Colby Hall
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But Mark Kelly is pretty well known as a moderate Democrat.
He's no one's going to confuse him with AOC or Rashida Tlaib.
And, you know, he's a guy that was an astronaut and he served 25 years.
And initially, Hegs has threatened to court-martial him over this video with other members of the Senate, saying that he's
Members of the military are obligated to not follow or obey illegal orders, which, by the way, is something that Pete Hexeth said himself on Fox News six years ago, long before he became sort of a pro-Trump guy.
And so the court-martial wasn't going to work, so
Hegseth is punishing him in his own unique way, and Mark Kelly is calling BS, saying, no, that's not it.
And this is a perfect example of where the courts exist because Mark Kelly is saying, all right, let's chat it up.
Let's have courts decide.
Let's talk about that.
And through that whole process, he's betting, and I think a good bet, that people are going to see this as really โ
Petty, bad, it's harassment and it's personal.
I also think Mark Kelly's probably thinking about running for office himself, a higher office, maybe the White House in 2028.
So this isn't the worst thing.
I'm not saying he's do this because it's politically expedient.
It also happens to be politically expedient for him.
No.
100%.
And, you know, from what I've understood from people I know who are legal people, it sounds like a lot of this is sort of legal theater and the odds of this really sort of doing anything other than being thrown out of court or being resolved or just sort of going away.
seems unlikely.