Mike Johnson Dodges When Pressed on Trump’s Call to Execute Congressional Democrats

Jennifer Bowers Bahney Nov 20th, 2025, 4:11 pm

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) dodged when asked Thursday to respond to President Donald Trump accusing some Democratic lawmakers of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR” that’s “ punishable by DEATH !”

Trump raged on Truth Social against a video made by six Democratic lawmakers in which they tell members of the military and intelligence communities that they have an “obligation to follow only lawful orders,” not “illegal” ones that may come from the current White House.

CNN’s Manu Raju caught up with Johnson in the halls of Congress to ask about the president’s stunning comments, but Johnson refused to say outright what he thought about Trump’s demands that

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