"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. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!"
"This is an outright threat and it's deadly serious, Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said on the Senate floor. He is lighting a match in a country soaked with political gasoline."
"House Democrats issued a statement condemning what they said were disgusting and dangerous death threats and calling on Trump to immediately delete these unhinged social media posts and recant his violent rhetoric before he gets someone killed."
President Donald Trump demanded arrest, trial, and potential capital punishment for Democratic lawmakers after they released a video urging intelligence and military members to disobey unlawful orders. Trump characterized their actions as seditious and called them traitors, insisting an example must be set. The posts included a repost that called for hanging Democrats. Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer labeled the posts an outright, deadly serious threat and warned of escalating political violence. House Democrats condemned the rhetoric as disgusting and dangerous, contacted security officials to protect lawmakers and families, and called for the posts to be deleted and recanted.
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