Tim Pool says it is “wholly inappropriate” for Trump to advocate the death penalty for Democratic members of Congress
Pool: “Trump should not be posting on social media that he thinks these people should face the death penalty over this”
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From the January 14, 2026, edition of Timcast, posted to YouTube
TIM POOL (HOST): Mediate reports Senator Elissa Slotkin said the Department of Justice is investigating her for participating in a video that urged US service members and intelligence officials to refuse illegal orders. Slotkin, a former CIA officer, told the Times she learned of the probe when US attorney, Jeanine Pirro's office, requested to speak with her or her attorney. In November, Slotkin and five other Democratic members of Congress who served in the armed services or intelligence community appeared in a video calling on those in their former profession to refuse unlawful commands. They actually — and it says, you can refuse illegal orders, you must refuse illegal orders.
Now the question is, who determines this? According to Senator Kelly, he said, they can determine for — I believe that was the reporting. They can determine for themselves what is illegal. No. They can't. That's what lawyers are for. Now, of course, if you're ordered to something you question, by all means, question it. I think that's fantastic. But the argument here is that this was specifically about immigration enforcement. It was about the protective principle. It was about ICE operations.
In response, Trump melted down and claimed the lawmakers were guilty of seditious behavior punishable by death. Yikes.
Now initially, I was incorrect. I said no sedition is punishable by — I believe it's up to, like, 10 years in prison. However, I think it's UCMJ where sedition can be punishable by death. It's a pretty aggressive statement from Donald Trump and wholly inappropriate in my opinion. I know a lot of people are gonna agree with him on this one. Guys, Trump should not be posting on social media that he thinks these people should face the death penalty over this.
Now there's an argument on the right as to why they should. And that is they're literally advocating for the military to defy Trump because they have been saying now for years everything Trump has done. Years. I mean, literally. I mean, I know he's in his first term, but I'm saying going back. They said his orders are illegal. Well, they've not actually proven that they've only asserted it. So the challenge now is you take a look at the situation, say, with Renee Good. She was, by all accounts, it appears, breaking the law. Now people have argued, but she was turning the wheel to the right and trying to escape. Indeed, it is a felony, to resist and evade arrest, under federal law.