Trump labels 6 Democrats who told troops to refuse unlawful orders ‘traitors’ who should be arrested
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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. “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???”
SIX DEMOCRATS URGE MILITARY MEMBERS TO ‘REFUSE ILLEGAL ORDERS’ IN VIRAL VIDEO; HEGSETH RESPONDS
President Donald Trump looks on as he meets with the White House Task Force on the FIFA World Cup 2026 in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, D.C., on Nov. 17, 2025. (Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters)
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.
National Guard members are seen in Washington, D.C., on Sept. 5, 2025, amid President Donald Trump’s federalization of troops in the city. (Fatih Aktas/Anadolu via Getty Images)
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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.
Rachel Wolf is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and FOX Business.
