{"id":2514102,"date":"2025-11-24T15:41:01","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:41:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/slotkin-and-other-democrats-are-31-flavors-of-stupid-joe-concha\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T15:43:40","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T20:43:40","slug":"slotkin-and-other-democrats-are-31-flavors-of-stupid-joe-concha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/slotkin-and-other-democrats-are-31-flavors-of-stupid-joe-concha\/","title":{"rendered":"Slotkin and other Democrats are &#8217;31 flavors of stupid&#8217;: Joe Concha"},"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\">22<\/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%2Fslotkin-and-other-democrats-are-31-flavors-of-stupid-joe-concha%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=2514102&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 discusses criticism from Washington Examiner writer Joe Concha directed at Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and other Democratic veterans who appeared in a video encouraging U.S. military 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=\"...s ... Plans: No More Waiting\">disobey unlawful orders<\/a>. Concha rebukes them for failing to specify any illegal orders issued by former President Donald Trump. Slotkin and others, including Sen. Mark Kelly and several Democratic representatives, promoted the idea of resisting unlawful commands but could not identify any concrete examples related to Trump&#8217;s actions. Concha called their stance &#8220;31 flavors of stupid,&#8221; warning that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/u-s-vaccine-supplies-arrive-in-south-korea\/\" title=\"U.S. vaccine supplies arrive in South Korea\">active service members<\/a> who disobey orders risk court-martial and imprisonment, while the Democrats face no repercussions. The Pentagon announced a review of allegations against Kelly and reiterated the obligation of military personnel to obey lawful orders. The article also references criticism from Vice President JD Vance and a strong condemnation from War Secretary Pete Hegseth, who labeled the Democrats&#8217; video as reckless and damaging to military discipline. Former President Trump initially called their behavior seditious and punishable by death but later softened his rhetoric, stating the lawmakers should be jailed immediately.The piece highlights calls for congressional accountability and hearings on the matter.  <\/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\">Slotkin and other Democrats are &rsquo;31 flavors of stupid&rsquo;: Joe Concha<\/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><em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> Joe Concha rebuked Sen. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3896297\/slotkin-says-trump-attacks-democrat-veteran-lawmakers-tool-of-fear\/\">Elissa Slotkin<\/a> (D-MI) and other Democratic veterans for their &ldquo;illegal&rdquo; advocacy to disobey military orders, as they are unable to define any illegal orders from President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3897025\/trump-visit-china-april-plans-xi-jinping-state-visit\/\">Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Slotkin, along with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Reps. Jason Crow (D-CO), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Chris Deluzio (D-PA), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), starred in a video <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3892669\/democratic-veterans-congress-unlawful-orders\/\">encouraging U.S. service members to disobey unlawful orders<\/a>, but didn&rsquo;t specify what those orders are. Slotkin said Sunday she isn&rsquo;t aware of any illegal orders given by Trump, but &ldquo;there are some legal gymnastics&rdquo; happening with <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3894764\/democrats-demand-constitutional-guardrails-us-operations-venezuela-trump-threat-sedition-charges\/\">Trump&rsquo;s military strikes in the Caribbean<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3897012\/kathy-hochul-new-york-city-better-place-cordial-trump-zohran-mamdani-meeting\/\">Hochul says New York City is in &#8216;better place&#8217; after cordial Trump-Mamdani meeting<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/washington-secrets\/3897278\/couric-psaki-condemn-pressroom-political-diversity-liberal-media-bias\/\">Couric and Psaki condemn pressroom political diversity: Liberal Media Scream<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3897178\/watch-live-trump-signs-executive-order-white-house\/\">WATCH LIVE: Trump signs executive order from White House<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Concha, a senior writer for the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em>, said Slotkin and Goodlander sounded &ldquo;quite frankly, pathetic&rdquo; in failing to specify illegal orders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;You used the word, I&rsquo;ll use it, this is 31 flavors of stupid! And by the way, what if a member of the military actually decided to take Slotkin&rsquo;s advice and defy a direct order from their CO? They get dishonorably discharged, they get court martialed, and then they get thrown in prison, and these Democrats who called on these military members to do such a thing just get to walk away free and say, &lsquo;Oh well, I&rsquo;ll visit you in prison,&rsquo;&rdquo; Concha said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>The Faulkner Focus<\/em>, guest-hosted by John Roberts.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share?id=3250902&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=8864356a6990b17d2de6c74ebed33d70\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Concha also called for &ldquo;accountability&rdquo; on the Democrats featured in the video, and urged congressional Republicans to hold hearings and ask Slotkin and the others to specify what illegal orders the president is giving. He added that lawmakers trying to use the military as &ldquo;political pawns&rdquo; are now backfiring &ldquo;crap-tastically.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Department of War said Monday <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3896948\/pentagon-announces-thorough-review-mark-kelly-illegal-orders-video\/\">it will conduct a &ldquo;thorough review&rdquo; of &ldquo;serious allegations of misconduct&rdquo; levied against Kelly<\/a>, a retired Navy captain. The <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >department reminded retired military service members<\/a> that they remain subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice for applicable offenses, as well as one for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fact-check-did-the-military-times-publish-this-headline-about-covid-19-vaccines\/\" title=\"FACT CHECK: Did The ... Times Publish This Headline About COVI...19 Vaccines?\">active duty service members<\/a>, noting they are legally obligated to obey lawful orders.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The video made by the &lsquo;Seditious Six&rsquo; was despicable, reckless, and false. Encouraging our warriors to ignore the orders of their Commanders undermines every aspect of &lsquo;good order and discipline.&rsquo; Their foolish screed sows doubt and confusion, which only puts our warriors in danger,&rdquo; War Secretary Pete Hegseth said.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/3896640\/us-formally-designates-cartel-maduro-venezuela-foreign-terrorist-organization\/\"><strong>US FORMALLY DESIGNATES CARTEL LINKED TO MADURO AS FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vice President JD Vance remarked on Slotkin not clarifying what illegal orders service members can disobey on X, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3896396\/vance-claps-back-slotkin-alleged-illegal-military-orders\/\">saying it&rsquo;s illegal for Congress lawmakers to advocate for disobeying orders<\/a> &ldquo;if the president hasn&rsquo;t issued illegal orders.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Trump created headlines when he suggested the Democrats in the video were enacting <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3893490\/trump-blasts-seditious-democratic-veterans-truth-social\/\">&ldquo;SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH.&rdquo;<\/a><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3896179\/trump-cools-rhetoric-democratic-traitors-calls-for-jail-time\/\"> <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3896179\/trump-cools-rhetoric-democratic-traitors-calls-for-jail-time\/\">He has since backed off on this<\/a>, saying in a new statement the lawmakers should be in jail &ldquo;RIGHT NOW.&rdquo;<\/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>Slotkin, Democrats called &#8220;31 flavors of stupid&#8221; by Concha<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2632,"featured_media":2514103,"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\/AP25177635359935_fb6f37.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[3685,52093,32171,5894,19817],"class_list":["post-2514102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-democrats","tag-joe-concha","tag-political-commentary","tag-politics","tag-slotkin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/AP25177635359935_fb6f37.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514102","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\/2632"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2514102"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514102\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2514106,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2514102\/revisions\/2514106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2514103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2514102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2514102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2514102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}