{"id":2512893,"date":"2025-11-20T15:57:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-slam-trumps-call-for-the-execution-of-elected-officials\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T15:58:53","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T20:58:53","slug":"democrats-slam-trumps-call-for-the-execution-of-elected-officials","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-slam-trumps-call-for-the-execution-of-elected-officials\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats slam Trump&#8217;s call for the &#8216;execution of elected officials&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdemocrats-slam-trumps-call-for-the-execution-of-elected-officials%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2512893&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>House and Senate Democratic leaders strongly condemned President Donald Trump&#8217;s recent Truth Social post, in wich he described Democratic veterans&#8217; campaign encouraging U.S.service members to refuse &#8220;unlawful orders&#8221; as &#8220;seditious behavior, punishable by death.&#8221; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer called Trump&#8217;s comments an outright threat advocating for the execution of elected officials, warning of the dangers such rhetoric poses to democracy. A group of Democratic veterans in Congress had released a video urging military and intelligence personnel to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-scott-jennings-chews-up-dems-on-genuinely-shocking-call-for-military-to-disobey-orders-foment-insurrection-in-the-ranks-of-the-military\/\" title=\"Watch: Scott Jennings Chews up Dems on Genuinely Shocking Call for Military to Disobey Orders - &#039;Foment Insurrection in the Ranks of the Military&#039;\">disobey illegal orders<\/a>, prompting Trump&#8217;s harsh response. In turn, the veterans and Democratic lawmakers criticized Trump for equating lawful dissent with sedition. The U.S. Capitol Police has reported a sharp increase in threats against members of Congress, emphasizing the need to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >reduce violent political rhetoric<\/a>. The incident has sparked bipartisan concern over escalating political hostility and security risks on Capitol Hill.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Democrats slam Trump&rsquo;s &lsquo;seditious behavior&rsquo; post as a call for the &lsquo;execution of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jury-finds-portland-antifa-leader-guilty-amid-antifa-bullying-tactics\/\" title=\"Jury Finds Portland Antifa Leader Guilty Amid Antifa Bullying Tactics\">elected officials&#038;rsquo<\/a>;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2409263\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/house\/\">House<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/senate\/\">Senate<\/a> Democratic leadership slammed <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">President Donald Trump <\/a>after he said Democratic <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/veterans\/\">veterans<\/a>&lsquo; campaign to refuse &ldquo;unlawful orders&rdquo; is &ldquo;punishable by death.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>House Democratic leadership released a statement Thursday, saying they have contacted the United States Capitol Police and the Sergeant at Arms in response to a TruthSocial post by the president.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3893375\/new-york-republican-robert-smullen-2026-campaign-stefanik-house-seat\/\">New York Republican launches campaign for Stefanik&#8217;s House seat<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/congressional\/3892781\/north-carolina-whatley-cooper-charlotte-ice-operations\/\">North Carolina Senate candidate Whatley blames rival Cooper for Charlotte ICE operations<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3892932\/house-ethics-committee-announces-investigation-cory-mills\/\">House Ethics Committee announces investigation into Cory Mills ahead of censure vote<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;Let&rsquo;s be crystal clear: the President of the United States is calling for the execution of elected officials. This is an outright threat, and it&rsquo;s deadly serious,&rdquo; Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) said on the Senate floor Thursday. &ldquo;We have already seen what happens when Donald Trump tells his followers that his political opponents are enemies of the state.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump turned to Truth Social Thursday morning after a group of Democratic veterans released a video Wednesday urging U.S. service members to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-has-big-plans-for-military-within-the-us-next-time-im-not-waiting\/\" title=\"Trump&#039;s Military Plans: No More Waiting\">disobey unlawful orders<\/a>, where he originally called for them to be &ldquo;locked up,&rdquo; then <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115582703277798715\">went further to say<\/a> &ldquo;SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???&rdquo; Trump&rsquo;s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115582451169685243\">first post read<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/reel\/2558895077819811\">The video<\/a> consisted of Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Reps. Jason Crow (D-CO), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Chris Deluzio (D-PA), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), who stated the &ldquo;threats to our Constitution&rdquo; are coming &ldquo;from right here at home.&rdquo; They urged military and intelligence personnel to &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-accused-of-encouraging-military-coup-with-coordinated-message-to-armed-services-personnel\/\" title=\"Democrats Accused of Encouraging &#039;Military Coup&#039; with Coordinated Message to Armed Services Personnel\">refuse illegal orders<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The six members released a joint statement in response to the president&rsquo;s comments: &ldquo;What&rsquo;s the most telling is that the President considers it punishable by death to restate the law.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Every American must unite and condemn the President&rsquo;s calls for our murder and political violence,&rdquo; they continued. &ldquo;This is a time for moral clarity.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) had no initial reaction to Trump&rsquo;s comments, telling reporters he had been at former Vice President Dick Cheney&rsquo;s funeral.<\/p>\n<p>All of this comes after threats to members of Congress have drastically increased, U.S. Capitol Police noted in their 2026 Threat Assessment Cases could exceed 14,000 cases; final updated numbers will be pushed out early 2026. This is a drastic increase from 8,008 in 2023 and 9,474 in 2024.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3892669\/democratic-veterans-congress-unlawful-orders\/\">DEMOCRATIC VETERANS IN CONGRESS URGE SERVICE MEMBERS TO REFUSE UN SPECIFIED UNLAWFUL ORDERS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Members of Congress of both political parties receive a wide range of threats and concerning statements that are sent through the mail, email, telephone, social media, and the internet,&rdquo; the&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.uscp.gov\/media-center\/press-releases\/uscp-threat-assessment-cases-2024\">USCP website reads<\/a>. &ldquo;People continue to have a false sense of anonymity on social media, which has resulted in more investigations during the past several years. Decreasing violent political rhetoric is one of the best ways to decrease the number of threats across the country.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> reached out to USCP for comment.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ramsey Touchberry and David Sivak contributed to this article. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Democrats condemn Trump&#8217;s post calling for execution of officials<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3691,"featured_media":2512894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-collage-xuaa8p9my-1763666072351-e1763666216355.jpg?1763648199&amp;w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651,538],"tags":[3685,32361,8123,36160,3634],"class_list":["post-2512893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","category-washington-examiner","tag-democrats","tag-elected-officials","tag-execution","tag-political-controversy","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/image-collage-xuaa8p9my-1763666072351-e1763666216355.jpg?1763648199&amp;w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3691"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2512893"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2512897,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2512893\/revisions\/2512897"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2512894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2512893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2512893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2512893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}