Top House Dem Says Trump Should ‘Keep His Reckless Mouth Shut’: He’s Gonna Get ‘Someone Killed’

Alex Griffing Nov 20th, 2025, 5:29 pm

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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), alongside the Democratic whip and conference chair, put out a statement Thursday blasting President Donald Trump’s threat to execute six Congressional Democrats.

Trump posted on social media a screed aimed at 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). Trump’s posts accused the lawmakers of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH” after they put out a video urging military members not to follow “illegal orders.”

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