The Democratic Party, having failed yet again to defeat President Trump at the ballot box, appears to have settled on its next-best option: stoking the conditions for a military revolt by endlessly insisting the president is issuing “illegal orders” to the armed forces. After weeks of breathless rhetoric, Democrats still can’t point to a single actual illegal order—because none exist. Orders they dislike, or that their activist judges disapprove of, are not illegal. But facts aren’t the point. The real objective is to pressure members of the military to crack and turn against a duly elected commander in chief.
That dangerous game has now escalated. A left-wing activist group has reportedly put up billboards near Florida military bases, once again warning troops about supposedly “illegal orders”:
U.S. military bases in Florida targeted by controversial billboards urging troops to question Trump orders — FLVoice pic.twitter.com/WmK0ciuvMz
— NewsWire (@NewsWire_US) December 27, 2025
And more than a few people think this is not “free speech and expression” but blatant sedition (I happen to be one of them):
A pair of left-leaning nonprofit organizations has launched a billboard campaign near military bases in Florida aimed at advising U.S. service members on what the groups call “manifestly unlawful orders.”
The campaign, funded by Defiance.org and WhistleblowerAid.org, has placed signs near MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa and military installations near Doral, Fla. One billboard reads: “Obey Only Lawful Orders.” Organizers say the effort, part of a $50,000 initiative, is designed to educate troops on their legal rights and connect them to independent legal support.
Miles Taylor, a former Department of Homeland Security chief of staff and co-founder of Defiance.org, said the campaign is meant to serve as a “constitutional alarm bell” for service members who may be asked to follow illegal orders.
The campaign comes after U.S. airstrikes on suspected drug-smuggling boats in the Caribbean and Latin America, actions that some Democratic lawmakers have criticized as illegal under international law. The White House maintains the strikes were lawful.
Beyond billboards, the nonprofits are saturating the surrounding communities with mobile ads, gas-pump screens, fitness club postings, and other local media. Scott Goodstein, former social media strategist for former President Barack Obama, said the goal is to “surround” military communities with information to ensure maximum exposure.
As usual, the Left is perfectly happy to have other people—this time the men and women in uniform—put their freedom on the line to advance a political agenda. The activists pushing this nonsense won’t face a court-martial or years in prison for disobeying lawful orders, and they clearly don’t care if service members do.
As one social media user noted, picking Florida for this stunt was probably a poor decision. Ron DeSantis has made it clear he has zero tolerance for attempts to undermine the military or sow chaos around America’s bases, and that kind of borderline sedition isn’t likely to be met with a shrug:
https://x.com/_Z3R0COOL/status/2004918418101993874
https://x.com/LaocoonsJournal/status/2005060478033330405
“This is provocative, even seditious. At best it’s making a mockery of the authority of the president and the federal government, and it shouldn’t be tolerated, even if it’s just a fundraising campaign.A serious country wouldn’t allow this,” the Laocoons Journal account continued.
The military is one of the most trusted institutions by public perception. This will erode that and we will no longer trust anything or anyone. https://t.co/UIqusMI5mz
— Captain James Williams (@CapJWilliams) December 27, 2025
Democrats have a long track record of tearing down public trust in America’s institutions. They’ve done it to schools, the media, and the healthcare system—so why wouldn’t they turn their sights on the military next?
This reckless “illegal orders” rhetoric doesn’t exist in a vacuum. It very likely helped fuel the climate that led to the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., the day before Thanksgiving. One of those soldiers, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, later died from her wounds.
When left-wing Democrat activists spend weeks telling people that lawful authority is illegitimate, this is the kind of tragic outcome that becomes possible.
