Speaker Johnson: Denounce Trump’s Death Threats Against Dems

Donald Trump’s rhetoric toward Democrats is becoming increasingly unhinged and dangerously violent — and now it has crossed a line no president in modern American history has crossed.

First, Democrats released a video warning U.S. troops to resist illegal orders from Donald Trump — a constitutional safeguard rooted in the duty to refuse unlawful commands.

Then, Trump escalated by calling for Democrats to be executed for “sedition,” openly demanding the death penalty for his political opponents.

Now, Speaker Mike Johnson is making excuses for Trump’s rhetoric and shifting the blame onto Democrats instead of condemning a sitting president’s threats of political violence.

Tell Speaker Mike Johnson: Denounce Trump’s death threats against Democrats. Reject political violence. Stand up for democracy before it is too late.

Trump’s call for the death penalty is a direct threat against elected officials and millions of Americans who support them — something no prominent Democrat has ever come close to endorsing in the modern era.

And the timing could not be more dangerous. In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, Republican leaders have been warning about the consequences of incendiary rhetoric. Yet Trump — the President of the United States — is now promoting far more extreme, explicit, and authoritarian violence than anything Democrats have said. Political violence cannot be condemned on Monday and excused on Tuesday.

If Speaker Johnson refuses to denounce Trump’s statements, he is telling the country that threats of execution are acceptable political discourse. He is signaling to extremists that violence is permissible. And he is abandoning his responsibility to protect Congress, safeguard democracy, and defend the rule of law.

Tell Speaker Johnson to choose country over Trump. Condemn these death threats now — before Trump’s words become someone else’s actions.