Upon the video's November release, President Trump calling the message punishable by death and resharing a social media post calling for participants in in the video to be hanged. Trump later saying he was not threatening death. I said something that the president and Pete Hegseth didn't like, and because of that, president said, I should be hanged. I should be prosecuted. This is un American. And this sends a chilling message. How do you respond to critics who say your message risks being read through a partisan lens inside what should be a nonpartisan military? (01:08–01:20)
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Asserts that President Trump suggested he should be hanged and prosecuted for his statements.
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