United States President Donald Trump has floated the possibility of the death penalty for a group of Democratic Congress members who called upon the military and intelligence community to refuse illegal orders.

He also suggested he would be in favour of imprisoning the Democrats for their statement.

“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 on Thursday, as part of a series of posts on his platform Truth Social.

A follow-up message , published about 40 minutes later, contained only five words: “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”

The Democratic Party quickly denounced the Republican leader’s remarks as “absolutely vile”.

Trump’s threat came in response to a vid

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