"Your continued threats will not intimidate me or keep me from doing my job, which includes oversight of the executive branch," Kelly said on X Sunday. "Stop the threats of execution, hanging, and sending a mob before someone gets hurt." Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said last week: "I've never seen a president or heard of a president who has done more to encourage political violence."
White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt defended former President Donald Trump's recent Truth Social post calling Democratic members of Congress seditious traitors and saying their conduct was punishable by death, while insisting Trump actually opposes dangerous rhetoric. During the press briefing, a reporter pressed Leavitt about Trump's comments regarding a video released by six Democratic senators and representatives all military veterans reminding service members that they are required to refuse unlawful orders under the Uniform Code of Military Justice.
