Democrats and Republicans heard two very different takeaways when a group of Democratic lawmakers called on U.S. servicemembers not to carry out certain orders in a video that went viral on social media on Tuesday.

Rep. Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., one of the lawmakers featured in the video, expressed exasperation with how critics had framed its message. 

"I’m not telling people to ignore orders," Houlahan said on Wednesday. "I’m enormously frustrated with the way that this very sensible video is being interpreted in a really insidious way." 

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Houlahan, alongside five other Democrats with military or intelligence experience, had encouraged servicemembers to not carry out unlawful orders.

"The threats to our constitution aren’t just coming from abroad but from right here at home. Our laws are clear: you can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our constitution," the lawmakers said.

"Don’t give up the ship," the video added — a reference to a phrase used by the Navy.

Houlahan was joined by Sen. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., and Rep. Maggie Goodlander, D-NH.

The video did not give an example of what specific kinds of orders servicemembers might have to refuse. 

In a separate post to X, Slotkin hinted that servicemembers asked to carry out airstrikes off the coast of Venezuela might be engaging in illegal strikes and said that some pilots had expressed concern about their involvement.

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Republicans responding to the exhortation mocked it as an example of Democratic paranoia towards Trump.

"[It’s] Stage 4 TDS," Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said in a post to X, referring to Trump derangement syndrome — a moniker for the Democrat fixation on the president.

Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., said the call sounded politically charged.

"At the end of the day, they’re mad the American people chose Trump and now they’re calling on the Military and Intelligence Community to intervene. Sounds a little ‘subversive to democracy’-ish," Schmitt said. 

When asked about the video, Sen. Jack Reed, D-RI, the ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that he supports the exhortation in principle but noted that it’s sometimes difficult to parse out what’s permissible and what isn’t. 

"You can’t disobey the constitution," Reed said. "The issue though, on a practical sense to me, is that determination is often very difficult to make."

The Democrats who made the video believe the video said they had a very specific standard in mind. 

When asked what kinds of orders servicemembers should ignore, Crow, one of the lawmakers in the video, pointed to the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).

"The purpose is to remind people of their oath and their obligation to the Constitution and their obligations under the UCMJ, which are very clear," Crow said. 

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The UCMJ, passed by Congress in 1951, governs a gamut of things servicemembers can get penalized for, ranging from desertion to committing war crimes. The video posted by the lawmakers on Tuesday does not mention the UCMJ by name.

Houlahan said that code should clearly delineate what’s permissible and what isn’t.

"Well, as an example, we are not supposed to use our military against our own citizens. Full stop. This is why the Uniform Code of Miliary Justice exists," Houlahan said.

She noted that there are ways for servicemembers to appeal orders they are concerned about.

"You have an obligation to know and respect your chain of command. You do have, however, a chain of command that you can go through where you can elevate those requests if you believe them not to be either lawful or appropriate, and that’s what I’m encouraging and my colleagues are encouraging people to do," Houlahan said.

The Department of War did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

— Jasmine Baehr contributed to this report

Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, is facing backlash on social media and labeled the "worst candidate possible" after she botched her facts while trying to tie Republicans to Jeffrey Epstein donations during remarks on the House floor. 

After a tranche of Epstein-related documents were released earlier this week, Del. Stacey Plaskett, the non-voting congressional representative for the U.S. Virgin Islands, came under fire for texting with the disgraced financier during a 2019 congressional hearing about Donald Trump's potential conflicts of interest. 

Plaskett was fervently defended by several of her Democrat colleagues in the House after Republicans tried to censure her, including Crockett, who sought to accuse Republicans of their own ties to Epstein but failed miserably.

Crockett said she had her team "dig in" to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records, which she claimed showed Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator and former member of Congress from New York, Lee Zeldin, had accepted campaign donations from the disgraced financier in the past. However, the donations were from a different Jeffrey Epstein, prompting backlash from both parties against Crockett.

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"If you're looking for a good way to light $50 million on fire and lose by 15 points, then Jasmine Crockett is your candidate," a Democratic strategist told Fox News Digital following Crockett's floor remarks. Crockett has indicated that she will decide in the next few weeks by the Dec. 8 filing deadline whether she will indeed throw her hat in the ring to challenge Republican incumbent Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas.

"She's got no shot to win that Texas Senate race, and screw-ups like this show why she's probably the worst candidate possible," the Democratic strategist continued.

Meanwhile, Republicans did not hold back on their criticism of Crockett. 

"Crockett should get censured for this and staff should be fired," GOP strategist Matt Whitlock posted on X. "What a shocking embarrassment to go to the floor with this kind of insane accusation, and have the WRONG JEFFREY EPSTEIN."

"Crockett getting this so badly wrong is I guess why politicians usually outsource their oppo research to the professionals," Chuck Ross, a Washington Free Beacon investigative reporter, wrote on X. "But you also would expect a member of Congress to know more about FEC filings."

"Jasmine Crockett completely misrepresented, indeed outright lied, about various GOP politicians' potential past donor relationships with Epstein," former New York GOP Congresswoman Nan Hayworth said. 

Zeldin himself was also quick to clap back about the inaccuracy, noting the person he received campaign donations from was a physician also named "Jeffrey Epstein."

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"NO [clapping emoji] FREAKIN [clapping emoji] RELATION [clapping emoji] YOU [clapping emoji] GENIUS!!!"

In addition to Zeldin, Crockett sought to claim other Republicans, such as Mitt Romney, the National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC), George Bush, John McCain, Sarah Palin, and others also received donations from the disgraced financier.  

"This is a distraction … why are y'all more interested in talking about Stacey Plaskett than Trump's relationship with the man?" Crockett asked on the House floor, calling Trump and Epstein "besties," amid a resolution to censure Plaskett. 

"Miss me with your moral high ground. Folks who also took money from somebody named Jeffrey Epstein, as I had my team dig in very quickly: Mitt Romney, the NRCC, Lee Zeldin. George Bush, Win Red, McCain-Palin, Rick Lazio … If this is the standard that we are going to make, just know we're going to expose it all and just know that the FEC filings are available for everybody to review," Crockett said.

Crockett once again had to be fact-checked just a few weeks ago amid comments trying to make Republicans look like they were trying to hide facts about President Trump as it pertains to Epstein's crimes. 

During an interview on CNN, Crockett attempted to claim Republicans redacted important information from documents about Epstein's crimes. However, the hosts of the segment were forced to jump in and correct the record, telling Crockett that it was actually Democrats who decided to black out the name of one of Epstein's accusers, Virginia Giuffre, who did not accuse President Trump of any wrongdoing. 

"Her recitation of the facts is simply, that, ‘I’m not going to trust Republicans. They probably made that up. And, by the way, we would never redact the name of somebody who is deceased anyway,'" conservative radio host Vince Coglianese said of Crockett's CNN debacle. "Jasmine Crockett was trying to – literally, on the spot – come up with a conspiracy theory in order to defend the callous and disgraceful behavior of Democrats. Where have we seen this before? Well, I don't know, every Democrat made-up scandal about Donald Trump we've seen ever. They're constantly trying to defame him. It's the wrap-up smear constantly delivered over, and over, and over again."

Fox News Digital Reached out to Crockett for comment but did not receive a response.