showed absolutely no interest Thursday in pushing back on President Donald Trump’s call for certain Democrats in Congress to face the death penalty. Johnson said Trump’s posts on Thursday morning, one of which boosted a message that said “HANG THEM,” were not calls for Democrats to be executed. In his remarks, Johnson did not distinguish between legal and illegal orders. “That was a wildly appropriate thing for so-called leaders in Congress to do, to encourage young troops to disobey orders,” Johnson said. Advertisement“The words that the president chose are not the ones that I would use,” Johnson told reporters.

Source: Huffington Post November 21, 2025 14:50 UTC