Fox anchor Harris Faulkner: It “would be treason” for military members to defy illegal orders
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From November 19, 2025, edition of Fox News' The Faulkner Focus
HARRIS FAULKNER (ANCHOR): Critics are going after six Democrat lawmakers, in particular, over this plea to members of the military and intelligence communities. Watch this:
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SEN. MARK KELLY (D-AZ): Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders.
SEN. ELISSA SLOTKIN (D-MI): You can refuse illegal orders.
REP. JASON CROW (D-CO): You must refuse illegal orders.
SLOTKIN: No one has to carry out orders that violate the law –
REP. CHRISSY HOULAHAN (D-PA): – or our Constitution.
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FAULKNER: OK, you caught that, right? Refusing military orders; that would be treason. Reaction, as you might imagine: swift and fierce. Libs of TikTok posted, "Democrats are encouraging members of the military to commit treason and defy orders from Trump." And Republican Sen. Eric Schmitt says, "Sounds a little subversive to democracy-ish."