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Mark Kelly: “Do not follow illegal orders. It's in the Uniform Code of…”

Featuring: Mark Kelly, Democratic | U.S. Senate from Arizona

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Published | Video Starts at 07:32

How did that land with you? Not well. Well, first of all, I said something. And Reverend, as you stated, I mean, I said, what was the law? You know, Do not follow illegal orders. It's in the Uniform Code of Military Justice. It's something people are trained on. This is not complicated. And I said this thing, and Donald Trump didn't like it. So he said I should be hanged, executed, prosecuted. (07:32–07:38)

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