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Billboards Promote ‘Illegal Orders’ Message as Pentagon Official Warns of Deadly Outcomes

A Republican member of the House Armed Services Committee urges service members, ‘Don’t fall for it.’
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Billboards Promote ‘Illegal Orders’ Message as Pentagon Official Warns of Deadly Outcomes
Members of the National Guard stand watch at the intersection of B.B. King Boulevard and Beale Street in Memphis, Tenn., on Oct. 24, 2025. George Walker IV /AP Photo
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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A top Pentagon adviser warned about the potential for deadly consequences of the so-called illegal orders campaign pioneered by some Democratic lawmakers, even as billboards are promoting the same messages outside military bases and near deportation operations in several states.

Service members who must make split-second decisions shouldn’t have to worry, Eric Geressy, a senior advisor to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, told The Epoch Times on Dec. 3.

Darlene McCormick Sanchez
Darlene McCormick Sanchez
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Darlene McCormick Sanchez is an Epoch Times reporter who covers border security and immigration, election integrity, and Texas politics. Ms. McCormick Sanchez has 20 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including Waco Tribune Herald, Tampa Tribune, and Waterbury Republican-American. She was a finalist for a Pulitzer prize for investigative reporting.