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Tim Kaine: “Donald Trump is trying to claim that that basic statement of…”

Featuring: Tim Kaine, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Virginia

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Trump's Call for Violence

Published | Video Starts at 00:28

Before they were in office, they said something pretty plain, that members of the military are obligated to follow legal orders, but they're not obligated to follow illegal orders. And Donald Trump is trying to claim that that basic statement of clearly what is the law and what is the oath that they take is somehow seditious or traitorous behavior. The president has even encouraged violence against my two Senate colleagues, even suggesting that they should be murdered. (00:28–00:42)

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Asserts that Donald Trump claims the statement about military orders is seditious or traitorous.

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