Matt Taibbi Explains How Democrats’ Call For Military To Defy Trump Resembles Russiagate

Journalist Matt Taibbi on Wednesday said that Democrats’ call for the military and intelligence community to disobey President Donald Trump’s administration was reminiscent of the start of Russiagate.

Democratic Michigan Sen. Elissa Slotkin posted a video to X on Tuesday in which she and five congressional colleagues — all with prior military or intelligence experience — instructed service members and intelligence personnel to “refuse illegal orders.” Taibbi said on the “After Party with Emily Jashinsky” podcast that the video reminded him of Russiagate because of how it weakens the credibility of the United States.

“It’s such blatant, bad, overwrought propaganda. And this whole idea of you can refuse to obey illegal orders — well, that’s always been true. And we’ve had a gazillion uh illegalities in government that the Democrats didn’t say a word about for decades,” Taibbi said. “So why now? And also just this general notion of encouraging an uprising essentially — I don’t know. I mean, there are so many things about modern 🏛️Politics that just make you shake your head and say we’re just in this new territory. I don’t even know how to think about it, honestly.”