Maybe Leavitt thought Trump said Democrats were "WELL HUNG," rather than echoing calls to "HANG THEM."

[Miles Archer]

Leavitt fiercely denied that Donald Trump was calling for executions after the president accused Democratic lawmakers of sedition, which is “punishable by death.”

Trump reposted that six Democratic lawmakers featured in a video released this week were “traitors” and even one that read “HANG THEM.”

“Just to be clear, does the president want to execute members of Congress?” CBS News’ Nancy Cordes asked Leavitt on Thursday.

“No,” Leavitt responded.

Trump’s posts about sedition punishable by death were in response to a video released this week by six Democratic lawmakers who are veterans and released a direct message to U.S. service members that they can and must “refuse illegal orders.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/leavitt-melts-down-over-trumps-threat-to-execute-lawmakers/

[wcmagumba]

1. t-rump and the Republicans love them some killing, more than Arlo Guthrie ever wanted...

[BOSSHOG]

2. Her hearing is going

Along with her looks. Noticed how much she’s aged since January?

[Dave Bowman]

3. Compared to the stinky swine a 2 yo is well hung.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

4. 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.

[jmowreader]

5. 18 USC 2384 is the only sedition statute still available to use against civilians

The maximum penalty in it is 20 years in prison - not death by hanging.

This is why he wants to bring Senator Mark Kelly back on active duty; the military's Article 94 allows for death sentences to be issued. However, the last time anyone was brought up on Article 94 charges was during the Civil War.