Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) just dropped a bombshell that’s got the Beltway buzzing with more heat than a conservative barbecue on the Fourth of July.
Breitbart reported that in a stunning turn of events on ABC’s This Week, Slotkin admitted she’s unaware of any illegal orders from President Donald Trump to our brave U.S. military, despite a fiery controversy stoked by Democrats urging troops to defy commands.
This drama kicked off on Tuesday when Slotkin, alongside other Democrats like Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA), released a video encouraging military personnel to disobey orders from the Trump administration.
The video painted a dire picture, alleging the administration was setting up our uniformed service members against American citizens, a claim that’s as bold as it is divisive.
“You can refuse illegal orders,” Slotkin declared in the video, a statement echoed by her colleagues as if it’s a mantra for a progressive uprising.
But let’s pump the brakes—urging troops to ignore orders without evidence of illegality feels like a dangerous game, one that risks undermining the very chain of command that keeps our nation secure.
By Saturday, Trump had seen enough, taking to Truth Social with a response hotter than a Michigan summer, suggesting the lawmakers behind the video should face jail time for what he called sedition.
“THE TRAITORS THAT TOLD THE MILITARY TO DISOBEY MY ORDERS SHOULD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW,” Trump blasted, not mincing words about the gravity of the Democrats’ actions.
While he initially threw around some tough language about “seditious behavior,” Trump later clarified through Fox News that he wasn’t advocating for extreme punishment, dialing back the rhetoric but not the resolve.
Fast forward to Sunday, and Slotkin’s interview with Martha Raddatz on ABC’s This Week flipped the script, as she conceded there’s no evidence of illegal directives from the commander-in-chief.
She mumbled something about “legal gymnastics” tied to Caribbean strikes and Venezuelan matters, but couldn’t point to a single unlawful order—a bit like swinging at a piñata and missing the candy.
If there’s no proof of wrongdoing, why the video urging defiance? That’s the million-dollar question conservatives are asking, while scratching their heads at this apparent political theater.
Adding fuel to the fire, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt stepped in earlier, slamming Democrats for implying Trump issued improper commands when no such evidence exists.
This whole saga reeks of a progressive agenda trying to paint a patriot as a villain, while ignoring the bedrock principle of military discipline that’s kept America strong for centuries.
Let’s be fair—disagreement with policy is one thing, but encouraging our troops to pick and choose orders without hard proof of illegality is a slippery slope to chaos, and Slotkin’s own words seem to undercut her party’s narrative.