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Democratic Lawmakers Call On Military Members, Intelligence Community to ‘Refuse Illegal Orders’

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Democratic Lawmakers Call On Military Members, Intelligence Community to ‘Refuse Illegal Orders’
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Jackson Richman
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Joseph Lord
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WASHINGTON—Six Democratic lawmakers have called on members of the military and the intelligence community to disobey “illegal orders” from the top command.

A video was released on X on Nov. 18 featuring Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Reps. Chrissy Houlahan (D-Pa.), Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.), Chris Deluzio (D-Pa.), and Jason Crow (D-Colo.). Each of these lawmakers served in the military or the intelligence community.
Jackson Richman is a Washington correspondent for The Epoch Times. In addition to Washington politics, he covers the intersection of politics and sports/sports and culture. He previously was a writer at Mediaite and Washington correspondent at Jewish News Syndicate. His writing has also appeared in The Washington Examiner. He is an alum of George Washington University.
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