Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) is actually agreeing with Pete Hegseth — or, to be more specific, a 2016 version of the defense secretary.
On Tuesday, Kelly posted a clip to X from his recent appearance on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront.”
The clip Kelly chose included an old — and now viral — video of Hegseth talking very frankly about the military’s obligation to reject orders that violate the law at an event hosted by what was then called the Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley in April 2016.
The throwback video of Hegseth seems to have gone viral thanks to Hegseth’s Sept. 2 double-strike controversy, an act many say was likely a war crime.
“I do think there have to be consequences for abject war crimes,” Hegseth said at the event in 2016. “If you’re doing something that is just completely unlawful and ruthless, then there is a consequence for that.”
