Journalist Matt Taibbi on the Democrats’ ‘Defy Illegal Orders’ Message: ‘Reminds Me of the Beginning of Russiagate’ (VIDEO)

It has been three days since a handful of Democrats released a bizarre video where they told members of the U.S. Military that it’s OK to refuse supposedly ‘illegal’ orders from President Trump, the Commander in Chief.

None of them have been able to even specify what they are talking about and lots of people, including Trump, have suggested that they engaged in sedition.

Journalist Matt Taibbi, who was instrumental in releasing the Twitter Files, feels like he is walking down memory lane. In a recent conversation with podcaster Emily Jashinsky, Taibbi said that this reminds him of the beginning of the Russia collusion hoax.

The Daily Caller has more details:

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…

“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.”

“That’s beyond insubordinate or unhelpful? It reminds me again of the beginning of Russiagate when there were all these leaks about encouraging people not to share intelligence with the United States,” he continued. “Yes, that made Trump look bad, but it also made the United States look weak and vulnerable and sent the signal that the country was in schism and maybe the government was not stable. Is that what they’re trying to project? I mean, is that right? I don’t think so.”

Watch the video below:

NEW: @mtaibbi tells @emilyjashinsky that Dems' call for military to *DISOBEY TRUMP* reminds him of "BEGINNING OF RUSSIAGATE"

"It's such blatant, bad, overwrought propaganda … It reminds me again of the beginning of Russiagate when there were all these leaks about… pic.twitter.com/57wvbFZLVm

— Jason Cohen (@JasonJournoDC) November 21, 2025

This makes sense if you think of what the Democrats are doing as a distraction, meant to stall Trump’s agenda. One thing no one knows yet it who came up with this idea? Who planned and coordinated it? These are important questions that must be answered.

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