Dem
47
GOP
53
After Sens. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) and Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Reps. Jason Crow of Colorado (D-CO), Maggie Goodlander (D-NH) and Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan (both D-PA) made a 90-second video reminding America's soldiers that they are not allowed to follow illegal orders, the administration blew a gasket. That includes the fellow in the Oval Office, who posted this to his social-media-platform-for-draft-dodgers:
It's called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand — We won't have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET. President DJT
Strangely, we apparently still seem to have a country. Although we are given to understand that the video DID lead to the cancellation of all ice hockey in Canada, along with the end of the Stanley Cup.
Of course, when Trump says "Jump!," the current Department of Justice asks: "How high?" The marching orders were clear in this case, and so U.S. Attorney for Washington, DC, Jeanine Pirro put together an indictment and tried to get it past a grand jury. Apparently, the ham sandwich did not have the right condiments on it, because the grand jurors told Pirro and her office to pound sand.
We stick by our already stated view that the smart play here is to drop this whole thing. Messing with ex-military and ex-intelligence, people who actually put themselves on the line, does not play well with voters. That includes many of the voters who supported Trump and the GOP in 2024. And not only is this harming the GOP's political bottom line, it's also making rock stars out of some of the Democrats who are being targeted. It's hard to imagine anything that would do more than this to make Kelly into a viable 2028 presidential candidate. And the others could well ride their newfound fame to a governorship or (in the case of the four representatives) a Senate seat. (Z)