"Washington has always run on theater, but every so often, the theater becomes so cartoonishly stupid that it distracts from the darker thing happening beneath it. That's what unfolded this week, after six Democratic senators posted a short video reminding U.S. service members of something not remotely controversial: They swear an oath to the Constitution and must refuse illegal orders."
"Stephen Miller called the video an insurrection. President Donald Trump escalated to sedition and treason, adding that such crimes are punishable by death. Press secretary Karoline Leavitt insisted the lawmakers were telling troops to defy the commander-in-chief. Speaker Mike Johnson said they were encouraging rebellion. Fox News lit up in unison: Sean Hannity warning that Democrats were breaking the chain of command, Jesse Watters suggesting a CIA-style destabilization plot, Laura Ingraham describing a campaign to undermine faith in the president's authority."
Washington runs on theater, and sometimes the spectacle becomes so cartoonishly stupid that it conceals darker things beneath. Six Democratic senators posted a short video reminding U.S. service members they swear an oath to the Constitution and must refuse illegal orders. The administration and allied media labeled the message insurrection, sedition and treason, and claimed lawmakers told troops to defy the commander-in-chief. Spin erased the qualifier 'illegal,' turning 'refuse illegal orders' into 'refuse orders,' recasting 'follow the Constitution' as 'betray the president,' and exploiting a cultural tendency to conflate presidential authority with the entirety of the law.
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