'Not Going To Silence Me': Mark Kelly Takes Down Trump, Hegseth Amid Pentagon Probe
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The senator and U.S. Navy veteran reminded the president and the defense secretary why he won't be intimidated by them.
Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Monday ripped President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after the Pentagon launched a probe that could see him recalled to active duty to face a court-martial.
“I’ve been through a lot worse in service to my country. The president and Pete Hegseth are not going to silence me,” Kelly, a retired astronaut and U.S. Navy veteran, said at a press conference.
Kelly, who was among the group of Democratic veterans who urged military service members to disobey illegal orders in a video, emphasized why he won’t be intimidated by Hegseth and Trump, the latter of whom accused the lawmakers of “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR” and promoted calls for their executions.
“In 1991, when Donald Trump was driving the Taj Mahal casino into bankruptcy, I was getting shot at over Iraq and Kuwait,” said Kelly. “In 2001, after Donald Trump said that the collapse of the Twin Towers meant he now owned the tallest skyscraper in Manhattan, I was carrying flags honoring 9/11 victims into space on a rocket ship.”
Kelly noted that when Trump was writing a birthday message for Jeffrey Epstein and peddling birther conspiracy theories about former President Barack Obama, he was busy helping to recover the remains of those aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and supporting his wife, then-Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), after she was shot in the head during a 2011 assassination attempt.
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