Mark Kelly

And, you know, I've got probably dozens of Republican colleagues who are friends of mine that were friends with Charlie Kerr.

And they're mourning this loss.

And I feel for them.

Hey, I am never a hopeless person.

Like, I am an optimist, right?

I look at

the strengths of our country are much more powerful than our shortcomings.

And I think the future of our country is great.

We are the most generous, innovative country

in the world.

And I think we have a bright future.

I think we do go through historically.

We've seen other times in our country's history where we've had, you know, very difficult and challenging times.

And I do think we're going to get through this.

I think we've got to all recognize that it's not going to be easy and we've got to work at it.

But, you know, for in my job, you know, I sit on the Armed Services and the Intelligence Committee.

I, you know, I see the threats out there just as a nation, not just internal, right?

External threats all the time, every week.

the challenges, you know, that we, you know, face from from our adversaries.

And I worry about it a lot, but I don't get to the point where it ever seems hopeless to me.