Posted on 11/25/2025 1:48:46 PM PST by DallasBiff
Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., appeared on MS NOW's "The Rachel Maddow Show" on Monday, where he responded to the Pentagon's announcement that it has opened a formal review into allegations of misconduct over a video calling on service members to "refuse illegal orders."
On Monday, the Pentagon announced its investigation into Kelly, a retired Navy captain, and said it may call the senator back to active duty to face court-martial proceedings or other administrative actions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ).
When asked by Maddow about the Pentagon's investigation, Kelly said, "Well, Rachel, I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. And in response to that, Donald Trump said, I should be executed, I should be hanged. I should be prosecuted."
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In simple terms, sedition is speech or conduct that incites rebellion or violence against a government. It's about actions or words that encourage people to rebel against the government's authority, often through means other than lawful ones. Incites rebellion: It encourages people to rise up against the government. Undermines authority: It promotes contempt or disobedience towards the government's authority. Uses unlawful means: It advocates for overturning the government or delaying its laws by force, rather than through the legal or constitutional process. Examples: Examples include conspiring to overthrow the government, or using language to incite a violent uprising against it.
Senator Kelly in my opinion has crossed that legal line and must be prosecuted. He can be called back to the Navyand made active duty and prosecuted by a Naval Court. If one thinks an order is unlawful the procedure is to go up the chain of command for clarification and correction.
Hahahahah!,,
That is another matter
Intimidated? No, I want him incarcerated.
You will not be intimidated, but your butt just might be in jail.
when he bends over for the soap he might be.
He is a cop out. When faced with the reality that he had inferred someone should refuse an order from superiors by twisting words he bailed on his manure mouth:
Rachel Maddox show:
“Well, Rachel, I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. And in response to that, Donald Trump said, I should be executed, I should be hanged. I should be prosecuted.”
He’s a coward and a liar. Better is expected of a military member no matter what the rank. He is a representation for all of them at getting caught in their spin (lie). Only he as a retired military member also answers to the UCMJ, and the possibility of a general court martial. I hope they throw the book at him.
wy69
Kelly and his co-conspirators were the ones trying to intimidate.
They want service members and ICE agents to think they are going to be prosecuted like Trump admin members have been.
When I saw him on the news recently, I was struck by how unpleasant his face looks now - he didn’t used to look so angry and mean.
I guess being a Democrat politician has done a number on his looks.
Hopefully he will be Court-Martialed
Bwahahahahahahahaha!
I’m sorry. No one gets life pass at anything in my book. He crossed the line. You can’t go back Mark or explain your way out of it. You own your statements and now are digging an even deeper hole.
His recent appearances on TV show a really disturbed person. His eyes are bulging and wild, he looks like a rabid animal.
Didn’t his wife get shot by some nut? So let me see have I have his flawless logic straight:
Biden was OK for committing the biggest act of treason by any sitting US President in history by opening our border to 20 million unvetted foreign national who killed countless US citizens. But because Trump is deporting them, THAT is “illegal”? Is this guy for real??
Guys face looks like he hasn’t taken a sh*t in a week.
we’re not asking him to be intimidated.
We’re asking him to be prosecuted.
Next Mark kelley will start warning people that it’s against the law or drive the wrong side of the road
What Kelly and his cohorts did was akin to walking up to a stranger and saying “If you don’t F- with me, you have nothing to worry about” and then claiming there’s nothing controversial about it, but that you were just stating facts.
An example needs to made, so others in the military will know sedition is unacceptable.
‘I will not be intimidated’
Sounds as forceful as the famous “I did not have sex with that girl”
Guy had a nice military record. So did MacArthur when he defied Truman and he paid the price. This guy refuses to stand behind the inference of his comment. Hopefully he just fades away.
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