First it is not 'treasonous', treason is during a time of war, unless we were referring to the war on poverty, the war on drugs etc., which we were not...otherwise the correct word is 'sedition'...but that is not the case.  The case is more like an 'eye for an eye, or a tooth for a tooth', or what is 'good for the goose is good for the gander'.  Treason or sedition it is not.