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Senator Mark Kelly

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
246 total appearances

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The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

moved on, which is still unclear exactly how that happened. Was he asked to leave or was he removed? So that was, you know, what I had planned.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

And then after some of my colleagues asked some of these other questions about personal issues, you know, became, you know, kind of clear to me that there was a little bit of a conflict between him saying that he has these personal issues, but when asked about things that I think all of us would consider would be significant personal issues.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

And then after some of my colleagues asked some of these other questions about personal issues, you know, became, you know, kind of clear to me that there was a little bit of a conflict between him saying that he has these personal issues, but when asked about things that I think all of us would consider would be significant personal issues.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

And then after some of my colleagues asked some of these other questions about personal issues, you know, became, you know, kind of clear to me that there was a little bit of a conflict between him saying that he has these personal issues, but when asked about things that I think all of us would consider would be significant personal issues.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

He would just say smear, you know, that he's being smeared. So that's when I went in there and I, you know, I said to my team and we, we just kind of went and pulled all these specific cases. So the thing that concerned me more than what you've just, you know, said about the last question was that he couldn't say if these things were true or false, right? It's a very simple question.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

He would just say smear, you know, that he's being smeared. So that's when I went in there and I, you know, I said to my team and we, we just kind of went and pulled all these specific cases. So the thing that concerned me more than what you've just, you know, said about the last question was that he couldn't say if these things were true or false, right? It's a very simple question.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

He would just say smear, you know, that he's being smeared. So that's when I went in there and I, you know, I said to my team and we, we just kind of went and pulled all these specific cases. So the thing that concerned me more than what you've just, you know, said about the last question was that he couldn't say if these things were true or false, right? It's a very simple question.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

If you feel you've been smeared, it would be obvious you would say, well, these are false.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

If you feel you've been smeared, it would be obvious you would say, well, these are false.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

If you feel you've been smeared, it would be obvious you would say, well, these are false.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

Exactly. At the end, that is true, but just stepping through all these things. I gave him more than one chance. I said, hey, I'm asking you, just tell me if this is true or false. And he wouldn't give me an answer. So, you know, obviously, I'm still concerned about this because the enormity of this job cannot be overstressed.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

Exactly. At the end, that is true, but just stepping through all these things. I gave him more than one chance. I said, hey, I'm asking you, just tell me if this is true or false. And he wouldn't give me an answer. So, you know, obviously, I'm still concerned about this because the enormity of this job cannot be overstressed.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

Exactly. At the end, that is true, but just stepping through all these things. I gave him more than one chance. I said, hey, I'm asking you, just tell me if this is true or false. And he wouldn't give me an answer. So, you know, obviously, I'm still concerned about this because the enormity of this job cannot be overstressed.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

It is perhaps the besides maybe being president of the United States is it's one of the hardest jobs on the planet. And you got to be ready all the time. This is not a nine to five job. This is 24 seven, 365 days out of the year. You need to be available and ready.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

It is perhaps the besides maybe being president of the United States is it's one of the hardest jobs on the planet. And you got to be ready all the time. This is not a nine to five job. This is 24 seven, 365 days out of the year. You need to be available and ready.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

It is perhaps the besides maybe being president of the United States is it's one of the hardest jobs on the planet. And you got to be ready all the time. This is not a nine to five job. This is 24 seven, 365 days out of the year. You need to be available and ready.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

We've had cases in our country's history where Secretary of Defense has woken up in the middle of the night, actually often, but some rather disturbing situations, you got to have a person there that's ready to go.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

We've had cases in our country's history where Secretary of Defense has woken up in the middle of the night, actually often, but some rather disturbing situations, you got to have a person there that's ready to go.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

We've had cases in our country's history where Secretary of Defense has woken up in the middle of the night, actually often, but some rather disturbing situations, you got to have a person there that's ready to go.

The Bulwark Podcast
Adam Kinzinger and Mark Kelly: Dirty Little Secret

Well, that, but also the whole thing about, we're talking about two different jobs. I mean, being a U.S. Senator, being the Secretary of Defense are on different planets. I mean, they're different, a different kind of experience. I mean, you're not in the nuclear command and control structure in the U.S. Senate.