Trump Amplifies Claims That Dem Lawmakers Committed Sedition Against America

President Donald Trump was busy on Sunday night sharing numerous social media posts — many from anonymous accounts — that accused six Democratic lawmakers of sedition over their calls for military members to disobey “illegal orders.”

After two Democratic senators and four representatives appeared in a video urging military members to refuse unlawful orders, Trump suggested that their action could be viewed as “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” Trump later clarified that he was not calling for the Democrats to face the death penalty, saying, “In the old days, if you said a thing like that, that was punishable by death.”

Trump, however, appears to believe that the Democrats should be punished in some form. On Sunday night, he shared an AI-generated video depicting the six Democrats in prison. In another post shared by Trump, an anonymous social media user argues that the Democrats’ plea is the “literal definition of sedition and they literally put it on video!!!!”

The president also shared multiple posts that argued that the Democrats are guilty of violating 18 USC 2387, which makes it a crime to “interfere with, impair, or influence the loyalty, morale, or discipline of the military or naval forces of the United States.” Those who violate the U.S. code face up to ten years in prison. Trump shared yet another post that called for bypassing the “corrupted” justice system by holding military tribunals.

The video that caused an uproar and resulted in accusations of treason was made by Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA), Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), and Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO). In the video, the Democrats accuse the Trump administration of “pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens.”

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“Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders,” they said in the video, adding, “You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.”

Another post shared by Trump on Sunday night suggests that Slotkin is using her training and knowledge from working at the CIA to “invoke a rebellion.” Slotkin, who worked for the CIA and the then-Defense Department in the early 2000s, defended the Democrats’ video, arguing that it is lawful to disobey illegal orders and that the Founding Fathers wanted “to ensure our military upholds its oath to the Constitution — not a king.”

On Sunday, Slotkin was asked by “This Week” host Martha Raddatz on ABC whether any of Trump’s orders have been unlawful.

“To my knowledge, I am not aware of things that are illegal, but certainly, there are some legal gymnastics going on with these Caribbean strikes and everything related to Venezuela,” Slotkin said.

She added that she is also concerned about “the use of U.S. military on American shores … in our cities and in our streets.”

Another post shared by Trump came from one social media user, who stated, “Get all of those traitorous sons of b*tches for sedition at the very least. Those pompous traitorous communities should be impeached and prosecuted.”