Chapter 1: What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
Live from NPR News in Washington, I'm Corva Coleman. Congressional Democrats are condemning President Trump's call for the death of a group of six Democratic lawmakers who released a video. The Democrats are former military members or served in intelligence roles.
Chapter 2: What recent controversy involves President Trump and Democratic lawmakers?
In the video, they said members of the military and the intelligence community can refuse orders from the Trump administration if the orders are illegal. Trump was incensed. He wrote online, this is sedition and it's punishable by death. House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries.
We had patriotic members of the House and the Senate have their lives threatened by Donald Trump in the most unhinged, unacceptable, unconscionable, and un-American way.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said that President Trump was only expressing his frustration and concern.
The words that the president chose are not the ones that I would use, okay? Obviously, I don't think that these are crimes punishable by death or any of that.
But the speaker said the video by the Democratic lawmakers was unprecedented and should be called out. President Trump will meet with New York City Mayor-elect Zoran Mamdani in the Oval Office today. It's the first in-person meeting between them. But NPR's Elena Moore reports they've already repeatedly clashed leading up to today's visit.
Trump has been a vocal opponent of Mamdani. He argues that the 34-year-old Democratic Socialist is too extreme, falsely calling him a communist, and in the lead-up to Election Day, even threatened to pull the city's federal funding if Mamdani won. It's a narrative that Mamdani has pushed back on, vowing to carry out his agenda focused on lowering the cost of living.
He spoke about the upcoming White House visit to reporters on Thursday.
My team reached out to the White House to set up this meeting because I will work with anyone to make life more affordable for the more than 8.5 million people who call this city home.
Mamdani's meeting with Trump comes just over a month before he takes office on January 1st. Elena Moore, NPR News.
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