Name: Trump says 'seditious' Democrats should face death | REUTERS
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Just to be clear, does the president want to execute members of Congress?

The White House faced questions about President Donald Trump's social media posts saying Democratic lawmakers should face execution for telling members of the military to refuse illegal orders.

Trump reposted an article about a video released by six Democratic lawmakers with military or intelligence backgrounds and said in another post, seditious behavior punishable by death.

Senator Mark Kelly the lawmakers, including Senators Alyssa Slotkin and Mark Kelly, said the Trump administration was pitting the US Military and intelligence community against the American people and threatening tenants of the U.S.

They did not refer to any particular incident or scenario and did not provide any examples of orders that they might consider illegal.

After Trump's post, Slotkin wrote on X that she and her colleagues would continue to defend the Constitution.

Trump's posts are the latest example of him calling for those he sees as political enemies to be punished.

Since returning to the presidency in January, Trump has occasionally called for imprisoning adversaries, and

his Justice Department has targeted critics such as former federal officials John Bolton and James Comey.

In November 2021, Trump defended the chants of his supporters, who called for hanging Vice President Mike Pence as they stormed the US Capitol in a deadly riot on January 6th of that year.

Top Democrats in Congress said Trump's words could incite violence and that they had contacted US Capitol Police to ensure the Democratic lawmakers safety.

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries called the situation unacceptable and un American, disgusting and dangerous.

What Donald Trump has said in accusing patriotic members of Congress and the Senate who served this country well of treason and suggesting they should be killed.

Numerous Republican senators on Thursday declined to comment on Trump's remarks, but

Lindsey Graham of South Carolina called Trump's post over the top.