The Department of Defense has appeased Donald Trump and opened up a review of alleged misconduct against Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly, which could lead to a court martial for taking part in a video telling the military they don’t have to follow unlawful orders.
Sen. Kelly did not tell service member to do anything that would compromise the military or the chain of command, so he did not violate his duties as a former officer. He simply exercised his first amendment rights, as he is entitled to do.
Trump’s over-the-top vitriol, threatening the Democrats who made the video with hanging, has been criticized by his own party no matter how they take the video out of context.
Trump’s unqualified hack of a Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth does what he is told, so the Pentagon is opening up possible frivolous charges against the Arizona Senator.
HOST: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is threatening to court-martial democratic senator Mark Kelly of Arizona. The Pentagon says they’ve received allegations of misconduct against the retired Navy Captain, but made no mention of the nature of it. I understand that this threat comes, of course, after the Senator was in a video with other Democrats urging members of the military to disobey unlawful orders.
