{"id":311169,"date":"2025-11-24T17:14:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/311169\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T17:14:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T17:14:13","slug":"alexandria-ocasio-cortez-raises-the-alarm-about-erratic-donald-trumps-mental-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/311169\/","title":{"rendered":"Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Raises the Alarm About \u2018Erratic\u2019 Donald Trump\u2019s Mental State"},"content":{"rendered":"

Donald Trump\u2019s furious posts<\/a> suggesting the death penalty for six Democrats who reminded U.S. troops they should refuse illegal orders ignited a firestorm on Capitol Hill and prompted Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez<\/a> to question his mental fitness<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s flare-up followed a video<\/a> recorded by the six Democratic military and intelligence veterans, led by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, calling on troops to uphold the Constitution.<\/p>\n

In a minute-long video, Sens. Slotkin and Mark Kelly joined Reps. Chrissy Houlahan, Chris Deluzio, Maggie Goodlander, and Jason Crow advise members of the military and the intelligence community to \u201crefuse illegal orders.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Commander-in-Chief Trump, 79, blasted<\/a> the message on Truth Social as \u201cseditious behavior\u201d and amplified posts arguing it was \u201cpunishable by DEATH.\u201d <\/p>\n

Several of the six have received threats, including reported bomb threats to Rep. Deluzio\u2019s offices <\/a>and Se<\/a>n. Slotkin\u2019s home<\/a>. The Washington Post<\/a> said the threats have been reported to police, but he has refused<\/a> to dial down what the Dems described as \u201cthreatening\u201d rhetoric.<\/p>\n

\"DonaldTrump made the threats against his political foes on Truth Social. Donald Trump\/Truth Social <\/p>\n

New York Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, 36, said the president\u2019s language was \u201cnot just shocking\u201d but \u201cbizarre,\u201d \u201cerratic,\u201d and \u201cvolatile.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it indicates a mental state that we should all be questioning right now,\u201d the Democrat told reporters on Friday.<\/p>\n

\"USAlexandria Ocasio-Cortez is shocked at Trump\u2019s threats. Kena Betancur\/KENA BETANCUR\/AFP via Getty Images <\/p>\n

Sen. Kelly\u2014a retired Navy captain and former NASA astronaut\u2014pushed back directly on Sunday. \u201cThe message [Trump] sent a couple days ago was, he declared that loyalty to the Constitution was now punishable by death,\u201d he told CBS News\u2019s Face the Nation. <\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s trying to intimidate us. But… I\u2019m not going to be intimidated.\u201d He added that he had sworn an oath and merely \u201creiterated\u2026 that members of the military should not, can not, follow illegal orders.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Sen.Sen. Mark Kelly said, “All we said was\u2026 members of the military should not\u2026 follow illegal orders.” Kent Nishimura\/Getty Images <\/p>\n

Republicans also sounded alarms over Trump\u2019s language. \u201cIf you take at face value the idea that calling your opponents traitors and then specifically saying that it warrants the death penalty is reckless, inappropriate, irresponsible,\u201d Kentucky Republican Sen. Rand Paul, 62, told Face the Nation. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not something that is helping the country heal wounds. I think it stirs things up, and really, I think we can do better.\u201d <\/p>\n

On ABC News\u2019s This Week, Texas Republican Rep. Mike McCaul said, \u201cI would tone down the rhetoric and tone down the theme here. I would emphasize more what I discussed, and that is, these orders are not illegal.\u201d <\/p>\n

\"USDonald Trump showed he can be conciliatory when he hosted the Mayor-Elect of New York City, Zohran Mamdani. Demetrius Freeman\/The Washington Post via Getty Images <\/p>\n

Republican Sens. Lindsey Graham and Thom Tillis likewise voiced concern. \u201cWords carry a lot of weight,\u201d Tillis said. \u201cKids are watching, and the president of the United States should always be thinking less about the adults you\u2019re reacting to\u2026 and the kids that are watching, too.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s allies have argued his commentary is protected speech. The White House press office has declined to say he wants lawmakers executed, while defending his attacks on the video. <\/p>\n

Military law experts cited by several outlets note that troops are obligated to disobey illegal orders\u2014precisely the point made in the video.<\/p>\n

The Daily Beast has contacted the White House for comment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Donald Trump\u2019s furious posts suggesting the death penalty for six Democrats who reminded U.S. troops they should refuse…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[51190,23,60243,14299,1072,4379,3,25249,21,19,22,20,25,24,3123],"class_list":["post-311169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-alexandria-ocasio-cortez","tag-america","tag-constitution","tag-democratic-party","tag-donald-j-trump","tag-military","tag-news","tag-republican-party","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa","tag-white-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311169\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}