Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., and House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., left, hold a news conference on the GOP reconciliation bill, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, June 11, 2025. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
He later posted, "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!" and reposted a user who wrote "HANG THEM GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD."
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said on the Senate floor that Trump was explicitly calling "for the execution of elected officials. This is an outright threat, and it's deadly serious."
"Every time Donald Trump posts things like this, he makes political violence more likely," Schumer said.
"When Donald Trump uses the language of execution and treason, some of his supporters may very well listen," he continued. "He is lighting a match in a country soaked with political gasoline."
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Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) rehearses the Democratic response to President Donald Trump's address to a joint session of Congress on March 4, 2025 in Wyandotte, Michigan. (Paul Sancya - Pool/Getty Images)
Republicans and members of the Trump administration pounced on the video, with some demanding that the lawmakers provide specifics.
The video came on the heels of rising questions among lawmakers about the legality of President Donald Trump’s authorization of strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, and in the wake of the administration’s deployment of the National Guard to blue cities across the country.
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It also follows an uptick in political violence in the country over the last few years, notably two attempted assassinations against Trump, the assassination of Charlie Kirk and a dramatic increase in threats against members of Congress.
Fox News Digital reached out to each of the six congressional Democrats and the White House for comment but did not immediately hear back.
Alex Miller is a writer for Fox News Digital covering the U.S. Senate.
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