Democrats Accused of Encouraging 'Military Coup' with Coordinated Message to Armed Services Personnel

Democrats have now crossed a line that, until recently, most Americans assumed even they would never dare approach. After a decade of obsessively chasing Donald Trump and demonizing his supporters, they’ve taken the next logical — and most dangerous — step in their crusade.

On Tuesday, a stunning video appeared on X featuring six elected Democrats speaking directly to members of the U.S. military and intelligence community. Their message, delivered with rehearsed calm and unmistakable intent, echoed what many users immediately recognized as an attempt to justify — if not encourage — the seeds of a military revolt.

In the video, four House Democrats — Reps. Chris Deluzio (PA), Maggie Goodlander (NH), Chrissy Houlahan (PA), and Jason Crow (CO) — joined Sens. Elissa Slotkin (MI) and Mark Kelly (AZ). All six read from what was clearly a coordinated script framing the sitting Trump administration as a threat to the Constitution.

Slotkin opened with a soft-spoken but ominous line: “We know you are under enormous stress and pressure right now.”

Next came a bizarre sermon about “trust” in the military supposedly being at risk — but risked by whom? According to Democrats, by the very administration elected by the American people.

Then they delivered the line that sent shockwaves across X:

“This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens.”

It was a claim not supported by facts, but it paved the way for the real purpose of the video: telling service members to disobey the Commander-in-Chief.

“You can refuse illegal orders,” the Democrats insisted.
Then again, more forcefully: “You must refuse illegal orders.”

The script essentially portrayed Trump’s presidency as a constitutional crisis and military noncompliance as patriotic duty — a framing unheard of since the 1860s.

The six lawmakers cast themselves as compassionate allies, pretending to empathize with the supposed “difficulty” of serving under Trump. They told military and intelligence personnel that their vigilance — not obedience to the elected president — was what the American people needed. And they closed with a theatrical naval slogan: “Don’t give up the ship.”

Conservatives immediately recognized the messaging for what it was.

Judicial Watch President Tom Fitton called out the left for “promoting a military coup.”

Former Trump advisor Stephen Miller accused them of “openly calling for insurrection.”
Ex-Trump campaign manager Brad Parscale summed up the national reaction: “Could you imagine the outcry if Trump ever tried this?”

Others labeled the behavior “mutiny,” “treason,” or “an attempted pretext for disobedience within the chain of command.”

To be clear, Democrats have spent years building toward this moment. When you constantly describe Trump supporters as fascists, Nazis, or domestic threats, you eventually convince not only your base — but yourselves — that extraordinary measures are justified. The gleeful reaction among left-wing extremists to the Sept. 10 assassination of conservative Christian leader Charlie Kirk only underscored how dangerously unmoored parts of the Democratic coalition have become.

There is still time for Democrats to rediscover restraint, but videos like this reveal a party racing toward political brinkmanship. Whether they push the country over that brink — and whether they regret it — remains to be seen.