A Democratic senator who joined five of her colleagues to urge members of the military to disobey “illegal orders” from the Trump administration said Thursday the sextet was under round-the-clock protection after the president called them “traitors” and said their words could be “punishable by DEATH.”

“Capitol Police came to us and said, ‘We’re gonna put you on 24/7 security,'” Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), told MS NOW’s “All In with Chris Hayes.”

“We’ve got law enforcement out in front of my house. I mean, it changes things immediately,” Slotkin added. “And leadership climate is set from the top. And if the president is saying you should be hanged, then we shouldn’t be surprised when folks on the ground are going to follow suit and say even worse.”

Slotkin was joined by Sen. Mark Ke

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