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‘Trying to distract’: Joe slams Trump for accusing Democrats of sedition ‘punishable by death’

Morning Joe

Joe Scarborough, Mika Brzezinski, MS NOW, Willie Geist

Politics, Ms Now, Washington, Giest, Government, Election, Issues, Nbc, Campaign, Brezinski, President, News, Congress, Scarboro

48K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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‘Trying to distract’: Joe slams Trump for accusing Democrats of sedition ‘punishable by death’

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0:00.0

I think what they did was despicable. I don't agree with the president. They should be put in jail.

0:05.6

But I do believe what they did was despicable. They need to explain themselves.

0:09.4

He did you go too far? Saying punishable by death?

0:11.7

I think they went too far. Well, yeah. I think that's over the top. But the point you're missing here is you had six members of Congress openly encourage members of the military to disfay orders

0:22.7

of this president without giving an example of order that is illegal.

0:26.6

I think they're despicable.

0:29.7

But he also endorsed a call to hang them, the members of Congress.

0:34.0

I mean, what do you make of that?

0:35.8

Is that too far?

0:37.3

Yes.

0:38.6

Okay, Republican Senator Lindsey Graham offering a little bit of pushback to President Trump's suggestion

0:44.2

that some Democrats should be executed after accusing them of sedition.

0:49.8

For telling them not to commit illegal acts.

0:59.2

Yeah.

0:59.5

Think about this.

1:01.5

The president is suggesting that members of Congress should be hung

1:07.1

because they're just telling American troops don't commit illegal, illegal, illegal acts.

1:22.5

Abu Ghraib, my lie, we could go down the list of illegal actions that have been committed in war.

1:34.0

And now we have a president that is suggesting that he's going to have them commit illegal acts in peace.

1:41.2

Remember when he was on the plane?

1:43.9

And they asked him if he was going to send troops

1:46.6

around the country, the Army, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard around for crime control. That's

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