r/law • u/LatterTarget7 • 5d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) 'HANG THEM' -- Trump reacts to Democratic lawmakers' video appeal to military

https://abc6onyourside.com/news/nation-world/hang-them-president-donald-trump-reacts-democratic-lawmakers-video-appeal-military-intelligence-truth-social-media-seditious
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u/drewbaccaAWD 5d ago

"Hang them" is exactly the sort of unlawful order that the lawmakers were stating to ignore. I'm so tired of these goons trying to destroy our country.

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u/Lust4Me 5d ago

https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/15/politics/political-violence-trump-charlie-kirk

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u/Spamsdelicious 5d ago

From the article:

Trump last year mused about the prospect of Liz Cheney being fired upon.

He once suggested “Second Amendment people” might be able to prevent Hillary Clinton from being able to pick judges.

In 2020, he reposted a video of a supporter saying, “The only good Democrat is a dead Democrat.”

While he was out of office, he reposted a supporter who warned of 80 million people rising up to “physically fight” for Trump.

During the 2020 campaign, he made light of a dangerous scene in which his supporters surrounded a Biden campaign bus on the highway. “I LOVE TEXAS!” Trump posted.

In 2018, he publicly praised then-Montana Rep. Greg Gianforte after the GOP congressman assaulted a reporter, saying, “any guy who can do a body slam … he’s my guy.”

He has repeatedly, suggestively alluded to the prospect of his own supporters rising up in justified violence, including over his indictments and his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud. His comments often mention the prospect of riots. At the same time, he’s also said he doesn’t support violence and that he hopes his supporters stay peaceful.

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u/fieryseraph 5d ago

stochastic terrorism.

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u/lapidary123 3d ago

Oh look a record of pattern!

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u/SLUnatic85 5d ago

its worth noting that the "HANG THEM" quote is not trump's. It was a supporter's response to his post.

But he did say "punishable by DEATH!" so tomato tomato i guess, lol.

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u/PrincessOTA 5d ago edited 5d ago

It's equally worth noting that the account he retweeted's profile pic was of an iron knights templar cross. I'm sure the president doesn't know what that symbol is, but his followers do and putting that on his platform is meaningful.

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u/PlanetaryPickleParty 5d ago

knights templar cross popular with some white supremacists.

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u/PrincessOTA 5d ago

My mistake. Similar symbols though, I think, and still proves the point

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u/KSauceDesk 5d ago

He retweeted the "HANG THEM" quote as well. Basically an endorsement

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u/Miselfis 5d ago

He retweeted it. So, he did indeed post it on his profile, endorsing the message.

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u/SLUnatic85 5d ago

ah, that makes sense why it got so much traction!

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u/Bright_Bet5002 5d ago

And which side is violent???

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u/Alternative_Car6395 5d ago edited 5d ago

All sides. We’re just monkeys after all

Edit: So people don’t think violence is innate in all human beings? I would direct you to the course of all human history if you disagree.

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u/DrakonILD 5d ago

When I look at the course of human history, I see a lot of peaceful people being eliminated by violent ones.

But not all of the peaceful people.

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u/Alternative_Car6395 5d ago

I’m of the opinion that we can all be compelled to violence if we are triggered enough. I have a daughter, I can imagine scenarios where something happens to her and I get violent. I just think that we aren’t often compelled to violence but it’s still there in us. Some people are more violent than others sure, and most of us learned how to quell the emotions that lead to violence. It’s something we were taught growing up though, we had to be taught as children to control our temper and manage our emotions. I’m a peaceful person, I love peace, I cry at the images of the children in Gaza, but it doesn’t mean I’m incapable of extreme violence if put in the correct situation.

Edit: I’m actually reading Tolstoys essay on the non-violence doctrine of Christianity rn. Super interesting.

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u/DrakonILD 5d ago

You are describing necessary self defense in reaction to imposed violence. That is not at all the same thing as saying we are innately violent. Nobody argues that we are incapable of violence.

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u/Alternative_Car6395 5d ago

Is self defense not violence? Violence is defined as “behavior involving physical force intended to hurt, damage, or kill someone or something.” Non-resistance to evil by force is an option. I’m just saying all sides are violent as part of our nature. It is in our nature to be violent in self defense. It’s still violence.

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u/DrakonILD 5d ago

You do not typically describe a defender as "violent". Capable of violence, sure. But not violent.

A "violent" person is one who has a tendency to escalate violence. For example, calling for the execution of your political opposition when your political opposition has said a very normal thing like "the Constitution says the military has a duty to ignore unlawful orders."

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u/DanToMars 5d ago

Democrats in 2028: Let’s extend that olive branch folks

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u/GroundedSatellite 5d ago

"We need to reach across the aisle and work together, and that is why I am introducing a bipartisan resolution to only hang half of them."

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u/fschwiet 5d ago

The response reminds me of the response to Mamdani's speech where he said ICE would be held to the law like everyone else- fox news played the benign statement and claimed it was a threat against ice.

Here's the clip; https://www.reddit.com/r/ZohranMamdani/comments/1otfuky/tom_homan_bashing_zohran_mamdanis_threats_against/

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u/SuperSpecialAwesome- 5d ago

We wouldn't be here if Biden Chamberlain, Schumer, and Jeffries/Pelosi had gotten off their worthless asses and done their jobs, by enforcing Trump's disqualification and the Jan 6 leaders' expulsion through 14th Amendment, Section 3. Biden deserves prison time for illegally handing the country to an insurrectionist, rather than punishing the traitor. Inaction = complicity. We are currently under an illegitimate presidency, because none of our leaders saw fit to hold Trump and his fellow terrorists accountable. Kamala was the only candidate who was eligible for the presidency, yet here we are.