Lawrence O'Donnell Says It's A Violation of Sanity' To Ask Trump Backers for Reactions to Crazy Comments

"Hours earlier, President Donald Trump kick-started another newscycle, this time by suggesting that six Democratic lawmakers should be executed. On Tuesday, those lawmakers all of whom served in the military or the intelligence services released a video telling Americans currently serving in those capacities, You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders. The Democrats in the video are: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ); Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI); Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO); Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA); Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH); Rep Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)."

"About 48 hours later, Trump erupted on Truth Social. It's called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, Trump claimed on Truth Social. Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand We won't have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET. In a subsequent post, the president wrote, SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH! Additionally, he reposted a post that said, HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!"

"The words that the president chose are not the ones that I would use, ok? Johnson said. Obviously, I don't think that this is um, these are crimes punishable by death or any of that, ok? O'Donnell cut the clip and said, The speaker, being a politician, then added, quote, Sometimes, he uses heated rhetoric, ok? But do any of you agree that that's appropriate, that they should be telling young members of the military to defy orders?'"

President Donald Trump suggested on Truth Social that six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse illegal orders should be arrested, tried and possibly executed. The lawmakers, all veterans or former intelligence officers, released a video telling Americans currently serving: 'You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders.' Trump's posts called their actions 'seditious behavior' and declared punishment 'punishable by death,' including reposting a message saying 'HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!' On MSNBC's The Last Word, Lawrence O'Donnell criticized Speaker Mike Johnson's equivocation and objected to characterizations that the Democrats told service members to defy orders.

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