House Dem leaders contact Capitol Police after Trump "death threats"

[douglas9]

House Democratic leadership said Thursday they've been in touch with the U.S. Capitol Police and the House sergeant-at-arms to protect a group of lawmakers after President Trump appeared to suggest that their comments were "punishable by DEATH!""

Why it matters: Trump considerably ramped up the severity of his rhetoric against Democrats on Thursday after a group of military veterans serving in Congress released a video encouraging service members to resist unlawful orders.


"This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand," Trump said in a post on Truth Social.
"SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP???"

In a follow-up post, he added: "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!"

https://www.axios.com/2025/11/20/trump-death-threats-democrats-congress-military

[Iwasthere]

1. THIS CANNOT STAND!!!

But it will be ignored, till something happens. Like Pelosi's husband or the guy that shot the couple, and had a long list of Dems and their addresses in his car along with guns. It's coming. GOD DAMNIT!! THIS SHIT HAS TO STOP! Our sane leaders need to act. A warning is not enough. He's gone off the rails, and they know it.

[LymphocyteLover]

10. Yup! Just swept under the rug and all Repigs will never mention how fucking insane their fucking POS POTUS is

[Trueblue1968]

15. Start with trump !!!! Traitor trump deserved you know what .......

[ancianita]

2. The felon can't threaten death due to any seditious behavior because they're not in the U.S. Military. Period.

For civilians there is no death penalty for either sedition or treason. He deserves watching by Capitol Police for his threats, if only because he hatefully imagines any lone wolf is still out there listening.

[Harker]

3. He clearly doesn't rely on such technicalities when addressing his J6er base.

[ancianita]

4. Most of his J6er base is tied up with ICE work. But if not all ... now that Capitol Police are on the alert, let one try

[LymphocyteLover]

16. Laws, schmaws

[angrychair]

5. The news media will blow it off

They have become so conditioned to ignore his rambling nonsense that it essentially gives him carte blanche to do or say whatever he wants and no one will even flinch.

Of the things this asshole has said and done this probably doesn't even make the top 5.
I would care more about if I thought we had a functional DOJ or court system or news media but we do not.

I honestly believe that he could personally attack them in their offices and it still would not matter. Our court system has created a POTUS that is completely above the law and Republicans in Congress are slavishly loyal to him and would never impeach him no matter what he did.

[LymphocyteLover]

17. it's all just noise to them as it drives us insane.... thoroughly FUBAR

[GreenWave]

6. Let's first start with previous acts.

[Gum Logger]

7. It is a crime to communicate a threat of violence

It is something people do not want

[hadEnuf]

8. Trying to force American service people to FOLLOW illegal orders is punishable too, Adolf.

The MAGATs might want to re-examine what they are wanting to fight for because people aren't going to put up with this shit much longer.

They may be in for a big fat surprise.

[Cha]

9. FUKC OFF TREASONOUS PIG!!!!!

GFY PUTIN PUPPET PEDO RAPIST.

[ffr]

11. Correction: after or from Trump inspired "death threats"

The death threats didn't self-manifest themselves. People heard the dog whistle and are acting upon it.

[SunSeeker]

12. Trump is the seditionist, betraying US interests to please Putin and Saudi Arabia.

[Katcat]

13. I'm calling bull

He doesn’t even know what sedition is, much less how it’s spelled. ETA probably miller acting president again.

[timms139]

14. He needs to be

impeached now and Miller and Trump both locked away for the rest of their lives .

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. MaddowBlog-'In the old days, it was death': Trump rages again against Democratic military veterans

On Thursday, the president accused Democrats of “seditious behavior, punishable by DEATH!” On Friday, he kept the offensive going.

As Trump’s offensive against Democratic veterans extends into a second day, a thought:

“I’m not threatening death, but...” is the sort of line presidents should avoid. www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-11-21T19:17:10.865Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/old-days-was-death-trump-rages-democratic-military-veterans-rcna245165

Amid widespread concerns that Trump’s hysterics might put the Democratic veterans in danger, the president returned to the subject a day later during a Fox News Radio interview with Brian Kilmeade. It might’ve seemed like an opportunity for the Republican to walk back his rhetoric, but that apparently wasn’t part of his plan.

Trump on threatening members of Congress: “I'm not threatening death, but I think they're in serious trouble. In the old days, it was death.”

— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) 2025-11-21T17:12:16.100Z

.....For good measure, he added, “But in the old days, if you said a thing like that, that was punishable by death. What they said is, I mean, I don’t know about the modern-day things, because, you know, modern day is a lot softer.”

Trump concluded that the military veterans “broke the law,” though he didn’t explain which law was broken. (The president has a habit of defining “illegal” as “stuff I don’t like.”)

Right off the bat, it’s worth emphasizing that any sentence that begins, “I’m not threatening death, but…” is the sort of line a political leader shouldn’t deliver......

On Capitol Hill, Democratic Rep. Jason Crow of Colorado — a decorated military veteran who served in both Iraq and Afghanistan — is seeking a U.S. Capitol Police investigation into Trump for what he described as “intimidating, threatening, and concerning” threats the president made. Democratic Rep. Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, an Air Force veteran who also appeared in the video in question, told The New Republic’s Greg Sargent that she made a similar appeal to the Capitol Police.

Whether such an investigation will actually happen remains unclear, though if a regular person sent members of Congress a message accusing them of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” it’s a safe bet law enforcement would follow up and knock on the sender’s door.