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AOC tells troops to refuse 'illegal' orders ahead of Trump's looming Iran deadline
Fox News ^ | 4/08/26 | Adam Pack

Posted on 04/09/2026 1:07:43 PM PDT by Libloather

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., urged U.S. service members to "refuse illegal orders" Tuesday after President Donald Trump threatened to wipe out Iran’s "civilization."

"The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted," Ocasio-Cortez wrote in response to Trump’s Truth Social post. "To every individual in the President’s chain of command: You have a duty to refuse illegal orders. That includes carrying out this threat."

Trump appeared to issue a warning about bombing some of Iran’s civilian infrastructure in an effort to persuade the country to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, among other demands. The president set a deadline of 8 p.m. Eastern time.

Ocasio-Cortez’s denunciation comes as a growing number of Democratic lawmakers on the party’s leftward flank have called for Trump to be impeached, though that effort will likely face an uphill battle in the Republican-controlled House. Some Democrats have also urged the cabinet to invoke the 25th Amendment in an attempt to remove Trump from power — a highly unrealistic outcome.

Ocasio-Cortez, a leading progressive lawmaker, joined Democrats Tuesday in supporting Trump’s removal from power.

House Democratic leadership notably stopped short of calling for Trump’s ouster in a statement issued Tuesday.

The Democratic leaders instead urged House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to immediately reconvene the House and vote on a war powers resolution to block Trump from further military action. The chamber is currently in a district work period until the week of April 13.

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The socialist bartender may still be on the ketamine. Mental faculties. Good one.
1 posted on 04/09/2026 1:07:43 PM PDT by Libloather
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To: Libloather

AOC thinks Iran is below the equator


2 posted on 04/09/2026 1:08:45 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Libloather

If she OD’d on ketamine I would NOT shed a tear..heck send the Ketamine queen to her house


3 posted on 04/09/2026 1:09:12 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Sarah Barracuda

That’s treason by AOC.


4 posted on 04/09/2026 1:09:48 PM PDT by chopperk (,)
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To: Libloather

Gitmo’ the Witch for insurrection and treason.


5 posted on 04/09/2026 1:10:37 PM PDT by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: Libloather

Interesting how AOC doesn’t describe the legal theory behind the “illegal orders” she alludes to. Specifically, which statutes?


6 posted on 04/09/2026 1:11:06 PM PDT by asinclair (Indict DNC for RICO?)
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To: Libloather
Ah, not only a socialist but a Catholic socialist ... the Catholics are universalist ... from communism, socialism, to pure followers of the ‘serpent’.... NO Christian would ever build a temple to the Serpent... and their Iranian mullahs call US the great Satan.
7 posted on 04/09/2026 1:13:55 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Matthew 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender)
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To: Libloather

What an idiot. Trump is constitutionally not allowed to give an illegal order. What a dummy this broad is.


8 posted on 04/09/2026 1:14:53 PM PDT by Hammerhead
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To: Libloather

AOC can lead from the distance as the troops wait for her advice.

https://www.originalfilmart.com/products/private-benjamin-lc2?srsltid=AfmBOorqEOJzLRJ1KsNlpSNrtAi0IplN9pv5jXx1eJuxF_LqVhA1tFwI

Like the saying from baseball players getting criticized: The game gets more difficult the closer you get to the playing field.


9 posted on 04/09/2026 1:15:00 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: Libloather

she has big horse teeth.

And a horse-face.


10 posted on 04/09/2026 1:15:12 PM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: Libloather

arrest, prosecute, execute for treason


11 posted on 04/09/2026 1:15:49 PM PDT by Longdriver69
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RE: “The President’s mental faculties are collapsing and cannot be trusted.”...

I only saw it in war movies but in WWII Tokyo Rose used to try to discourage the morale of US troops over radio broadcasts.

Very similar.


12 posted on 04/09/2026 1:17:32 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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You know, talking like that back during WWI and WWII this little beeoch would find herself in Leavenworth scrambling to escape a firing squad.


13 posted on 04/09/2026 1:18:16 PM PDT by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it, won't leave)
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To: Libloather

Deport her for treason!


14 posted on 04/09/2026 1:21:24 PM PDT by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender!)
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To: Just mythoughts

Can you not bash Catholics, please? Our current pope may be a degenerate, but a lot of us are rock-ribbed conservatives through and through.


15 posted on 04/09/2026 1:23:07 PM PDT by VictoryGal (Never give up, never surrender!)
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Can you not bash Catholics, please? Our current pope may be a degenerate, but a lot of us are rock-ribbed conservatives through and through.

ARE you illiterate .. when you freaks stop bashing President Trump and covering for the satanic mullahs ... I will consider a time out in exposing just exactly who runs and rules your cult.

16 posted on 04/09/2026 1:25:10 PM PDT by Just mythoughts (Matthew 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender)
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To: Hammerhead

Exactly,

She’s 100% right. Do not follow illegal orders.

The problem with the junk that comes out of this idiot’s mouth is that there isn’t anything being asked which is illegal.

What she will cause, if someone is a bit on the fence / unsure, is some kid to make stupid decisions which will cause them to get in huge trouble, to get a record that will follow them for the rest of their life.


17 posted on 04/09/2026 1:26:33 PM PDT by Red6
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To: MarlonRando

big booty Latina~ Alex Stein


18 posted on 04/09/2026 1:27:46 PM PDT by OldHarbor
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To: OldHarbor

The bartender speaks. She must have either served or serviced our troops, which makes her an expert.


19 posted on 04/09/2026 1:30:46 PM PDT by SteelPSUGOP (UGHT)
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To: asinclair
Interesting how AOC doesn’t describe the legal theory behind the “illegal orders” she alludes to. Specifically, which statutes?

Her statement is like a yard sign I saw in my town: "Fight Truth Decay."

I know it's somehow aimed at PDJT and MAGA, only because during the run-up to the 2024 election there were a series of signs at that house that were obviously antagonistic toward Trump and Trump voters.

But when you read it, it doesn't mean anything. "Fight Truth Decay." Who is lying? The people who said Biden was as sharp as a tack? The people who said Trump was a puppet for Putin? The people who set up the Russia Russia Russia hoax?

Ultimately, it's just virtue signalling and self-pleasuring. It doesn't mean anything. It's just nonsense, a dog whistle for AOC's followers, who are convinced they're living under Hitler in a Nazi police state.

20 posted on 04/09/2026 1:30:53 PM PDT by Steely Tom ([Voter Fraud] == [Civil War])
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