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REALLY? Sen. Elissa Slotkin Wants to Know 'What's Going on With Trump's Military Purge?'

Slotkin's video and question about a military purge are the focus of the article's criticism.

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This article1 analysis · Oct 13, 2026
Nov 22, 2025
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Twitchy criticizes Sen. Elissa Slotkin for a video advising servicemembers to disobey illegal orders and for asking about what she called Trump's military purge. The article presents her comments as hypocritical and includes social-media replies defending or attacking her.

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Elissa Slotkin D · MI · SEN

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Elissa Slotkin
D · MI · SEN

Michigan senator criticized for a video about illegal orders and a post asking about a military purge

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose military actions and response to the video are discussed

Pete Hegseth
R · Secretary of Defense

Named in a social-media post about military orders

Former president mentioned in a social-media question about service members dismissed over vaccine refusal

ALSO MENTIONED  Barack Obama, Former president mentioned in a social-media comparison about military dismissals; John Brennan, Former intelligence official cited in connection with Slotkin's endorsement; Matt Maddock, State representative whose social-media post comments on the alleged purge

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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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