calling Barr slow and lethargic.

When the Radical Left Democrats threatened to Hold him in contempt and even worse, Impeach him, he became virtually worthless to Law and Order and Election Integrity. They broke him just like a trainer breaks a horse.

Trump had previously called Barr a swamp creature and a Rino [Republican in Name Only] afraid, weak and frankly pathetic.

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Four Republican candidates are vying to defeat Democratic incumbent Gov. Tony Evers, Wisconsin's first-term governor.

The winner of the Aug. 9 primary will face Evers in the general election Nov. 8.

Here are the four Republicans you'll see on the primary ballot:

Kleefisch, 46, is running for governor after serving eight years as lieutenant governor to former Republican Gov. Scott Walker. She survived a colon cancer diagnosis during her first campaign in 2010 and fended off a recall in 2012 over Walker's signature law known as Act 10, which effectively eliminated collective bargaining for most public employees.

Now, Kleefisch is running on a platform of abolishing the Wisconsin Elections Commission, expanding the state police force, breaking up the Milwaukee public school district, allowing firearms to be carried in a concealed manner without a license, and expanding private school vouchers in the state.

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Michels, 59, last ran statewide in 2004 for U.S. Senate when he was defeated by the then-incumbent Russ Feingold. Michels now seeks the governor's office after leading his family's construction business, Michels Corp., which is now the largest of its kind in the state.

He served 12 years in the U.S. Army as an Army Ranger. Michelshas said if elected he would sign bills that would ban election officials from using private funding, expand taxpayer-funded school vouchers to all students, andbarclassroom lessons on systemic racism.

Nicholson, 44, is a management consultant and U.S Marine veteran. He ran in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in 2018, losing to then-state Sen. Leah Vukmir who ultimately lost the general election to U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin. Nicholson is running for governor as an anti-establishment candidate who has criticized Republican Party leaders and legislative leaders.

He supports banning classroom lessons on systemic racism, making abortion illegal in all cases, allowing the concealed carry of firearms without licenses, expanding private school vouchers and breaking up the Milwaukee public school district.

Ramthun, 65, is serving his second term in the state Assembly representing District 59 in eastern Wisconsin. He has worked as a consultant and is running for governor largely on the platform of overturning the results of the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin.

Ramthun has called to decertify the results of the election, despite it being legally impossible. He also supports keeping abortion illegal in all cases, allowing concealed carry of firearms without licenses, overhauling election rules, and expanding school vouchers to all students.

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Contact Molly Beckat molly.beck@jrn.com. Follow her on Twitter at @MollyBeck.

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Republicans and Democrats are signaling they'll back President Biden's proposed $33 billion supplemental aid package for Ukraine's military, economic and humanitarian needs.

Asked if he would support the latest proposed infusion of funds to the war-torn country, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell responded Thursday, "Very likely, yes."

Senate Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Senator Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat, says he anticipates bipartisan support, although he added he hasn't yet spoken with Republicans about the package.

"I expected a robust one and we need a robust one to support Ukraine, so I assume that it will have bipartisan support," Menendez told reporters Thursday, adding that he thinks the vote "should be next week."

According to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, work on the measure should be starting shortly.

"We were ready with our Appropriations Committee to start writing as soon as we got the numbers from the Office of Management and Budget, and the president's announcement made public, and we hope to as soon as possible, pass that legislation," she said Thursday.

But the Ukraine funding bill may run into some bumps on its way to passage. Some Democrats want to link additional COVID-19 funding and Ukraine aid together, something some Republicans have opposed. Pelosi said she's "all for" linking the two issues into one piece of legislation.

"I'm all for that, I think it's very important," she said. "We have emergencies here. We need to have the COVID money, and we need time is of the essence because we need the Ukraine money. We need the COVID money. So I would hope that we can do that. That's this is called legislation and we're legislating and we'll have to come to terms on how we do that."

White House press secretary Jen Psaki on Thursday did not express a strong preference as to whether the two issues should be linked legislatively, saying they are both extremely important and need to materialize as soon as possible.

A House Democratic leadership aide told CBS News "there will be bicameral, bipartisan talks on the supplemental request."

"It is also unresolved which chamber will work to advance the supplemental first," the aide said. "This will not be an instant process."

Introducing his $33 billion request Thursday, the president said it's "critical" that Congress approve the funds "as quickly as possible." He said the drawdown funding authorized by Congress last month to boost Ukraine's military efforts is nearly depleted.

"The cost of this fight is not cheap, but caving to aggression is going to be more costly if we allow it to happen," the president said at the White House. "We either back the Ukrainian people as they defend their country, or we stand by as the Russians continue their atrocities and aggression in Ukraine."

The president's latest request from the White House is much higher than the $13.6 billion Congress included in a broader spending bill last month.

House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Mike McCaul said Thursday "time is of the essence" in providing more military aid to Ukraine.

"Every time I talked to the Ukrainians, and I talked to them a lot, it's always about weapons," McCaul said. "Zelenskyy, his biggest criticism is I could have used these weapons last October. I signed off on all the foreign military weapons sales, and this administration sat on these weapons until after the invasion. And now they're trying to play catch-up. So time is really of the essence to save lives and help the Ukrainians win the struggle that's quite frankly, the largest invasion in Europe since my father's war, World War II."

CBS News' Alan He, Rebecca Kaplan and Melissa Quinn contributed to this report.

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Kathryn Watson is a politics reporter for CBS News Digital based in Washington, D.C.

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