Eric Swalwell likens Trump to his 8-year-old son while justifying Dem lawmakers' 'seditious' video

WASHINGTON, DC: Democratic California Rep Eric Swalwell compared President Donald Trump to his eight-year-old son on Monday, November 24, while adding that the POTUS has "made illegal orders".

Speaking on MS NOW, Swalwell said that the POTUS was "telling on himself" by his reaction to six Democratic lawmakers who posted a video calling on the US military and intelligence community to reject "illegal orders".

Eric Swalwell says Trump throwing a 'tantrum' over Dem video

Eric Swalwell said Trump was throwing a "tantrum" by accusing the six Democrats of "sedition". He further proceeded to invoke the January 6, 2021, riot to justify his assertion that the POTUS gave "illegal orders" in the past.

On 'The Weeknight', co-host Symone Sanders-Townsend asked Eric Swalwell whether it is "reasonable to fear" that the president is giving illegal orders.

"He’s telling on himself. The reaction that the president has had to service members telling other service members, ‘You don’t have to follow an illegal order,’ and then his reaction is telling on himself," Swalwell replied. 

He added, "Look, I think of my eight-year-old. I will tell him sometimes, if I’m working downstairs and he’s upstairs, like, ‘I better not find out that you’re on YouTube’ if he finds his way to a screen. If he throws a tantrum or if he loses it, and sometimes he does."

Swalwell further said, "I’m like, 'OK, well, you’ve been on YouTube like you just told on yourself, otherwise you wouldn’t care'. The president is throwing a tantrum here and making these threats because he has made illegal orders in the past. Remember, in his first term, where he asked his military members why he couldn’t just shoot protesters, he clearly illegally, you know, aimed a mob at the Capitol after January 6." 

The Democratic lawmakers who were in the viral video are Senators Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Mark Kelly of Arizona, as well as Reps Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania, Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire, and Jason Crow of Colorado. 

In the clip, they repeatedly urged military and intelligence personnel to "refuse illegal orders" and to not "give up the ship".

They added, "Because now more than ever, the American people need you. We need you to stand up for our laws, our Constitution, and who we are as Americans."

Trump shares video showing six Democrats behind bars

Donald Trump posted a video on social media showing all six Democratic lawmakers behind bars, claiming they had encouraged disobedience within the military and the CIA.

The video followed a 90-second clip released by the lawmakers themselves, including Elissa Slotkin, a former CIA officer, where they called on service members to uphold the Constitution if confronted with illegal directives.

After the lawmakers shared the video last week, the POTUS quickly fired back and wrote in a Truth Social post, "The traitors that told the military to disobey my orders should be in jail right now." 

He argued that the lawmakers were attempting to undermine his authority as commander-in-chief, and insisted that there was "no other interpretation" of their remarks and again claimed their actions amounted to sedition.

He had earlier written a post that read, "Seditious behavior, punishable by death!".