A former Democratic House Representative accused MAGA members of "lying" about President Donald Trump's latest threat to lawmakers during an interview on Friday morning.
Earlier this week, Trump threatened Democratic lawmakers who told military members that they don't have to follow illegal orders, saying the comments amounted to "seditious behavior" and could be "punishable by death." Several GOP members, including those closely aligned with Trump and the MAGA movement, claimed they didn't see the president's comments, which Max Rose, who represented New York's 11th Congressional District from 2019 to 2021, found hard to believe.
Rose discussed the GOP and MAGA's response to Trump's comments in a new interview on MS Now.
"These people are lying there," Rose said after host Ana Cabrera showed a montage video of Republicans denying that they saw Trump's threat.
"I've never met a federal representative who does not check the news every 20 minutes," he added. "They have tens of staff members whose only job is to update them on what's going on, and then they boldface lie because they're so afraid of this president. They're so afraid of a potential primary. They're so afraid of some backlash from a maga extremist that could potentially call them or even tweet at them. That's how fragile they are."
