White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Thursday forcefully denied that President Donald Trump is calling for the execution of Democrat lawmakers after he accused them of “seditious behavior” for urging U.S. service members to refuse to obey “illegal orders” from the administration.
Leavitt, pressed directly during a briefing on whether the president “wants to execute members of Congress,” responded, “No. Let’s be clear about what the president is responding to.
“You have sitting members of the United States Congress who conspired together to orchestrate a video message to members of the United States military, to active-duty service members, to members of the national security apparatus, encouraging them to defy the president’s lawful orders,” Leavitt continued during Thursday’s White House press conference, shown live on Newsmax.
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