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President Donald Trump slammed the six Democrats who appeared in a video telling troops to defy "illegal" orders.
"It's called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these traitors to our country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL," Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday. "Their words cannot be allowed to stand - We won't have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET."
In a second post, Trump wrote, "This is really bad, and dangerous to our country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???"
Trump added later Thursday that the actions were "punishable by death."
SIX DEMOCRATS URGE MILITARY MEMBERS TO 'REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS' IN VIRAL VIDEO; HEGSETH RESPONDS
In response, House Minority Leader Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., Minority Whip Rep. Katherine Clark, D-Mass., and Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., issued a joint statement condemning Trump's "death threats" against the lawmakers.
"We unequivocally condemn Donald Trump's disgusting and dangerous death threats against Members of Congress and call on House Republicans to forcefully do the same," the statement read.
"We have been in contact with the House Sergeant at Arms and the United States Capitol Police to ensure the safety of these members and their families. Donald Trump must immediately delete these unhinged social media posts and recant his violent rhetoric before he gets someone killed," the lawmakers added.
The video, which was posted on Tuesday by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., has drawn the ire of Republicans and the Trump administration. The Democrats in the video include Slotkin, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., Reps. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., Maggie Goodlander, D-N.H., Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., and Jason Crow, D-Colo. All the lawmakers in the video highlighted their former service in the military and intelligence community.
Slotkin and her colleagues have spent recent weeks introducing legislation to limit Trump's ability to deploy National Guard members domestically or launch military action against suspected narcoterrorists without congressional approval.
None of that context appears in the video, titled "Don't Give Up the Ship," which instead frames the appeal as a warning to military members to "stand up for our laws" and "refuse unlawful orders."
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War Secretary Pete Hegseth responded to the video on X, writing, "Stage 4 TDS."
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., echoed the sentiment during an appearance on "The Faulkner Focus."
"They have stage four Trump Derangement Syndrome," Blackburn told Fox News' Harris Faulkner.
"It is inconceivable that you would have elected officials that are saying to uniform members of the military who have taken an oath to protect and defend, that they would defy the orders that they have been given to execute their mission," she added.
Slotkin's "No Troops in Our Streets Act," detailed in a Nov. 13 release, would give Congress the power to block National Guard deployments inside American cities. Trump has expanded National Guard operations to Los Angeles, Portland and Chicago amid violent crime. There are also reports that troops will be deployed to Louisiana.
Fox News Digital's Madison Colombo contributed to this report.
