"House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), alongside the Democratic whip and conference chair, put out a statement Thursday blasting President Donald Trump's threat to execute six Congressional Democrats. Trump posted on social media a screed aimed at Sens. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Representatives Jason Crow (D-CO), Chris Deluzio (D-PA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA). Trump's posts accused the lawmakers of SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH after they put out a video urging military members not to follow illegal orders."
"We unequivocally condemn Donald Trump's disgusting and dangerous death threats against Members of Congress and call on House Republicans to forcefully do the same. Donald Trump incited a violent attack on the Capitol on January 6th as part of a treacherous attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The President's violent and unhinged rhetoric against American patriots is consistent with his well-documented history of attacking prisoners of war, Gold Star families and war heroes."
President Trump posted social-media messages accusing six Democratic senators and representatives of 'seditious behavior' and saying they should be executed after they urged military members not to follow illegal orders. House Democrats, led by Hakeem Jeffries, condemned the posts as disgusting and dangerous death threats and demanded that Republicans do the same. The statement praised the six lawmakers' patriotic service, called Trump's rhetoric violent and unhinged, and tied it to his role in inciting the January 6 attack and prior attacks on POWs and Gold Star families. Capitol security officials have been contacted and Democrats demanded the posts be deleted and recanted to prevent violence.
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