Democrat Senator Mark Kelly (Ariz.) openly admitted to CNN that he is seriously considering running for President in 2028.
The retired astronaut and Navy officer is embroiled in a legal fight against War Secretary Pete Hegseth, who moved to demote Sen. Mark Kelly’s military rank earlier this month, alleging he made “seditious statements” that undermined military operations after he participated in a video urging service members to reject “illegal orders.”
In his lawsuit, the Arizona Senator asserted the Pentagon’s retaliation violates the independence of the legislative branch and an apolitical military. Kelly has asked a federal judge to block the moves and declare them unlawful.
“The First Amendment forbids the government and its officials from punishing disfavored expression or retaliating against protected speech,” the 46-page complaint reads. “That prohibition applies with particular force to legislators speaking on matters of public policy.”
While speaking with CNN, Kelly defended himself more bluntly, saying, “I’m a f‑‑‑ing US senator. I have, in theory — in theory — supercharged First Amendment speech rights under the Speech and Debate Clause, and they’re trampling on that.”
President Trump accused Kelly and five other Democrat lawmakers who participated in the video released in November, saying they had committed sedition and suggesting they should be sentenced to death.
Kelly, who was on the shortlist of contenders for former Vice President Kamala Harris to pick as her running mate in 2024, is still campaigning nationwide as the midterm elections — and the 2028 Democratic primary — grow closer.
“I feel this obligation more so than anything I’ve ever done in my life, to fight back against an unhinged president and a weaponization of the federal government against the constitutional rights of a million retired veterans,” he told CNN.
“I still think it needs to be the right person for the moment, and we don’t know what that moment is yet,” he said in a wide-ranging interview published Wednesday.
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REPULSIVE!!!!!! The AUDACITY OF THIS MAN!!!!!!!
A Traitor, the Perfect Democrat to run.
LOCK UP THE SIX CORRUPT DEMOCRATS THAT TOLD OUR MILITARY TO NOT LISTEN TO THE PRESIDENT THE SEDIOUS SIX SHOULD BE LOCKED UP FOR TREASON AND SEDITION AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THE CONSTITUTION
Court-marshal this POS and lock him up.