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

[Eugene]

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.

Link to tweet

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

[CurtEastPoint]

1. The six...

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]

2. K & R for visibility

Rec rec rec

[Beartracks]

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

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

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[Norrrm]

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

[Lovie777]

5. Fight for democracy......

[buzzycrumbhunger]

6. Soooo....

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]

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

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.

[jfz9580m]

11. "Je m'en vais, mais l'tat demeurera toujours"

That, I am not holding my breath on, from this guy .

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. Voters think pardons for Jan 6 protesters is a "terrible, terrible, terrible" idea.

Link to tweet

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[Bev54]

9. I think Americans should be overwhelming alarmed over Trump and his admin

every hour of every day.

[Cha]

10. Fucking Traitor to the USA Better NOT.