“It won’t work”: Kelly responds to Trump admin’s court-martial threat

Sen Mark Kelly isn t concerned about the Trump administration s threats of a court-martial Kelly joined several other Democratic lawmakers earlier this month in a video that encouraged troops to disobey any unlawful orders they might be inquired to carry out President Donald Trump claimed the video amounted to sedition and threatened the death penalty On Monday the Department of Defense stated a probe into Kelly saying the congressman could be recalled to face a court-martial The Democratic senator from Arizona responded with a comment detailing high-pressure situations he faced both as a pilot in the U S Navy and as an astronaut Kelly revealed he would not give in to bullies who care more about their own power than protecting the Constitution Related Multiple more are ready to leave MAGA and I know how hard that is In combat I had a missile blow up next to my jet and flew through anti-aircraft fire to drop bombs on enemy targets At NASA I launched on a rocket commanded the space shuttle and was part of the recovery mission that brought home the bodies of my astronaut classmates who died on Columbia he wrote I did all of this in amenity to this country that I love and has given me so much Start your day with essential news from Salon Sign up for our free morning newsletter Crash Class Kelly revealed he wouldn t be swayed by the inspection If this is meant to intimidate me and other members of Congress from doing our jobs and holding this administration accountable it won t work he wrote I ve given too much to this country to be silenced When I was years old I commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy and swore an oath to the Constitution I upheld that oath through flight school multiple deployments on the USS Midway combat missions in Operation Desert Storm test pilot school four space pic twitter com jMAlYEozQ Senator Mark Kelly SenMarkKelly November Read more about this topic American constituents isn t stupid Slotkin says Trump s sedition threats are a distraction Sick in the head Trump floats death penalty for Democratic lawmakers Judge tosses Comey incident The post It won t work Kelly responds to Trump admin s court-martial threat appeared first on Salon com