WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., released a video message Thursday condemning what she described as President Donald Trump's social media posts calling for members of Congress to be arrested and hanged .

Murray said Trump posted a call for the arrest of lawmakers who stated in a video that the president is not above the law, and said the president reposted content calling for members of Congress to be hanged.

"The President of the United States is using his platform to lift up people calling for political violence," Murray said in her video message. "And then, in his own words, he called this video: 'Seditious behavior, punishable by death.' This is twisted, dangerous stuff."

Murray said the posts referenced members of Congress who told service members in a video that

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