CNN hack Abby Phillip found herself in hot water during an exchange with conservative commentator Curt Schilling, as she attempted to defend congressional Democrats’ controversial video urging the military and intelligence community to defy “illegal orders” from President Donald Trump.
Philip was absolutely torched for excusing what Trump officials have blasted as outright sedition and calls for insurrection.
The clash underscores the fake news network’s desperation to spin Democrats’ vague fear-mongering as noble, even as it ignores the real threat to the chain of command posed by their agitation.
Schilling laid into the Dems’ stunt: “The military does NOT have a right to undermine the chief!”
Phillip shot back: “In this country you DO get to undermine POTUS!”
Schilling wasn’t having it: “Not in the military! He’s the commander-in-chief!”
Phillip doubled down, fumbling: “No, no, no. If you’re a member of Congress? You DO have a right to undermine the president.”
Schilling hammered home the point: “They are calling for the MILITARY to undermine the commander-in-chief!”
? HOLY CRAP! CNN's Abby Phillip DEFENDS Democrats' calls for insurrection and sedition from the CIA and military, gets GRILLED for doing so pic.twitter.com/1ahfHu29N1
— Eric Daugherty (@EricLDaugh) November 22, 2025
SCHILLING: The military does NOT have a right to undermine the chief!
PHILLIP: In this country you DO get to…
The exchange ended with Schilling’s righteous fury: “Why is CNN defending insurrection? This is vile behavior. Stop excusing it.”
This debacle revolves around a viral video from Democrats including Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ), Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI), Rep. Jason Crow (D-CO), Rep. Chris Deluzio (D-PA), and Rep. Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA)—all with military or intel ties—who solemnly warned service members: “Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders.”
They further accused Trump of pitting the military “against American citizens” without citing a single actual unlawful order.
As we highlighted, Fox News’ Martha MacCallum eviscerated Crow for his vagueness, pressing: “What specific order from the commander in chief… are you objecting to? This is very, very vague.”
Crow dodged with “allusions” to past Trump comments but admitted no concrete illegal orders exist, claiming they’re just “preparing” troops for hypotheticals.
Senior Trump advisor Stephen Miller raged that this is incitement to rebellion: “It’s a general call for rebellion from the CIA and the Armed Services… It is insurrection. Plainly, directly, without question!”
He slammed Dems as a “third world party” that “don’t believe in systems, they don’t believe in rules, they don’t believe in laws. They believe in whatever keeps them in power,” even a “military insurrection or a CIA insurrection.”
CNN’s defense comes amid their broader hoax-pushing, with JakeTapper twisting Trump’s reminder that sedition could be “punishable by death” into a literal threat—prompting absurd “clarifications” from Reuters that Trump doesn’t actually want to kill opponents.
Phillip’s flailing attempt to justify undermining the commander-in-chief exposes CNN’s bias: they’ll excuse Dems inciting chaos while hyperventilating over Trump’s lawful pushback.
As Schilling rightly calls out, this is “vile behavior”—and it’s why trust in fake news outlets like CNN is in the toilet.
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