Dem Senator Crosses a Line That Should End His Career
Unbelievable doesn’t even scratch it.
Democrat Sen. Ruben Gallego sat in an interview and delivered what amounted to a mob threat to the US military: “If you follow Trump’s orders, we’ll punish you later.”
That isn’t oversight. That’s political blackmail aimed directly at the chain of command.
His exact words:
> “Donald Trump is going to be gone in a couple of years… and if you’re part of the military… there will be consequences — without a doubt.”
Translation: Obey the Commander-in-Chief and Democrats will come for you when they claw back power.
A sitting senator threatening US troops for carrying out lawful orders isn’t just disgraceful — it’s seditious. It’s insurrectionist. And it’s the kind of anti-constitutional rot that should have the Senate, the DOJ, and the voters lining up to show him the exit.
And here’s the part Gallego and his defenders don’t want to talk about:
There are mechanisms to remove people like this. Real ones. Constitutional ones. And they exist specifically for conduct like this.
Congress can expel him
Article I, Section 5 gives Congress full authority to remove a member with a two-thirds vote.
Grounds are whatever the chamber deems incompatible with the office: coercion, abuse of power, misconduct, undermining lawful government authority — all of which his threat fits neatly under.
Federal law can come into play
Threatening federal officers (which includes US troops) for performing their duties crosses legal lines:
- 18 USC § 372 – intimidation or interference with federal officers
- 18 USC § 2385 – conduct that undermines lawful authority
Federal coercion/threat statutes – apply to anyone, elected or not
Gallego isn’t immune from any of this.
Ethics investigations can force removal
The Senate Ethics Committee can:
- censure
- reprimand
- refer criminal conduct
- and support expulsion
Threatening the military’s constitutional chain of command is as serious as it gets.
The Fourteenth Amendment’s disqualification clause
Section 3 disqualifies any federal official who engages in conduct hostile to the functioning of lawful government authority.
You don’t need a riot for that.
A senator trying to intimidate the military into political obedience qualifies as exactly the kind of danger the clause was written to prevent.
In short
Gallego didn’t “misspeak.”
He revealed a mindset completely incompatible with public office.
Anyone who threatens US service members for doing their duty should be removed — by the Senate, by ethics action, by prosecution, or by constitutional disqualification.
This isn’t just dangerous.
It’s un-American.
It’s disqualifying.
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