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Military And Intelligence Community - You Must Refuse Illegal Orders

Slotkin participated in an advertisement advising military and intelligence personnel to refuse unlawful orders.

Military And Intelligence Community - You Must Refuse Illegal Orders
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This article1 analysis · Oct 13, 2026
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A Victory Girls Blog post criticizes an advertisement by six Democratic lawmakers advising military and intelligence personnel to refuse unlawful orders. The author argues the message could encourage defiance and cites military rules on unlawful orders and discipline.

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Elissa Slotkin D · MI · SEN

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Elissa Slotkin
D · MI · SEN

Senator and participant in the advertisement about refusing unlawful orders

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President discussed as the target of the advertisement’s political implications

Pete Hegseth
R · Secretary of Defense

Defense secretary who responded to the lawmakers’ video

Representative and participant in the advertisement

Representative and participant in the advertisement

Representative and participant in the advertisement

Mark Kelly
D · AZ · SEN

Senator and participant in the advertisement about refusing unlawful orders

Jason Crow
D · CO-6

Representative and participant in the advertisement about refusing unlawful orders

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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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