{"id":2513210,"date":"2025-11-21T13:42:59","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-democrats-calling-on-military-to-defy-orders-are-in-serious-trouble\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T13:43:33","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T18:43:33","slug":"trump-democrats-calling-on-military-to-defy-orders-are-in-serious-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-democrats-calling-on-military-to-defy-orders-are-in-serious-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump: Democrats calling on military to defy orders are in &#8216;serious trouble&#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\">24<\/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%2Ftrump-democrats-calling-on-military-to-defy-orders-are-in-serious-trouble%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=2513210&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>Former President Donald Trump suggested that War Secretary Pete Hegseth and military courts might be investigating Democratic lawmakers for what Trump described as &#8220;seditious behavior.&#8221; The inquiry would relate too a video made by Democratic veterans and <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >national security officials urging military<\/a> and intelligence personnel to refuse unlawful orders from the commander-in-chief. Trump accused these Democrats of breaking the law and said their actions could have been punishable by death historically, though he clarified he was not threatening them. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt also condemned the lawmakers&#8217; video, emphasizing the importance of the military chain of command and warning that encouraging disobedience could lead to chaos and danger. Sedition is a federal crime punishable by fines and imprisonment, but capital punishment applies only to treason.  <\/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\">Trump floats Hegseth using military courts to look into Democrats&rsquo; &lsquo;seditious&rsquo; video message<\/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>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> raised the prospect of War Secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pete-hegseth\/\">Pete Hegseth <\/a>and military courts looking into Democrats <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3893490\/trump-blasts-seditious-democratic-veterans-truth-social\/\">the president has accused of sedition<\/a> for their appeal to active service members and intelligence operatives to defy illegal orders from their commander in chief.<\/p>\n<p>Trump made the comments during an interview with Fox News Radio&rsquo;s Brian Kilmeade on Friday, but the president did underscore that he does not &ldquo;know for a fact&rdquo; that Hegseth is investigating the matter.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3894085\/what-to-expect-trump-oval-office-meeting-zohran-mamdani\/\">What to expect from Trump&#8217;s Oval Office meeting with &#8216;communist&#8217; Mamdani<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3894272\/september-jobs-report-eases-economic-political-pressure-white-house\/\">September jobs report eases economic and political pressure on White House<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3894247\/russia-ukraine-worked-equally-us-peace-deal-karoline-leavitt\/\">Russia and Ukraine worked &#8216;equally&#8217; with US counterparts on peace deal for a month, Leavitt says<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;I think Pete Hegseth is looking into it. I know they&rsquo;re looking into it militarily,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;I don&rsquo;t know for a fact, but I think the military is looking into it, the military courts.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump has seized on a video this week made by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3892669\/democratic-veterans-congress-unlawful-orders\/\">Democratic lawmakers<\/a> who served either in the military or the country&rsquo;s national security apparatus, in which they implore military and intelligence personnel to disobey orders they allege are unlawful without specifying which ones.<\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocker-fbi-officials-who-briefed-facebook-to-encourage-censorship-of-hunter-biden-story-are-dem-donors\/\" title=\"Shocker: FBI Officials Who Briefed Facebook to Encourage Censorship of Hunter Biden Story Are Dem Donors\">multiple social media posts<\/a>, Trump this week described their call as &ldquo;SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>But during his appearance on Kilmeade&rsquo;s program, Trump remained adamant that he is not &ldquo;threatening them,&rdquo; while insisting, &ldquo;I think they&rsquo;re in serious trouble.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In the old days, if you said a thing like that, that was punishable by death,&rdquo; the president said. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m not threatening death, but I think they&rsquo;re in serious trouble. In the old days, it was death. That was seditious behavior. That was a big deal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;I&#8217;m not threatening them, but I think they&#8217;re in serious trouble,&#8221; says <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/POTUS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@POTUS<\/a> on Democrat Members of Congress encouraging members of the military to defy orders from their commander-in-chief.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;These are people that, in my opinion, broke the law.&#8221; <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/mWxcgKuNDD\">pic.twitter.com\/mWxcgKuNDD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapidResponse47\/status\/1991895751887310850?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I think what they did is really bad,&rdquo; he added. &ldquo;The hatred is pretty strong. These are bad people. These are people that, in my opinion, broke the law. Now, what happens to them? I can&rsquo;t tell you, but they broke the law. That is a terrible statement. I can say. If I ever said that and there were a Democrat as president, all hell would have broken loose.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s comments were preceded by similar ones by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House <\/a>press secretary <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/karoline-leavitt\/\">Karoline Leavitt <\/a>on Thursday, in which she also emphasized the president was not threatening the lawmakers, Sens. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elissa-slotkin\/\">Elissa Slotkin<\/a> (D-MI) and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mark-kelly\/\">Mark Kelly<\/a> (D-AZ), in addition to Reps. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/author\/jason-crow\/\">Jason Crow<\/a> (D-CO), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Chris Deluzio (D-PA), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), after they shared the video on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3894272\/september-jobs-report-eases-economic-political-pressure-white-house\/\"><strong>SEPTEMBER JOBS REPORT EASES ECONOMIC AND POLITICAL PRESSURE ON WHITE HOUSE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Many in this room want to talk about the president&rsquo;s response, but not what brought the president to responding in this way,&rdquo; Leavitt told reporters. &ldquo;You have sitting members of the United States Congress who conspired together to orchestrate a video message to members of the United States military, to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-gary-sinise-foundation-celebrates-10-years-of-service\/\" title=\"WATCH: Gary Sinise Foundation Celebrates 10 Years Of Service\">active-duty service members<\/a>, to members of the national security apparatus, encouraging them to defy the president&rsquo;s lawful orders. The sanctity of our military rests on the chain of command, and if that chain of command is broken, it can lead to people getting killed. It can lead to chaos, and that&rsquo;s what these members of Congress who swore an oath to abide by the Constitution are essentially encouraging.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Sedition is a federal crime under 18 United States Code Section 2384, but it is punishable by fines and imprisonment for up to 20 years. Capital punishment is a penalty for treason.<\/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>Trump suggests Hegseth, military courts probe Democrats&#8217; &#8216;sedition&#8217; video<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2652,"featured_media":2513211,"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\/AP25321716023717.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[67485,3685,4505,3634],"class_list":["post-2513210","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-defy-orders","tag-democrats","tag-military","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25321716023717.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513210","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\/2652"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2513210"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513210\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2513214,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2513210\/revisions\/2513214"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2513211"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2513210"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2513210"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2513210"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}