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Eugene

(66,789 posts) Sun Dec 7, 2025, 07:07 PM Dec 7

Americans are overwhelmingly alarmed by Trump's calls to arrest these 6 Democrats for 'sedition': New poll

Source: NJ.com

Americans are overwhelmingly alarmed by Trump’s calls to arrest these 6 Democrats for ‘sedition’: New poll

Nick Moyle
Sun, December 7, 2025 at 7:37 AM EST
2 min read

More Americans back the Democratic Congress members who urged U.S. service members to refuse unlawful orders than support President Donald Trump’s claim that those legislators were committing sedition, according to a new Economist/YouGov poll.

The survey found that 46% of Americans approved of the Democrats’ message, while 39% disapproved and 15% were unsure. Americans viewed Trump’s response less favorably, with 26% saying they approved and 59% saying they disapproved, a net approval of -33.

The Economist/YouGov poll’s findings come amid an extraordinary conflict between the president and a group of six Democrats who in November released a joint video calling on service members to “refuse illegal orders” that might be issued by the Trump administration.

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In a series of Truth Social posts, Trump accused the Democrats of engaging in “seditious behavior" that was “punishable by death.”

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Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/americans-siding-democrats-over-trump-110055022.html

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Americans are overwhelmingly alarmed by Trump's calls to arrest these 6 Democrats for 'sedition': New poll (Original Post) Eugene Dec 7 OP

The six... CurtEastPoint Dec 7 #1

K & R for visibility malaise Dec 7 #2

How ANY Republican can support the claim that quoting the Constitution is sedition... Beartracks Dec 7 #3

Trump, you don't have the balls, PAB. Arrest them! You own the DOJ and the AG. Norrrm Dec 7 #4

Fight for democracy...... Lovie777 Dec 7 #5

Soooo.... buzzycrumbhunger Dec 7 #6

What passes for his reasoning behind calling these six "seditious" MLWR Dec 7 #7

"Je m'en vais, mais l'tat demeurera toujours" jfz9580m Dec 7 #11

Voters think pardons for Jan 6 protesters is a "terrible, terrible, terrible" idea. LetMyPeopleVote Dec 7 #8

I think Americans should be overwhelming alarmed over Trump and his admin Bev54 Dec 7 #9

Fucking Traitor to the USA Better NOT. Cha Dec 7 #10

CurtEastPoint

(19,849 posts)

1. The six...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 07:12 PM

Dec 7

Sens. Elissa Slotkin (Mich.) and Mark Kelly (Ariz.), and Reps. Jason Crow (Colo.), Chrissy Houlahan (Pa.), Chris Deluzio (Pa.) and Maggie Goodlander (N.H.) – all military veterans and former intelligence officials

malaise

(292,682 posts)

2. K & R for visibility

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 07:25 PM

Dec 7

Rec rec rec

Beartracks

(14,344 posts)

3. How ANY Republican can support the claim that quoting the Constitution is sedition...

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 07:39 PM

Dec 7

... is simply mind-blowing, and quite revealing about that Republican's relationship with democracy.

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Norrrm

(3,981 posts)

4. Trump, you don't have the balls, PAB. Arrest them! You own the DOJ and the AG.

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 07:41 PM

Dec 7

Lovie777

(21,716 posts)

5. Fight for democracy......

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 07:59 PM

Dec 7

buzzycrumbhunger

(1,648 posts)

6. Soooo....

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 08:04 PM

Dec 7

They’ll be right on board if we ever get our shit together and actually do something about the orange bawbag calling for sedition on Jan 6 and everything beyond, right? *eyeroll*

MLWR

(770 posts)

7. What passes for his reasoning behind calling these six "seditious"

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Sun Dec 7, 2025, 08:10 PM

Dec 7

is that he actually believes "l'etat c'est moi." Thus, if you cross HIM, you are against America. This is, of course, the largest pile of unadulterated bullshit ever conceived of by a POTUS in a democratic republic but there it is. He needs to be disabused of his beliefs in his own personal imporance.