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‘No secret that the president is trying to weaponize’ the DOJ: Sen. Slotkin
YouTube.com ^ | Martha Raddatz | ABC News✓

Posted on 11/23/2025 12:47:32 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum

Grok Summary of Video Transcript:

Senator Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) appeared on a Sunday morning show to discuss the intense backlash and security threats she and other Democratic lawmakers have received after releasing a video reminding U.S. military personnel of their right and duty to disobey unlawful orders.

President Trump has repeatedly labeled the lawmakers “traitors” engaged in “seditious behavior at the highest level,” called for their arrest and trial, and amplified posts suggesting they be hanged or punished by death.

Slotkin said the rhetoric, coming directly from the President, immediately escalated threats against them and changed the security environment.Slotkin defended the video as a routine, non-partisan reminder rooted in the Uniform Code of Military Justice and post-Nuremberg precedent that service members are not obligated to follow illegal orders.

She said it was prompted by a flood of inquiries from concerned young officers and troops unsure how to handle potentially questionable directives, especially regarding possible domestic use of the military in U.S. cities and ongoing operations near Venezuela.

She accused Trump of using threats and DOJ pressure to intimidate critics and distract from other stories (Epstein files, economy).

Slotkin expressed alarm at the massive U.S. military buildup around Venezuela (aircraft carriers, F-35s, estimated $1 billion already spent) and warned that any major action or regime-change effort should be transparent and debated publicly with Congress and the American people, noting widespread war-weariness after Iraq and Afghanistan.

Slotkin stopped short of claiming Trump has already issued specific illegal orders but cited past reported instances (e.g., 2020 Lafayette Square) and ongoing “legal gymnastics” in the Caribbean/Venezuela theater as reasons for troop unease.

She maintained the video was a responsible heads-up to service members to consult JAG officers if faced with ethically or legally dubious orders.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: elissaslotkin; sedition; trump
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1 posted on 11/23/2025 12:47:32 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Democrats always accuse you of what they actually do


2 posted on 11/23/2025 12:49:52 PM PST by Skwor
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To: Skwor

I can smell the projection from a mile away...


3 posted on 11/23/2025 12:50:44 PM PST by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

LMAO! 😂


4 posted on 11/23/2025 12:53:31 PM PST by sjmjax
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Another proof that Jewish intelligence is overrated. Well, American Jews. And I am Jewish.


5 posted on 11/23/2025 12:54:27 PM PST by Mi-kha-el ((There is no Pravda in Izvestiya and no Izvestiya in Pravda.))
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To: rottndog

It’s like they’ve forgotten all about the Dark Brandon speech with a blood red backdrop and Marine guards.


6 posted on 11/23/2025 12:56:40 PM PST by packagingguy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Would have been interesting to show a comparison chart of the first year of the Biden/Obama DOJ versus the first year of the Trump DOJ.

The political persecution is all from the Democrat DOJ and judiciary. Left-wing governments are notorious for persecuting their political opponents.


7 posted on 11/23/2025 12:56:58 PM PST by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Fat cells got loose and went to her brain.


8 posted on 11/23/2025 12:59:04 PM PST by wetgundog
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To: packagingguy

That’s part of the strategy...acting like their actions never happened, counting on the media to carry their weight and a very short memoried public.


9 posted on 11/23/2025 1:01:36 PM PST by rottndog (What comes after America?)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

She’s pushing it. Wow.


10 posted on 11/23/2025 1:06:00 PM PST by stanne
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“She maintained the video was a responsible heads-up to service members to consult JAG officers if faced with ethically or legally dubious orders.”
What a kind, helpful ex-CIA officer.


11 posted on 11/23/2025 1:11:00 PM PST by Mashood
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime. ARREST AND PROSECUTE


12 posted on 11/23/2025 1:15:43 PM PST by eyeamok
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Elissa Slotkin - D evil


13 posted on 11/23/2025 1:24:41 PM PST by PGalt (Past Peak Civilization?)
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To: Skwor

Slotkin was one of the Senate seats stolen in 24 by the usual Detroit 3am ballot dump. Now we are stuck with her for many years to come.


14 posted on 11/23/2025 1:32:33 PM PST by iamgalt
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Gee was that stupid cow sleeping the last four years or was it “Hey that was different when our side was doing it” kind of thing just asking


15 posted on 11/23/2025 1:41:41 PM PST by Sarah Barracuda
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Time for senator to awake to a horses head in their bed.


16 posted on 11/23/2025 2:09:53 PM PST by Mouton (There is a new sheriff and deputy in town now!)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

This is rich, coming from the commie pinko left who are masters at it.


17 posted on 11/23/2025 2:22:13 PM PST by vpintheak (The left is violence.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yes. Against enemies foreign and domestic.
Slotkin is a CIA goon engaging in seditious psyops.
Send the DOJ laser beam against her.


18 posted on 11/23/2025 2:46:56 PM PST by grumpygresh
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trump is just trying to re-purpose an already weaponized Legal System.

[Forget “Justice”....]


19 posted on 11/23/2025 2:48:31 PM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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To: Skwor

Slotkin is totally, mentally fugly.


20 posted on 11/23/2025 2:49:30 PM PST by Paladin2 (YMMV)
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