Trump’s comments accusing Democrats of “seditious behavior” over video encouraging military members to refuse “illegal orders” drew criticism across party lines.
Trump’s comments accusing Democrats of “seditious behavior” over video encouraging military members to refuse “illegal orders” drew criticism across party lines.
The president boosted a call on social media for Democrats to be hanged.
President Donald Trump’s comments accusing Democratic lawmakers of “seditious behavior” following a video encouraging members of the military to refuse “illegal orders” have drawn criticism across party lines.
Sen. Elissa Slotkin, one of the six Democrats featured in the video, told ABC News’ “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz on Sunday that she believed Trump’s attack, threatening the punishment of death for sedition, is “a tool of fear.”
“He’s trying to get us to shut up because he doesn’t want to be talking about this,” Slotkin said. “In fact, I would argue that one of the things that he’s been doing by repeating it and talking about it is trying to distract us from the big stories of last week, which were the [Jeffrey] Epstein files and then the economy.”
Republican Rep. Michael McCaul also sought to distance himself from the comments, telling Raddatz, “I don’t speak for the president in terms of hanging members of Congress.”
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“I would tone down the rhetoric and tone down the theme here,” McCaul said.
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