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Trump calls for Slotkin to be arrested for urging military to 'refuse illegal orders'

Slotkin participated in a video urging service members to refuse illegal orders and publicly responded to Trump’s posts.

Trump calls for Slotkin to be arrested for urging military to 'refuse illegal orders'
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President Donald Trump called a video by Sen. Elissa Slotkin and other lawmakers “seditious,” wrote “Lock them up??” and later said the behavior was punishable by death. Slotkin and the lawmakers responded by defending their message that service members should refuse unlawful orders and condemning Trump’s posts.

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Elissa Slotkin D · MI · SEN

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Elissa Slotkin
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Senator who participated in the video and responded to Trump's posts

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose posts called for action against Slotkin and other lawmakers

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Slotkin and Democratic Lawmakers Release Video on Illegal Orders

Slotkin joined five other Democratic lawmakers in a video urging service members to refuse illegal orders. Center outlets explain the dispute through criticism of the video and the lawmakers’ defense, with one also reporting Slotkin’s response and threats she received. Right-leaning outlets criticize the video and Slotkin, variously framing it as encouraging defiance, subversive, or hypocritical; one also describes Trump’s post about sedition being punishable by death as regrettable.

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