Democrats have voiced their concerns about growing political violence after president Donald Trump accused Congress members of “seditious behavior, punishable by death”.
The president was responding to several senators and representatives who put out a video calling for the military to disobey illegal orders.
Representatives Jason Crow of Colorado, Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, Chris DeLuzio of Pennsylvania and Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire, as well as Senators Mark Kelly of Arizona and Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, were featured in the video.
“Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home,” the lawmakers said in the video released Tuesday.
In a Truth Social post Thursday morning, Trump railed against the lawmakers: “This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???”
He added: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” He also reshared a post that read: “HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD !!”
Meanwhile, Trump is expected to meet New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani in the Oval Office Friday after months of trading attacks.
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Just weeks after a blue wave swept elections across the country, a series of recent polls this week suggest Trump’s approval rating is slipping as the administration copes with the fallout from the Epstein files and a turbulent economy.
A Reuters-Ipsos poll this week found Trump’s approval rating dipped to 38 percent, his lowest since returning to the White House. Even among Republicans, his approval rating has dropped to 82 percent, down from 87 percent earlier in the month, the poll found.
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White House defends Trump’s ‘HANG THEM’ repost in rant calling for death to members of Congress over military remarks
He later posted a message in which he repeated his all-caps accusation of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR” from the lawmakers before claiming that such “behavior” is “punishable by DEATH,” along with a repost of another Truth Social user who encouraged him to “HANG THEM.”
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What has the White House said about Trump-Mamdani meeting?
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said Thursday ahead of President Donald Trump’s meeting with New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani, “It speaks volumes that we have a Communist coming to the White House.”
Mamdani identifies as a democratic socialist and has rejected the label of communist.
“I also think it speaks to the fact that President Trump is willing to meet with anyone and talk to anyone to try to do what’s right on behalf of the American people, whether they live in blue states or red states or blue cities,” Leavitt said.
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Democrats fear political violence after Trump accuses Congress members of ‘seditious behavior, punishable by death’
Democrats have voiced their concerns about growing political violence after President Donald Trump accused Congress members of “seditious behavior, punishable by death.”
Trump’s comments came after a group of six Democratic senators and representatives released a video calling on members of the military to “refuse illegal orders.”
“Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home,” the lawmakers said in the video released Tuesday.
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Full story: Trump calls for arrest of ‘seditious’ Democrats who told troops their duty is to uphold the Constitution
President Donald Trump lashed out at a group of Democrats who called for troops to uphold their oaths to the Constitution by demanding that the legislators be arrested and tried for posting a social media video where they urged military members to refuse unspecified unlawful orders.
Writing Thursday on Truth Social, Trump accused senators Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Mark Kelly of Arizona, plus Colorado Rep. Jason Crow, New Hampshire Representative Maggie Goodlander and Pennsylvania’s Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan of engaging in “seditious behavior at the highest level” and called the senators and representatives — all of whom are military or intelligence community veterans — “traitors to our country” who should be “arrested and put on trial.”
“Their words cannot be allowed to stand – We won’t have a Country anymore!!!” he added.
In a second post written after he’d deleted the previous one, Trump called the Democrats’ statements “really bad, and Dangerous to our Country.”
Trump then added: “Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???”
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Watch: Mamdani on his meeting with Trump: ‘I will work with anyone’
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani said Thursday ahead of his meeting with President Donald Trump, “I will work with anyone to make life more affordable for the more than eight and a half million people who call this city home.”
Full story:Trump to meet NYC Mayor-elect Mamdani on Friday after calling him a ‘Communist’ and threatening to withhold funding
“Communist Mayor of New York City, Zohran ‘Kwame’ Mamdani, has asked for a meeting. We have agreed that this meeting will take place at the Oval Office on Friday, November 21st,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Wednesday night. “Further details to follow!”
Shortly before Trump’s Truth Social post, the mayor-elect told MS NOW’s Chris Hayes that his team had reached out to Trump’s.
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Watch: Eric Trump says no one showboats better than the president ahead of Mamdani meeting
Donald Trump’s son Eric Trump told Fox News Thursday night that no one showboats better than his father ahead of an Oval Office meeting between the president and New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
Larry Summers honeymooned with wife on Epstein’s island with Maxwell decades ago: report
Larry Summers and his wife flew to Jeffrey Epstein’s private island for part of their 2005 honeymoon, according to a report.
Ten days after Summers, the former treasury secretary under President Bill Clinton and the former president of Harvard, and his wife Elisa New got married in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in December 2005, they headed to Little Saint James, the Harvard Crimson reported.
To reach the island, the pair boarded Epstein’s plane in Bedford, Massachusetts, traveling to Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, where they then took a helicopter to reach the disgraced financier’s private island, flight logs seen by the outlet show.
Ghislaine Maxwell, who is now serving a 20-year prison sentence for her role in a scheme to sexually exploit and abuse girls with Epstein, was also on board, according to the flight logs.
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