‘Punishable by death!’ Trump notes ‘execution’ is traditional penalty for sedition

President Donald Trump on social media has pointed out that the penalty for the refusal of military troops to obey orders is serious.

Punishment up to and including execution.

The response from the president came after a list of Democrats made a video urging federal employees, including members of the military, to refuse to obey what they called, without a definition, “illegal” orders.

Presumably that would be orders from the president, as commander-in-chief of the military, with which the Democrats disagreed, most likely for political purposes.

Leftist California Gov. Gavin Newsom claimed it was a call by Trump to “hang Democratic lawmakers who spoke out against Trump.” But their video clearly is more than speaking out “against Trump,” it’s a call for the military to stage an insurrection based on the Democrats’ belief that Trump orders are “illegal.”