"The 90-second video was first posted early Tuesday from Sen. Elissa Slotkin's X account. In it, the six lawmakers - Slotkin, Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly, and Reps. Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander and Chrissy Houlahan - speak directly to U.S. service members, whom Slotkin acknowledges are "under enormous stress and pressure right now." "The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution," Slotkin wrote in the X post."
"Trump on Thursday reposted messages from others about the video, amplifying it with his own words. It marked another flashpoint in the political rhetoric that at times has been thematic in his administrations, as well as among some in his MAGA base. Some Democrats accused him of acting like a king and trying to distract from the soon-to-be-released files about disgraced financier and sexual abuser Jeffrey Epstein."
Six Democratic lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds released a 90-second video urging U.S. service members to stand up for laws, uphold the Constitution and refuse illegal orders. The lawmakers — Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Sen. Mark Kelly and Reps. Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander and Chrissy Houlahan — speak directly to service members and close with the phrase "Don't give up the ship." President Donald Trump reposted and called the remarks sedition "punishable by DEATH," amplifying criticism and prompting accusations he sought to distract from forthcoming Jeffrey Epstein-related files.
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