Trump says Democrats should 'be in jail' after video was posted
Trump said lawmakers who urged troops to disobey potentially illegal orders should be jailed.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYWMUR is an established local news outlet, and the report identifies its author and attributes statements to the people who made them. The brief article offers limited context, but provides specific details about the reported threats and police response.
- Source type — Established local television news outlet.
- Editorial standards — WMUR is a recognized local newsroom with an institutional reporting operation.
- Author attribution — The article names its author.
- Transparency — The report attributes quotations and identifies the police response, but provides little additional sourcing detail.
The article attributes the key remarks to Trump and to lawmakers, and includes a specific account of the bomb threat and police search. It is concise and gives little context about the video or a response from the administration.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The article quotes Trump’s position and includes responses from Goodlander and Slotkin, plus details about the threats and police search. It is a short report and includes no further context or response from the administration.
- Counterarguments presented — Trump’s remarks and lawmakers’ objections are both represented.
- Source diversity — Statements from the president and two lawmakers are included, along with a police-response detail.
- Omitted context — The brief report does not explain the video’s broader context or include an administration response.
- Loaded language — The strongest wording is attributed to the speakers rather than adopted by the reporter.
The article reports Trump’s remarks, lawmakers’ responses and the bomb-threat investigation in straightforward, attributed language without an evident partisan framing.
- Language tone — Mostly descriptive language, with charged phrases presented as direct quotations or attributed claims.
- Source selection — Includes statements from Trump and responses from two Democratic lawmakers.
- Framing — Centers the reported remarks and subsequent threats without an explicit editorial judgment.
President Donald Trump said Democratic lawmakers who urged troops to disobey potentially illegal orders should be jailed; Rep. Maggie Goodlander was among them. Goodlander’s district office received a bomb threat, and she and Sen. Elissa Slotkin condemned political violence.
Trump said in a Truth Social post that the Democratic lawmakers who urged troops to disobey “illegal orders” possibly issued by his administration should be jailed. The group included Goodlander. The article also recalls that Trump had called the lawmakers’ video “seditious behavior” and said it was “punishable by death.”
Goodlander said there was no place for political violence and that Trump’s words had real-world consequences. Slotkin said the president’s remarks affected the security climate and called them inappropriate. Goodlander’s district office in Concord received a bomb threat; police searched the scene and found nothing. The investigation was ongoing.
Community verdict
16 VOTESCounts every outlet’s report of this story. See all 23
- Readers of left-leaning coverage: 21% good look
- Readers of right-leaning coverage: not enough votes yet
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SWIPE →President whose remarks about Democratic lawmakers are reported
Representative among the lawmakers criticized by Trump
Goodlander's version of this story ↗Senator who criticized Trump’s remarks
Part of a bigger story
20 OUTLETSOutlets agree Trump responded to a video by six Democratic lawmakers urging service members to refuse illegal orders by calling their conduct seditious and saying it was punishable by death. Left-leaning outlets portray the remarks as threats that endanger lawmakers and fault Republicans for not speaking out. Center outlets largely report the dispute, lawmakers’ responses and security concerns, though some opinion coverage sharply condemns Trump. Right-leaning outlets split between echoing Trump’s accusation or casting Democrats’ safety concerns as an overreaction and reporting criticism alongside Trump’s defense.
- ARTICLES
- 23
- OUTLETS
- 20
- AVG CRED
- 66
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