Six Democrat veterans in Congress release ‘Don’t Give Up the Ship’ video telling military members they can refuse unlawful orders from commanders.
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AgroupofDemocratlawmakerswithmilitaryandintelligencebackgroundsreleasedavideoTuesdayurgingservicemembersto“refuseillegalorders,”amessageconservativesblastedasacalltodefyPresidentDonaldTrumpandhisSecretaryofWarPeteHegseth.
Theone-minutevideo,postedbySen.ElissaSlotkin,D-Mich.,andviewedmorethan1.6milliontimes,featuressixlawmakersinvokingtheirpriorservicewhiletellingmembersofthemilitaryandintelligencecommunitythat“thethreatstoourConstitutionarecomingfromrighthereathome.”
SlotkinandhercolleagueshavespentrecentweeksintroducinglegislationtolimitPresidentTrump’sabilitytodeployNationalGuardmembersdomesticallyorlaunchmilitaryactionagainstnarcoterroristswithoutcongressionalapproval.
Noneofthatcontextappearsinthevideo,titled“Don’tGiveUptheShip,”whichinsteadframestheappealasawarningtomilitarymembersto“stan
