Donald Trump is a bully and Republicans must impeach him for death threats to elected lawmakers

Trump’s violent rhetoric endangers democracy

An echo opinion published in The Daily Record in Maryland

Incredibly, Donald Trump, 🤢who is the President of the United States, accused six Democratic members of Congress of “seditious behavior punishable by death.” Their so-called crime in his eyes was to advise United States service members to refuse to obey illegal orders. Yes, the president called for the execution of members of Congress because they told servicemen and women to obey the law.

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Donald Trump called their experienced advice, set out on a videotape, “seditious behavior at the highest level,” and he demanded they be arrested and tried for their crimes. He shared another post saying, “Hang them [sic] George Washington would.” 🤥

All who serve in the military swear a solemn oath to uphold and protect the Constitution. To be clear, the US military’s Uniform Code of Justice allows a military member to refuse to obey a “patently illegal order.” That would include an order that directs the commission of a crime or the violation of constitutional rights. In his first term, Trump suggested that the military shoot peaceful protesters in the legs, an illegal and unconstitutional action should it have occurred.

We don’t know for sure yet whether Donald Trump actually believes he has the right to execute these members of Congress, or any service member who refuses to obey an illegal order, or whether he is playing to his maga cult supporters. 

But, what we do know is that political violence in this country is on the rise, and his statements calling for execution serve as a dog whistle to those who might do the president’s bidding.

Marjorie Taylor Greene, the congresswoman from Georgia, announced recently she has received threats of violence after Trump attacked her, because she refused to remove her name from the Epstein Files discharge petition. 

In a short time, we witnessed the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, the fire bombing of the residence of Josh Shapiro, the Pennsylvania governor, and the murder of an elected Minnesota Democrat, on June 14, 2025, state representative Melissa Hortman was assassinated in a shooting at her home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota, and her husband Mark was also murdered. 

Our politics have become far too violent, and we must find a way to tone down the rhetoric. All six who Trump threatened are under 24-hour protection and one senator received a bomb threat.

Donald Trump, when he issues threats like the one he has directed at the six members of Congress, acts more like a 250-pound, 10-year-old schoolyard bully than the leader of a free nation. His actions are wrong, they are evil, dangerous and frankly, they are revolting. 

We are aware that nothing will distract him from doing this in the future, that there is no one to rein him in partly because he believes he’s above the law, but we wanted to go on record to express our views.

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