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Democratic lawmakers condemn Trump's calls for arrest, vow they will not be intimidated

Slotkin joined five colleagues in urging service members to refuse illegal orders and rejecting Trump’s threats.

Democratic lawmakers condemn Trump's calls for arrest, vow they will not be intimidated
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President Trump called for the arrest and death of six Democratic lawmakers after they urged service members to refuse illegal orders. The lawmakers, including Sen. Elissa Slotkin and Rep. Chris Deluzio, said they would not be intimidated and defended their message as a restatement of the law.

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Elissa Slotkin D · MI · SEN

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  • Readers of left-leaning coverage: 82% good look
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Elissa Slotkin
D · MI · SEN

Senator and one of the lawmakers in the video and joint statement

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Donald Trump
R · President of the United States

President whose posts called for the lawmakers’ arrest and described their conduct as punishable by death

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Representative who released the joint statement and criticized Trump’s response

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Representative who joined the video and joint statement

Representative who joined the video and joint statement

Mark Kelly
D · AZ · SEN

Senator who joined the video and joint statement

Jason Crow
D · CO-6

Representative who joined the video and joint statement

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Trump Accuses Slotkin and Other Lawmakers of Sedition Over Video

President Donald Trump accused Sen. Elissa Slotkin and other Democratic lawmakers of sedition after they urged service members to refuse illegal orders in a video. Left-leaning outlets cast the lawmakers’ message as patriotic and Trump’s response as menacing. Center outlets largely recount competing claims and responses, with some attention to Slotkin’s security concerns. Right-leaning outlets frame the video as an attention-seeking stunt, treating Slotkin’s post as evidence of that interpretation.

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