Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Tuesday said Donald Trump should know better than to encourage violence against lawmakers, calling him “singularly unqualified” for the presidency. (Watch the video below.)
Kelly, an ex-Navy pilot, and other Democrats appeared to be initially threatened with execution by Trump, who boosted a post about hanging as a means. Kelly is now being investigated by the Pentagon for a possible court-martial. All over a video he and other congresspeople of military and intelligence background issued to remind service members they can refuse illegal orders.
Trump’s severe rhetoric has wreaked havoc in the senator’s life and that of his wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, who survived an assassination attempt, Kelly said.
The president’s apparent hypocrisy is playing a giant role, he suggested.
Kelly has been vocal about standing up to the president and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, but on Erin Burnett’s “OutFront” on CNN, he tried to appeal to Trump’s humanity and the president’s own experience with political violence.
