The Daily Blast: Trump’s Angry Tirade Calling for “Death” to Dems Just Backfired Badly

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

On Thursday, President Trump called for the execution of a number of members of the opposition party. This came after Democratic lawmakers released a powerful video informing military and intelligence officials that they are not obliged to carry out illegal orders from Trump. Then he raged in several ranting tweets that this was “sedition,” punishable by “death.” Democratic leaders forcefully hit back. And White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt spun madly in response, struggling to deny that Trump had given illegal orders. In other words, it all backfired badly on Trump by forcing a public conversation about whether Trump actually is giving illegal orders. We talked to Representative Chrissy Houlahan, an Air Force veteran herself, who is one of the Democrats in the video. She explains why Democrats needed to do this, why service-members need to know they have support from lawmakers like her, what they’re hearing from inside the military, and why it’s so important to have a big public debate over Trump’s violent lawlessness. Looking for More from the DSR Network? Click Here: https://linktr.ee/deepstateradio Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is the Daily Blast from the New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network.
0:16.4	I'm your host, Greg Sargent.
0:34.3	On Thursday, November 20, 2025, the president called for the execution of a number of members of the opposition party.
0:39.6	In response to a video in which a number of Democratic lawmakers reminded members of the military of their oath to the Constitution, Donald Trump raged that this was
0:44.4	sedition punishable by death. Democratic leaders responded to this forcefully, and White
0:50.8	House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt spun madly in response.
0:55.0	Then a funny thing happened.
0:56.9	The media took notice and started flocking to Dem lawmakers to get them to talk more about Trump's violent lawlessness.
1:04.1	It's forcing a public conversation about whether Trump is, in fact, giving illegal orders.
1:10.6	Today we're talking to Representative Chrissy Hulahan of Pennsylvania, one of the members of Congress
1:15.1	who joined the video that triggered Trump's call for executions.
1:18.8	Congresswoman, thank you so much for joining us today.
1:21.6	Thank you for having me.
1:23.2	So I just want to start by playing some of the video that you recorded along with a number of other lawmakers.
1:29.2	Listen to this.
1:30.7	We know you are under enormous stress and pressure right now.
1:34.0	Americans trust their military.
1:35.7	But that trust is at risk.
1:37.0	This administration is pitting our uniform military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens.
1:43.7	Like us, you all swore an oath.
1:45.8	To protect and defend this Constitution.
1:48.0	And right now, the threats to our Constitution aren't just coming from abroad, but from right here at home.
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