Anyone following the latest flap?
-
He's heading into "I could shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it" territory.
Six congresspeople made a video.
https://x.com/SenatorSlotkin/status/1990774492356902948
Here was DJT's response:
“It’s called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand — We won’t have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET,” the president wrote in one Truth Social post Thursday morning, linking to an article about the video from the Washington Examiner.
“This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???” Trump wrote in another post.
In a third, he wrote: "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!"
Mark Kelly and Melissa Slotkin, two of the six, have responded.
Kelly:
Kelly, who served as a U.S. Navy combat pilot and a NASA astronaut, said after serving his country for so long, he never thought he would "see a President call for my execution."
"I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
"Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it," a social media post from Kelly said.
Slotkin:
https://x.com/SenatorSlotkin/status/1991571957494448420
I feel like I'm living in some weird alternate reality.
-
Response from the six:
We are veterans and national security professionals who love this country and swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. That oath lasts a lifetime, and we intend to keep it. No threat, intimidation, or call for violence will deter us from that sacred obligation.
What’s most telling is that the President considers it punishable by death for us to restate the law. Our servicemembers should know that we have their backs as they fulfill their oath to the Constitution and obligation to follow only lawful orders. It is not only the right thing to do, but also our duty.
But this isn’t about any one of us. This isn’t about politics. This is about who we are as Americans. Every American must unite and condemn the President’s calls for our murder and political violence. This is a time for moral clarity.
In these moments, fear is contagious, but so is courage. We will continue to lead and will not be intimidated.
Don’t Give Up the Ship!
