StmarysCity79
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Kelley is a former astronaut, veteran and now senators who's wife was a victim of gun violence.
He used his free speech to remind Troops of the oath they took when the joined the military.
Now Trump ( a man who has never served and in fact dodged the draft) and Hegseth are threatening to cut his pension.
Hegseth said on Monday that the Pentagon had begun a process to demote Kelly and cut his retirement pay over a video in which Kelly, a retired Navy captain, called on service members to "refuse illegal orders." In a post on X, Hegseth said he had issued a letter of censure to Kelly, who served in the Navy until 2011. Kelly has pledged to fight the move.
"I spent 25 years in the United States Navy, I flew 39 combat missions, I flew into space four times, all in service of this country," Kelly told CBS on Tuesday. "The president didn't like what I said in the video and he said because of that I should be hanged, executed, prosecuted."
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He used his free speech to remind Troops of the oath they took when the joined the military.
Now Trump ( a man who has never served and in fact dodged the draft) and Hegseth are threatening to cut his pension.
Hegseth said on Monday that the Pentagon had begun a process to demote Kelly and cut his retirement pay over a video in which Kelly, a retired Navy captain, called on service members to "refuse illegal orders." In a post on X, Hegseth said he had issued a letter of censure to Kelly, who served in the Navy until 2011. Kelly has pledged to fight the move.
"I spent 25 years in the United States Navy, I flew 39 combat missions, I flew into space four times, all in service of this country," Kelly told CBS on Tuesday. "The president didn't like what I said in the video and he said because of that I should be hanged, executed, prosecuted."
Sen. Mark Kelly says Hegseth's move to demote him "is about stifling people's speech"
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona said on Tuesday that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's move to begin a process to demote and cut his retirement pay "is about stifling people's speech."