Democrats thought they had President Trump cornered with their latest stunt.
Six lawmakers made a video that sparked a national firestorm.
And Adam Schiff let one damning fact slip about Democrats' military video.
Democrats Try to Turn Military Against Commander in Chief
Six Democrat lawmakers released a video in mid-November telling military members and intelligence personnel to "refuse illegal orders" from the Trump administration.
The 90-second video featured Senators Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) and Mark Kelly (D-AZ), along with Representatives Jason Crow (D-CO), Chris Deluzio (D-PA), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), and Maggie Goodlander (D-NH).
"This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens," they claimed without providing a shred of evidence.
The lawmakers repeatedly stated "You can refuse illegal orders" and "You must refuse illegal orders."
But they never identified a single illegal order Trump has given.
President Trump called the video "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL" and wrote that the lawmakers should be "ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL."¹
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the Pentagon would investigate Kelly, a retired Navy captain who remains subject to the Uniform Code of Military Justice.²
The FBI began seeking interviews with all six Democrats.³
Schiff Can't Hide the Truth
Senator Adam Schiff rushed to defend his colleagues on MS NOW, claiming "no court in the world" would find fault with Democrats "for stating the law."⁴
There's just one problem.
When ABC News pressed Slotkin on whether Trump has issued any illegal orders, she admitted "to my knowledge I am not aware of things that are illegal."⁵
Kelly made the same devastating admission when Rachel Maddow gave him multiple chances to name specific illegal orders.⁶
And when reporters demanded examples, Slotkin brought up the movie "A Few Good Men" and went back to Vietnam and the Nuremberg trials.⁷
A movie from 1992.
That's what passes for evidence in the Democrat Party now.
No actual illegal orders from Trump. Just Hollywood fiction and ancient history.
What Democrats Are Really After
Defense Secretary Hegseth nailed exactly what Democrats were doing in a post on X.
"In the military, vague rhetoric and ambiguity undermines trust, creates hesitation in the chain of command, and erodes cohesion," Hegseth wrote. "The military already has clear procedures for handling unlawful orders. It does not need political actors injecting doubt into an already clear chain of command."⁸
That's the whole ballgame right there.
Democrats were trying to make service members question every order from their President.
Look at when this video dropped.
Trump had just sent National Guard troops into Memphis and began attacking drug boats in the Caribbean and Pacific headed to America.
Democrats released their video right as those operations were ramping up.
They wanted service members questioning orders while Trump was finally using the military to protect Americans instead of foreign countries.
Former Army general James "Spider" Marks called the video "an insult to our chain of command."⁹
The Democrats weren't stating the law.
They were questioning Trump's legitimacy as Commander in Chief without providing a single example of an actual illegal order.
Not one order.
Not one directive.
Just vague warnings and a Tom Cruise movie.
That's not patriotism.
That's an attempt to foment rebellion against a duly elected President.
¹ Donald J. Trump, Truth Social post, November 20, 2025.
² Department of Defense statement, November 24, 2025.
³ Brett Samuels and Max Rego, "FBI probes Democrats over video sparking Donald Trump's 'sedition' allegations," The Hill, November 25, 2025.
⁴ Pam Key, "Schiff Claims No Court Would Find Fault with Dems for Stating the Law," Breitbart, November 25, 2025.
⁵ RNC Research, Twitter/X post, November 23, 2025.
⁶ Overton, Twitter/X post, November 25, 2025.
⁷ Brett T., "Sen. Elissa Slotkin Cites 'A Few Good Men' as Example of Following Illegal Orders," Twitchy, November 25, 2025.
⁸ Pete Hegseth, Twitter/X post, November 25, 2025.
⁹ The Hill, "Retired general: 'Illegal orders' video 'an insult to our chain of command,'" November 25, 2025.
