“DIDITIONAL BEHAVIOR CAN BE PUNISHED BY DEATH!”. Like presidential style Donald Trumppublications on his social networks, Truththe letters are all capital. In this way the White House leadership called for the death penalty for six Democratic representatives who have urged the military not to comply with illegal orders from the current administration. The reaction was angry and worried at the same time: someone remembered that during the uprising his base a Capitol Hill, January 6, 2021Trump defended his supporters’ chants on the hanging of Vice President Pence, because he had ratified Joe Biden’s victory despite the narrative of Republican leaders who said he was talking about election fraud.
But who are the exponents of this “sedition”? These are the senators Elissa Slotkin, former CIA analyst and Iraq War veterans, e Mark Kelly, former astronaut and Navy veteranwith Jason Crow, Maggie Goodlander, Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan. In the videos they published, Democrats did not address specific episodes and addressed members of the military and intelligence directly, stating that the Trump administration was engaging in inappropriate actions. these institutions are against the American peoplethreatens the principles of the United States Constitution.
“We know you are under enormous stress and pressure right now. Our law is clear: you can refuse an illegal order,” Kelly said. Slotkin added: “We need you to defend our laws, our Constitution. Don’t abandon ship.” After the president published his comments, they’re senator Chris Coons, who sits on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, responded: “Calling for the execution of senators and congressmen is inappropriate. terrible behavior what we should expect from such authoritarian people Orban or Putin, not by the president of the United States. Every Republican representative should condemn this sentence.”
Democratic lawmakers called for the punishment Truth “disgusting and dangerous death threats” and called on Trump to “immediately delete these crazy social media posts and walk back his violent rhetoric before he kills anyone.” Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Democrat Katherine Clark and Democratic Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar added that they had been in contact with Democrats. Capitol Hill Police to ensure deputies and their families are not in danger.
