We are approaching a constitutional crisis, and it is primarily due to Democratic subterfuge.
The Democrats are wantonly trying to sabotage the Trump administration. After releasing a video encouraging U.S. troops and intelligence officers to disobey “illegal orders” from President Donald Trump, one of the Democrats involved in the video, Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), was caught lying about the so-called “illegal orders.” She admitted that none of the orders issued were actually illegal, a direct contradiction of the video the Democrats released.
Last week, a cadre of left-wing politicians encouraged members of the U.S. military to disobey orders issued by Trump, implying that the president was ordering members of the military and intelligence community to engage in illegal activities. Six congressional Democrats, who previously served in the military, effectively called for the military to perform a mutiny, urging them to “refuse illegal orders.” It was indicative of the dangerously dishonest and arguably treasonous rhetoric being spread by Democrats to damage the Trump administration.
In what could be described as a radical and dangerous propaganda commercial, Sens. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), and Reps. Jason Crow (D-CO), Chris Deluzio (D-PA), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), and Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA) actively encouraged troops and intelligence officers to “refuse illegal orders.”
“This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens,” the group of Democrats said. “The threats to our Constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home. Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders.”
“No one has to carry out orders that violate the law,” Slotkin says at one point in the video.
Yet, during an interview with Martha Raddatz on ABC News’s This Week, Slotkin admitted that no illegal orders were ever actually issued.
“To my knowledge, I am not aware of things that are illegal,” Slotkin said. “But certainly there are some legal gymnastics that are going on with these Caribbean strikes and everything related to Venezuela.”
But “legal gymnastics” is not what Slotkin and her band of Democratic deceivers mentioned in the video. All of them, very specifically, cited “illegal orders,” yet now have changed the story. This is dangerous and must not be allowed to stand. It was a shameful statement by six dishonest, deceptive, manipulative, and agenda-driven officials meant to deceive the public and influence public opinion.
PEDOPHILES AND MURDERERS AMONG THIS WEEK’S ‘WORST OF THE WORST’ ICE ARRESTS
It should also be noted that absolutely none of the other things the Democrats said in the video were true either. No military or intelligence community was being pitted “against American citizens.” The senators and representatives falsely claimed the president was issuing illegal orders without any proof. They called for the U.S. military to disobey the commander in chief solely because they did not like his political platform. This is dangerous and illegal, and the Democrats who encouraged this mutiny legitimately deserve to face accountability.
Being critical of the president’s platform is to be expected. However, making false claims that the president is issuing illegal orders is a violation of a different magnitude.
