Donald Trump at around midnight had an “outburst” in which he said Democratic military veterans have committed “a crime of serious proportion.”
Trump took to Truth Social to respond to a video in which several Dem lawmakers with military and intelligence backgrounds reminded troops about their constitutional duty to deny “illegal” orders. Trump and MAGA analysts have suggested that the video was encouraging troops to ignore lawful orders, which was explicitly not what was stated in the video.
“THE TRAITORS THAT TOLD THE MILITARY TO DISOBEY MY ORDERS SHOULD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW, NOT ROAMING THE FAKE NEWS NETWORKS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT WHAT THEY SAID WAS OK,” Trump wrote on Saturday night at 11:17 PM. “IT WASN’T, AND NEVER WILL BE! IT WAS SEDITION AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AND SEDITION IS A MAJOR CRIME.”
The president then added, “THERE CAN BE NO OTHER INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THEY SAID!”
In a follow-up post, Trump added an additional claim, but didn’t provide supporting evidence.
“MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS AGREE THAT THE DEMOCRAT TRAITORS THAT TOLD THE MILITARY TO DISOBEY MY ORDERS, AS PRESIDENT, HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME OF SERIOUS PROPORTION!” Trump wrote.
An MSNBC host hours later called Trump’s comments an “outburst.”
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