US EditionTrump says he wasn’t threatening lawmakers with posts about ‘seditious behavior’
Trump denied threatening death for Democrats urging troops to refuse illegal orders, calling their actions 'seditious' and saying they are 'in serious trouble,' sparking investigations.
- President Donald Trump downplayed remarks he made accusing Democratic lawmakers of sedition for advising military members that they do not have to follow illegal orders.
- Trump wrote that those lawmakers engaged in 'SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!' but later said, 'I'm not threatening death, but I think they're in serious trouble.'
- Trump stated, 'In the old days, if you said a thing like that, that was punishable by death,' referring to his accusation of sedition against the lawmakers.
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Trump Says 'Sike' After Threatening 'Seditious' Democrats With Death
Source: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / Getty President Donald Trump said Friday that when he took to TruthSocial to say Democrats encouraging service members to ignore unjust laws was “seditious behavior” that was “punishable by death,” he didn’t really mean death-death. Let me explain. We know that whenever we say a word twice, we lessen the meaning of said word. For example, “I’m hungry, but I’m not hungry-hungry,” or “I’m tired but I’m not tired-tired.…
Trump: 'I'm Not Threatening' Democrats
President Trump spoke to Fox News on Friday and clarified his assertion that Democrats who directed a video to service members committed a crime "punishable by death." The president told Brian Kilmeade that he is not calling for the execution of lawmakers, as some of his critics have said. "I'm...
Trump Denies Threatening Lawmakers: ‘They’re in Serious Trouble’
President Donald Trump on Friday insisted he was not calling for Democrats to face execution after he declared a day earlier that a group of Democratic Party lawmakers had engaged in "seditious behavior, punishable by death" by posting a video urging members of the military to refuse to obey illegal orders.However, he pointed out in a radio show interview that "in the old days, if you said a thing like that, that was punishable by death."And whe…
Trump Denies Threatening Lawmakers: ‘They’re in Serious Trouble’
President Donald Trump on Friday insisted he was not calling for Democrats to face execution after he declared a day earlier that a group of Democratic Party lawmakers had engaged in "seditious behavior, punishable by death" by posting a video urging members of the military to refuse to obey illegal orders.However, he pointed out in a radio show interview that "in the old days, if you said a thing like that, that was punishable by death."And whe…
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