Dems Urging Troops to ‘Disobey’ Are Playing a Dangerous Game

By The New York Post Editorial 

Disgusting: Democratic members of Congress are now actively encouraging troops to disobey their commanders.

That’s the clear thrust of the one-minute video released Tuesday featuring Sens. Elissa Slotkin (Mich) and Mark Kelly (Ariz.) warning “This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals . . . against American citizens.”

Other veterans now serving in the House chime in: “Our laws are clear: You can refuse illegal orders,” pronounce Reps. Chris Deluzio (Pa.), Maggie Goodlander (NH), Chrissy Houlahan (Pa.) and Rep. Jason Crow (Colo.).

Yes, they’re all emphasizing the duty to disobey illegal orders — but if they actually saw any real sign that the president or other high commander is issuing such orders, they’d be doing a lot more than just cutting an ad.

Indeed, they plainly don’t believe one word they’re saying, or they’d detail exactly what illegal orders Team Trump has issued.

All of them know that the modern US military takes great care to lay out what constitutes an illegal order; no one now in uniform has the least need for added instruction about it.

The real target audience is the Bluesky addicts and so on who’ll wallow in this propaganda porn — a fantasy that pretends President Donald Trump is an out-of-control dictator poised to sic the military on civilians in some sort of coup, and so panders to progressives’ desperate desire to see themselves as stalwart patriots resisting an outlaw regime.

It’s a disgrace that these veterans are milking their own service to rally partisan support (and raise funds down the line, no doubt) by insinuating that the sitting president is ordering service members to violate the Constitution.

Worse is the real and obvious danger that some in lower ranks could take this nonsense seriously, and think they have a duty to indulge in quiet acts of mutiny — disobeying legitimate orders because they foolishly trust a US senator to play it square with them.

That is: Two members of the Senate and four of the House are all but calling on soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen to defy legal orders — or, say, leak classified info or otherwise sabotage the chain of command.

Until now, we’ve respected Kelly and Slotkin; it’s appalling to see them sink so low.

This isn’t simply a cynical stunt; it’s a contemptible gambit that tiptoes to the edge of sedition. For shame.

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— NY Post Opinion (@NYPostOpinion) November 19, 2025