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Mark Kelly: “Donald Trump on a debate stage [in 2016] talking about, you…”

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

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'It's absurd': Sen. Kelly bites back at Trump, Hegseth threats over 'illegal orders' video

Published | Video Starts at 05:50

Here's the thing, Rachel, you don't want to wait for your kid to, to get hit by a car before you tell them to look both ways. It's pretty simple. And if you go back to 2016, Donald Trump on a debate stage [in 2016] talking about, you know, some action that he was going to take, he was reminded by the moderator that that would be illegal, that the military wouldn't be able to follow those orders. And his response, Donald Trump's response was the military would not refuse my orders. And then as president, he talked about shooting people, citizens of this country, in the legs, protesters. (05:50–06:04)

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Asserts that during a 2016 debate, Trump was informed that a proposed action was illegal and the military couldn't follow such orders.

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