"(Graeme Sloan/Sipa USA)(Sipa via AP Images) House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) dodged when asked Thursday to respond to President Donald Trump accusing some Democratic lawmakers of SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR that's punishable by DEATH! Trump raged on Truth Social against a video made by six Democratic lawmakers in which they tell members of the military and intelligence communities that they have an obligation to follow only lawful orders, not illegal ones that may come from the current White House."
"Look, I know the DOJ and Pentagon are looking into the legality of all that. But what I can address is what everybody knows: that was wildly inappropriate, it's very dangerous, Johnson said of the video posted to X by 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). Johnson continued, You have leading members of Congress telling troops to disobey orders. I think that's unprecedented in American history. As the father of a young man who is at the Naval Academy, who's going to be joining the service I know young soldiers, airmen, sailors they don't need that kind of nonsense from people in Congress. It is very dangerous."
President Donald Trump posted on Truth Social accusing several Democratic lawmakers of seditious behavior and saying such conduct is "punishable by death" in response to a video urging military and intelligence personnel to follow only lawful orders. Mike Johnson declined to directly address Trump's call for arrests and executions, calling the Democratic video "wildly inappropriate" and "very dangerous." Johnson noted the DOJ and Pentagon are examining legality and emphasized that members of Congress urging troops to disobey orders risks harming service members. The video was posted to X and featured Sens. Mark Kelly and Elissa Slotkin and Reps. Jason Crow, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, and Chrissy Houlahan.
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