"THE TRAITORS THAT TOLD THE MILITARY TO DISOBEY MY ORDERS SHOULD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW, NOT ROAMING THE FAKE NEWS NETWORKS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT WHAT THEY SAID WAS OK, he wrote in a social media post. IT WASN'T, AND NEVER WILL BE! IT WAS SEDITION AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AND SEDITION IS A MAJOR CRIME. THERE CAN BE NO OTHER INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THEY SAID!"
"The 90-second video was first posted on Tuesday by Senator Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA officer. It featured several Democratic legislators who served in the military and intelligence community. In the video, the lawmakers say the Trump administration is pitting our uniformed military against American citizens and call on service members to stand up for our laws. Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders, they say."
President Trump intensified criticism of Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse illegal orders, calling them traitors and saying they should be jailed. He described their remarks as sedition and labeled seditious behavior a major crime, even invoking punishments including death. The comments followed a 90-second video posted by Senator Elissa Slotkin featuring former military and intelligence officials urging uniformed personnel to stand up for the law and to refuse illegal orders. The lawmakers did not identify specific orders. Critics accused the president of endangering legislators and conflating political dissent with criminal conduct amid federal deployments to cities.
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