They are literally saying to 1.3 million active duty service members not to defy the chain of command. Every single order that is given to this United States military by this commander in chief and through this chain of command through the secretary of war is lawful to suggest and encourage that active duty service members defy the chain of command is *** very dangerous thing for sitting members of Congress to do, and they should be held accountable.
Pennsylvania House lawmakers to introduce resolution condemning Trump’s ‘threats of political violence’
Updated: 5:04 PM EST Nov 21, 2025
Thirty Pennsylvania House members have invited their colleagues to support a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s “threats of political violence.”Rep. Paul Friel, a Democrat who represents part of Chester County, released a statement saying the resolution formally condemns any rhetoric, regardless of speaker or party, that could be “reasonably construed as encouraging or threatening political violence against members of the legislative branch.”Friel said the resolution also “reaffirms how military personnel are trained to protect the Constitution and to reject any unlawful directives.”Friel explained that the resolution was in response to Truth Social posts Trump made on Thursday. The president called for the arrest of six Democratic members of Congress, who he called traitors, accusing them of “seditious behavior, punishable by death.”
Thirty Pennsylvania House members have invited their colleagues to support a resolution condemning President Donald Trump’s “threats of political violence.”
Rep. Paul Friel, a Democrat who represents part of Chester County, released a statement saying the resolution formally condemns any rhetoric, regardless of speaker or party, that could be “reasonably construed as encouraging or threatening political violence against members of the legislative branch.”
Friel said the resolution also “reaffirms how military personnel are trained to protect the Constitution and to reject any unlawful directives.”
Friel explained that the resolution was in response to Truth Social posts Trump made on Thursday. The president called for the arrest of six Democratic members of Congress, who he called traitors, accusing them of “seditious behavior, punishable by death.”