Karoline Leavitt defended President Donald Trump after he responded with immense fury to a video posted by six Democrats in which they called on American troops to refuse to obey his administration’s “illegal” orders, and her defense of the president led to one of the woke Democrats involved having a total meltdown.
For reference, the video was titled “Don’t Give Up the Ship,” and was posted on Tuesday, November 18. It included statements from Sen. Elissa Slotkin, Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA), Rep. Maggie Goodlander (D-NH), Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), and Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO). All six leftist lawmakers in the video spoke of their own service in the military and intelligence establishment while calling on troops to “refuse unlawful orders.”
It quickly led to a sharp reaction from President Trump, who posted about it on Truth Social and declared that the video was an immense danger to America and represented seditious and treasonous behavior, saying, “This is really bad, and Dangerous to our Country. Their words cannot be allowed to stand. SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR FROM TRAITORS!!! LOCK THEM UP??? President DJT” Then, in another obviously fury-filled post, “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!”
Leavitt then defended President Trump’s comments during a White House Press Conference, saying, “You have sitting members of the United States Congress who conspired together to orchestrate a video message to members of the United States military… encouraging them to defy the president’s lawful orders.”
Continuing, the White House press secretary noted that such attacks upon the chain of command and the Commander in Chief’s authority are extremely dangerous, saying, “The sanctity of our military rests on the chain of command, and if that chain of command is broken, it can lead to people getting killed.”
She added, commenting on what the members of Congress had done with the horrific video, “These three members of Congress knew exactly what they were doing.” She then further said, reiterating that the message was dangerous and likely illegal, “That is a very, very dangerous message, message. And it perhaps is punishable by law.”
Commenting on the seriousness of her message and how great it was to see her stick up for the president’s harsh message regarding the Democrat video, conservative X commentator Nick Sortor said, posting a clip of the interaction, “Karoline Leavitt just went NUCLEAR on the Democrat officials who called on US service members to DEFY Trump’s orders.” Watch the video here:
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Her response set off Rep. Jason Crow, who had a total freakout on CNN and insisted that she was lying and he and his colleagues had done nothing wrong. He said, “Karoline Leavitt is outright lying. Actually, what she said from the podium is that there was an encouragement of disobeying lawful orders. We actually said the exact opposite.”
Watch him freak out here: