US EditionTrump doubles down on Democrats’ sedition accusation over veterans’ video
Trump calls Democratic veterans who urged troops to refuse unlawful orders 'traitors' and accuses them of sedition amid widespread national backlash and threats to lawmakers.
- On Saturday, President Donald Trump doubled down on Truth Social, saying the lawmakers should be jailed and calling their actions seditious.
- On Tuesday, Senator Elissa Slotkin posted a 90-second clip featuring six Democrats who urged service members to refuse illegal orders, citing their military and intelligence backgrounds.
- A bomb threat at Senator Elissa Slotkin's Michigan home prompted police response on Friday, with U.S. Capitol Police providing round-the-clock protection as lawmakers vowed not to back down.
- The White House later tried to walk back execution rhetoric, while Democrats condemned President Donald Trump's remarks as calls for violence, and U.S. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche signaled legal scrutiny may follow.
- The dispute coincides with deployments of federal forces and the National Guard in Democratic-led U.S. cities, raising concerns about intimidating U.S. military service members amid recent political violence.
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Accidental Confession: Dem in Video Commanding Troops to Disobey Orders Just Confirmed She Knows She Committed Sedition
I’ll give Rep. Chrissy Houlahan this much: At least she didn’t try to pawn her call for American troops to disobey President Donald Trump off on “A Few Good Men.” […] The post Accidental Confession: Dem in Video Commanding Troops to Disobey Orders Just Confirmed She Knows She Committed Sedition appeared first on The Western Journal.
Experts Say Democratic Video Not 'Seditious,' as Trump Claims
After six congressional Democrats released a video advising members of the U.S. military and national security community to “refuse illegal orders,” President Donald Trump said the lawmakers should be tried in court for “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” But legal experts told us this was not sedition and that the legislators were restating the law that only lawful orders must be followed. “Sedition is trying to overthrow the government …
“When the president of the United States threatens to execute, hang and arrest using this rhetoric, people listen to him,” they warned.
Glenn Beck gives Trump the exact law he's looking for to go after ‘seditious’ Democrats · American Wire News
President Donald Trump shared a post from Glenn Beck that laid out the specific law he was “looking for” after he accused Democrats of “seditious behavior.” After a group of Democratic lawmakers appeared in a video posted by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, urging military and intelligence community members to ignore illegal orders from the commander-in-chief, Trump accused them of sedition, charging in one post that the crime could be “punishable by death.…
Glenn Beck highlights Democrat's damning admission about call for rebellion — and Trump takes notice
Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA analyst, was featured along with five other Democrat lawmakers in a video last week urging the military to "refuse illegal orders" from the Trump administration.Neither Slotkin nor the other Democrats bothered identifying in the video precisely which orders were illegal. They did, however, insinuate that the administration posed a general threat to the U.S. Constitution.'To my knowledge, I am not aware …
President Trump says Rep. Goodlander, others 'should be in jail' after posting video
President Donald Trump over the weekend said a group of Democratic lawmakers should be in jail after a video was posted encouraging military members to disobey "illegal orders."
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