Mark Kelly says Trump won’t ‘silence us’ after Pentagon reviews Dems’ video

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00:00The fallout is growing from that video posted by six Democratic lawmakers telling U.S. troops

00:08they can refuse illegal orders. The Pentagon confirming Monday, it's now conducting a formal

00:13review into Senator Mark Kelly, the only member of the group still subject to the Uniform Code

00:19of Military Justice, and says his comments may have, quote, lent the appearance of authority

00:24by using his rank. The White House leaning into that scrutiny.

00:28And I think what Senator Mark Kelly was actually trying to do was intimidate the 1.3 million

00:34active duty service members who are currently serving in our United States Armed Forces with

00:40that video that he and his Democratic colleagues put out. They knew what they were doing in this

00:45video, and Senator Mark Kelly and all of them should be held accountable for that.

00:49Kelly fired back with a lengthy statement detailing his decades of service from missions in Desert

00:54Storm to commanding the space shuttle, saying the administration's response amounts to

00:59intimidation. Quote, if this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our

01:04jobs and holding this administration accountable, it won't work. He wrote, I've given too much to

01:10this country to be silenced by bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the

01:15Constitution. The video message angered President Trump, who posted repeatedly that the lawmakers

01:20committed seditious behavior in one post saying it was punishable by death. Defense Secretary Pete

01:26Hegseth is defending the Pentagon review, calling the Democrats' message, quote, despicable,

01:31reckless and false. But legal experts say actually prosecuting a retired officer for political speech

01:38speech would be unprecedented.