{"id":2513366,"date":"2025-11-21T18:28:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T23:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-congressional-candidate-says-military-members-have-a-duty-to-refuse-orders-from-wannabe-dictator-president-trump\/"},"modified":"2025-11-21T18:29:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T23:29:26","slug":"democratic-congressional-candidate-says-military-members-have-a-duty-to-refuse-orders-from-wannabe-dictator-president-trump","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democratic-congressional-candidate-says-military-members-have-a-duty-to-refuse-orders-from-wannabe-dictator-president-trump\/","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Congressional Candidate Says Military Members Have a &#8216;Duty&#8217; to Refuse Orders from &#8216;Wannabe Dictator&#8217; President Trump"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fdemocratic-congressional-candidate-says-military-members-have-a-duty-to-refuse-orders-from-wannabe-dictator-president-trump%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=2513366&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>The article criticizes several prominent Democrats, including retired Army Major richard Ojeda and six elected officials, for encouraging military personnel and intelligence professionals to disobey orders from former President Donald Trump, whom they label a &#8220;wannabe dictator.&#8221; Ojeda called on military members to refuse not just unlawful orders but also those considered &#8220;cruel,&#8221; escalating rhetoric that the article describes as perilous and possibly seditious. the piece views these actions as part of a broader effort by Democrats to undermine Trump&#8217;s legitimacy, comparing it to the Russia collusion investigation and warning that such behavior could warrant serious consequences. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >article expresses strong disapproval<\/a> of these Democrats&#8217; statements, framing them as reckless and harmful to national unity.  <\/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\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?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<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>From elected leaders to rank-and-file voters, a dangerous disease has infected Democrats&rsquo; minds.<\/p>\n<p>When it comes to unhinged hatred of President Donald Trump, Democrats have abandoned all boundaries. Worse yet, they seem determined to one-up each other&rsquo;s lunacy.<\/p>\n<p>In a video posted Friday to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, Ret. Army Major <a href=\"https:\/\/ojedafornc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Richard Ojeda<\/a>, a former West Virginia state senator and current Democratic candidate for the U.S. House of Representatives in North Carolina, added his own deranged twist to national Democrats&rsquo; sudden, shocking, and potentially seditious behavior when he insisted that military service members have a &ldquo;duty&rdquo; to disobey orders from the &ldquo;wannabe dictator&rdquo; Trump.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I think it&rsquo;s important to remind everyone that we teach our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, space guardians, Coast Guardsmen, and members of our National Guard that if they are ever given an order that is unlawful, illegal, or immoral, it is their duty to refuse those orders,&rdquo; Ojeda said.<\/p>\n<p>That, of course, begs the question: why does Ojeda think it &ldquo;important to remind everyone&rdquo; of what they already know? Why now? After all, no one has cited any such orders. So what gives?<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This isn&rsquo;t rocket science,&rdquo; he continued. &ldquo;We have a wannabe dictator in office that thinks that anyone who doesn&rsquo;t agree with his cruel and evil ways should somehow be prosecuted or sentenced to death.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/democrats-accused-encouraging-military-coup-coordinated-message-armed-services-personnel\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">six elected Democrats<\/a>, including Sens. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Mark Kelly of Arizona, posted a jaw-dropping video in which &mdash; again, out of the blue &mdash; they encouraged intelligence professionals and military service members to disobey illegal orders, though they gave no examples.<\/p>\n<p>In the absence of an immediate context for the video, one could easily discern their sinister motives. Those <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-scott-jennings-chews-dems-genuinely-shocking-call-military-disobey-orders-foment-insurrection-ranks-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slimy Democrats<\/a> had only one purpose in mind: undermine the legitimacy of an elected president.<\/p>\n<p>Thursday on social media, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-calls-arrest-seditious-democrats-sent-coordinated-message-military-members\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Trump<\/a> called out the Democrats&rsquo; &ldquo;sedition&rdquo; and demanded their arrest.<\/p>\n<p>Despite those tensions, Ojeda decided to turn up the temperature.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This is what happens when we elevate a criminal to the highest office in the land,&rdquo; the deranged North Carolina Democrat added. &ldquo;Donald Trump is literally calling for the executions of elected officials because they are reminding our military that they have a choice to oppose cruelty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And there we have it: the escalation from one unhinged Democrat assertion to another. Whereas the Slimy Six urged service members to disobey illegal orders, Ojeda moved the goalpost to simply opposing &ldquo;cruelty.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Does it really work that way? If a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/under-bidens-doj-the-rule-of-law-in-america-has-become-a-farce\/\" title=\"Under Biden\u2019s DOJ, The Rule Of Law In America Has Become A Farce\">duly elected commander-<\/a>in-chief issues an order, does each service member get to weigh in on the order&rsquo;s cruelty?<\/p>\n<p>Democrats have descended into pure madness.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our country deserves better than a wannabe dictator,&rdquo; Ojeda concluded. &ldquo;Remember your oaths.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">BREAKING: Richard Ojeda, a retired Army Major, former Democrat State Senator, and current Democrat candidate for Congress in North Carolina, urges all military members to REFUSE and DEFY orders from Trump, Hegseth, and other leaders. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BKtEvUftrR\">pic.twitter.com\/BKtEvUftrR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1991916473955360804?\">November 21, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>From the party whose voters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/half-us-voters-support-firing-leftists-celebrating-murder-charlie-kirk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">celebrated<\/a> (and whose leaders <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-smears-charlie-kirk-supporters-house-floor\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">extenuated<\/a>) the Sept. 10 assassination of conservative Christian icon Charlie Kirk, this sort of rhetoric should strike us as ominous in the extreme.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, as a scheme to undermine Trump&rsquo;s constitutional authority, these videos rate on par with the Russia collusion hoax.<\/p>\n<p>When she uncovered former President Barack Obama&rsquo;s undeniable complicity in that hoax, Director of National Intelligence <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/tulsi-gabbard-uncovers-treasonous-conspiracy-within-obama-admin-releases-bombshell-documents\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tulsi Gabbard<\/a> characterized it as &ldquo;treasonous.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>If Democrats persist in their present behavior, Trump might have no choice but apply the same label &mdash; and then take appropriate action.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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