"Treason"

Words, and their meaning, matter little to President Trump.

For example, he likes to throw around words like "treason," and "sedition."

In November, he attacked six Democratic lawmakers for a video they posted, in which they reminded members of the military that illegal orders should not be followed.  

Trump wrote, on social media, that the comments by the six lawmakers constituted "SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!"

Over time, he has claimed that many others have committed treason--including Barack Obama, Nancy Pelosi, Mark Milley, and the members of the January 6th congressional committee.

Tonight he will be giving his State of the Union address.

The week after his 2018 State of the Union address, he delivered a speech in Ohio, during which he attacked Democrats for their lack of a response, during his State of the Union speech.

As The Washington Post reported, at the time:

BLUE ASH, Ohio — President Trump on Monday lambasted Democrats who did not applaud as he relayed positive numbers about black and Hispanic unemployment during his State of the Union address, accusing them of being "un-American" and "treasonous."

"Even on positive news like that, really positive news like that, they were like death and un-American," Trump said here as he went off script during a speech on tax cuts. "Somebody said 'treasonous.' I mean, yeah, I guess, why not? Shall we call that treason? Why not? I mean, they certainly didn't seem to love our country very much."