US President Donald Trump suggested on Thursday that Democratic lawmakers who urged the military to refuse illegal orders could be executed, calling them traitors and accusing them of "seditious behavior."
Democrats immediately slammed Trump's "absolutely vile" threats against the six senators and representatives, who made the comments in a video posted on X on Tuesday.
"This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???" Trump said on Truth Social.
He then added in a later post: "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!"
The 79-year-old also reposted a message from a user urging him to "hang them" and saying that the first US president, George Washington, would have done the same.
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