Democratic senators condemn Trump after he suggests ‘seditious behaviour’ be punishable ‘by death’. Key US politics stories from Sunday 23 November
Democratic senator Mark Kelly has said he refuses to be intimidated after US president Donald Trump accused a group of Democrats of “seditious behaviour punishable by death” in a series of social media posts.
Kelly, one of several Democrats who released a messageto military and intelligence personnel that they are not obligated to follow “illegal orders”, reiterated his call on Sunday, saying that Trump was “trying to intimidate us”. Kelly called on congressional Republicans to reject Trump’s threats.
Minnesota Democrat Amy Klobuchar condemned what she said was a “dangerous” response from the president.
“What is dangerous is the president of the United States threatening these members of Congress with death,” she told Meet the Press on Sunday. “Literally, saying that they should be executed.”
