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Trump Called for Democrats to Be Executed

Bulwark Takes

The Bulwark

Politics, Society & Culture, News, News Commentary

4.71.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Summary

Trump spent the morning amplifying posts calling for Democratic lawmakers to be hanged for releasing a video reminding service members they don’t have to follow unlawful orders. Sam Stein and Andrew Egger give their take why Trump snapped, what the Democrats actually said, and why this moment is more dangerous than we’ve gotten used to pretending.

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0:00.0

Everybody, it's me, Sam Stein, managing editor at the book.

0:02.7

I'm here with Andrew Edgar, author of Morning Shots, who I guess must have just run to the shower and combed his hair because usually he's not operating at this hour right after filing morning shots.

0:13.8

But thank you, Andrew.

0:14.5

I appreciate it.

0:15.4

We're here because something crazy is happening right now online.

0:19.1

It's 11 a.m. on Tuesday and Donald Trump has been bleeding

0:23.9

multiple, multiple times about, let's be just blunt about, about hanging and killing

0:30.7

Democratic members of Congress. That's a real sentence. The president has been posting

0:35.4

about his desire to see members of Congress killed.

0:40.8

That's what's happening.

0:41.9

Now, the crime here is that group of members of Congress collaborated on a video where they made a suggestion or a reminder to military personnel that they don't have to obey unlawful orders, which is true. They don't.

0:55.9

Let's watch a tiny clip of that video. And then, Andrew, I'm going to go over what Trump's reaction

1:00.6

has been. This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community

1:05.2

professionals against American citizens. Like us, you all swore an oath. To protect and defend

1:10.8

this Constitution.

1:11.6

Right now, the threats to our Constitution aren't just coming from abroad, but from right here at home.

1:16.6

Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders.

1:20.6

You can refuse illegal orders.

1:22.6

You must refuse illegal orders.

1:24.6

No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.

1:29.4

We know this is hard and that it's a difficult time to be a public servant. But whether you're

1:33.4

serving in the CIA, the Army, or Navy, the Air Force, your vigilance is critical. And know that we

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