EPISODE · Apr 7, 2026 · 10 MIN
What are the Democrats focused on right now? War crimes!
from The Charlie James Show Podcast
In the hours leading up to the 8 p.m. deadline for Iran, Democrats have shifted their focus to condemning President Trump's latest rhetoric as a "threat to commit a war crime". Outrage was sparked by the President’s social media post warning that a "whole civilization will die tonight" if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened, a statement top Democrats like Hakeem Jeffries and Chuck Schumer have branded as "unhinged" and "disgusting". Lawmakers such as Rep. Jim McGovern and Rep. Rashida Tlaib have explicitly called these threats "illegal under international law" and "genocidal," leading to a surge in Democratic calls for drastic measures, including invoking the 25th Amendment or initiating impeachment proceedings. Currently, Democratic leadership is pressuring House Speaker Mike Johnson to end the spring recess immediately so Congress can vote to strip the President of his war powers and prevent what they describe as a "reckless war of choice".
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00:00 Kuwait is telling their citizens to stay inside unless it is of the utmost necessity to go outside. The entire Middle East right now is just absolutely on pins and needles. And what are the Democrats focused on? Two words, war crimes. War crimes. 00:22 So I want you to listen, these are these idiots over there on CNN. Here we go. But you know, it's interesting. There's been a lot of reporting on war crimes by the media and almost all of them are only about whether the US will commit a war crime. No focus on Iran and its continued committing of war crimes. I think everybody understands that Iran is constantly engaging in... 00:41 human rights violations, crimes. Where are protesters? Where are the guns? Where Are you guys really trying to equate the United States and Iran in terms of our conduct of wars? No, think you are. No, no, no, no. What I'm saying is that actually... people all over this country protesting supposing human rights abuses in the Middle East, but they're nowhere to be found for Iran. But you know, it's interesting. Yeah, nowhere. Oh, it's human rights abuses. Nobody ever talks about the human rights abuses of Iran. 01:12 So now, because President Trump is talking about taking out some of the infrastructure over there, bridges, power plants, now all of a sudden it's war crimes. And they are out there telling, I had to... 01:29 I really didn't know the lady. I don't know if I'd ever actually met her in person, but she was a friend of mine on Facebook, right? And she posted the other day to something like, to our military members refuse these orders. And I was like, well, guess what? You're gone. You have just joined the Seditious Six. 01:58 And by the way, the Seditious Six looks like, and you remember those folks, they came online telling everybody, know, disobey illegal orders. What illegal orders? Oh, we don't know of any illegal orders. We're just telling people not to follow illegal orders. You mean for no obvious reason? Yeah, that's right. For no obvious reason, we're telling people not to follow illegal orders. But you can't prove any illegal orders. No, no, we're not even saying they happened. 02:27 We're just saying don't follow them. Oh, OK. They did that for a reason. They did it for a reason and now we've got another one. Here's Jesse Waters. They're back. The seditious six is now seven. They've got a new member, Senator Jeff Merkley. He didn't like Trump's Easter message to Iran, so he's telling our men in uniform to go AWOL quote to our military leaders. Remember this. 02:53 you are legally required to refuse orders to commit war crimes. So what's a war crime? Alyssa Slotkin, one of the original six, says it's as simple as turning off the enemy's lights. The Times agrees. Are you concerned that your threat to bomb power plants and bridges amount to No, no, no, no, no, no. I hope I don't have to do it. Mentally, these are disturbed people. If you think I'm going to allow them, and powerful and rich, to have a... 03:22 nuclear weapon, you can tell your friends at the New York Times not going to happen. So Merkley is out there. it's what? See, that's the new. Ah, that's the new catchphrase of the day. The new catchphrase of the day, war crimes. It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter what this man does. Doesn't matter what this man does, they're going to be against it. If Trump's for it. 03:52 They hate it. If Trump does it, they try to claim in some way it's a crime. 04:00 So now you've got Jeff Merkley out there, oh, it's a war crime. So that's another seven. And if you add, you know, my former person I followed over on Facebook, that's eight, and it's probably a lot more. War crimes? Huh, okay. Okay, well, that's interesting. That's interesting because Mark Kelly, remember Mark Kelly? He was one of the seditious six. um Mark Kelly, 04:29 actually did what they're talking about. Here's retired firefighter, retired fighter pilot, Wizz Buckley. Well, good afternoon, Emi ...
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