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

Is Nuking Iran an "Illegal Order?" - with Sen. Mark Kelly

Published May 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 1:04:32

Bad. Yeah, that's bad news for us. Get back to mitosis. Yes. Crab cycle. Get the money out of politics. Fix public education. I'm working really hard on that right now. They're trying to make it worse. You know, sending all this like, you get a tax credit. Money goes to private schools, public schools. Public schools get hurt. (1:04:32–1:04:36)

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“The space shuttle killed 14 people that flew on it two out of the 135 missions.”
Is Nuking Iran an "Illegal Order?" - with Sen. Mark Kelly | Uploaded May 20, 2026 | 04:02-04:11
“Half of Americans right now cannot afford food or having a hard time.”
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“No other president has ever called for the execution of a member of Congress.”
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“The government like really screwed this up and sure. I mean billionaires can buy two and three yachts and buy another airplane, by the way…”
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“Of 535 members of Congress, I'm the only one that applies that standard.”
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“Within a day, the President said, I should be hanged, executed, prosecuted.”
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“The space shuttle went 17,500 miles an hour which is 25 times the speed of sound.”
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“The rocket that just went around the moon, those guys went about 25,000 miles an hour which is about 35 times the speed of sound.”
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“We used to have one of the best public education systems in the world.”
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“Parents can. There's no hope of ever taking their family on a vacation.”
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“They can't afford child care.”
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“Kids getting. Getting a crappier education than they were previously.”
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“Big corporations and the wealthiest Americans get to say, get the biggest say as to the direction of this country.”
Is Nuking Iran an "Illegal Order?" - with Sen. Mark Kelly | Uploaded May 20, 2026 | 10:15-10:24
“Hard work still pays off. It just pays off for somebody else.”
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“In the Uniform Code of Military justice, this is the law for the US Military, it actually says you do not follow illegal orders.”
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“He called for shooting protesters in the legs, American citizens in his first term in office.”
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“He was talking about sending troops to American cities so they can train on us civilians.”
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“The number of death threats to me went up dramatically because of what the President said.”
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“We do not have, we have never said. We have another president to say, say that we don't have like a first use, non first use policy.”
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“We have nuclear weapons to protect ourselves from other countries who have nuclear weapons.”
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“The American people have to pay more for just about everything because of this president's bad decisions.”
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“The strategic goal is to open the Strait of Hormuz. There's one person responsible for it being closed, and they're not on the other side of…”
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“There was no coherent strategy or plan. Then it became about nuclear weapons, which, by the way, they said last summer they obliterated…”
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“The Secretary of defense said their nuclear program has been obliterated. It's a bunch of. And then it became recently, we have to get rid…”
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“They were lying to the American people last summer and now they're in a. In a thing. If you want to try to get rid of this nuclear material…”
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“The steps Donald Trump took that they have this strategic asset that they can use to their benefit to the detriment of every US Citizen and…”
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“Many [African countries] have done deals with Chinese... wind up with the Chinese owning the entire port.”
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“The prime minister of Greenland told me that the kids in Greenland are now afraid of Americans.”
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“This relationship with these countries has been damaged for a generation or two.”
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“It's the president and a bunch of sycophants he put around him.”
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“We get to January 20th of 2029, we get a Democrat in the White House, we get these relationships back on track.”
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“It's important that we hold NATO together and strengthen NATO.”
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“Since World War II, so for 80 years, we have been very fortunate that we get to set a lot of the conditions.”
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“We have benefited economically from having [NATO and alliances] as the conditions.”
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“It's not just about Shell and Chevron and Exxon. It's about, you know, the plumber, you know, in Iowa who's got to put gas in his truck.”
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“China and Russia want a multipolar world.”
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“The Chinese would like a multipolar world right now. But especially the Chinese, their view is they will supplant us at some point.”
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“They have a hundred year strategy to become us.”
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“Chinese government is ripping off these African countries left and right and building crappy infrastructure.”
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“We're a country of laws. They have recourse. They can even come to the United States if they feel they're getting a bad deal.”
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“35, I checked the other day. 35, 35, 31. On the economy right now.”
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“Young people can't afford rent, Forget about the house. They can't afford to pay rent.”
Is Nuking Iran an "Illegal Order?" - with Sen. Mark Kelly | Uploaded May 20, 2026 | 46:42-46:48
“AI for America. AI Horizon Fund. We're working to get this into legislation and get it passed.”
Is Nuking Iran an "Illegal Order?" - with Sen. Mark Kelly | Uploaded May 20, 2026 | 47:29-47:36
“We do know that there's going to be some disruption here.”
Is Nuking Iran an "Illegal Order?" - with Sen. Mark Kelly | Uploaded May 20, 2026 | 47:56-48:00
“We're going to have to get these companies to contribute into finding the solutions to the big problems here.”
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“We can't let utility rates skyrocket for American families, but especially people like on fixed incomes and small businesses that are just…”
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“I don't take any corporate PAC money.”
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“I am the only person in Congress that doesn't take corporate PAC money that has a public schedule.”
Is Nuking Iran an "Illegal Order?" - with Sen. Mark Kelly | Uploaded May 20, 2026 | 49:47-49:53
“I don't trade stocks.”
Is Nuking Iran an "Illegal Order?" - with Sen. Mark Kelly | Uploaded May 20, 2026 | 49:59-50:02
“Citizens United. And just get it all, all the corporate money out, because that would allow us to fix so many problems.”
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“My predecessor, John McCain, took some positive steps in that, in that direction. With McCain, Feingold got unwound, I think largely because…”
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“I think maga's Donald Trump, he said it himself and it is we, you know, we to some extent. Right? It's falling apart. He's losing.”
Is Nuking Iran an "Illegal Order?" - with Sen. Mark Kelly | Uploaded May 20, 2026 | 55:09-55:20
“Some of his former supporters, Tucker Carlson and others are going off on. On their own.”
Is Nuking Iran an "Illegal Order?" - with Sen. Mark Kelly | Uploaded May 20, 2026 | 55:23-55:23
“Marjorie Taylor Greene, not happy with this president. President turned against her. She turned against him.”
Is Nuking Iran an "Illegal Order?" - with Sen. Mark Kelly | Uploaded May 20, 2026 | 55:29-55:34
“President of the United States, no matter who he is, almost every decision this guy has to make is about safety and mission success, the…”
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“Gabby had been shot in the head in January. I flew in space in May.”
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“I risk my life flying in combat, flying on a spaceship, because I see there is tremendous benefit for all of us.”
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“I never thought I would become a U.S. senator.”
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“Despite having a degree in urban planning, she [Gabby Giffords] could plan the, you know, Elon Musk's city on Mars.”
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“They're now 31 and 28.”
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“What I give Jeff and Elon and others tremendous credit for is they're pushing that industry and our ability to get to space forward and…”
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“I always try to give him [Elon Musk] a ton of credit because he has transformed this industry in a positive way and it's been a huge service…”
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“I think him [Elon Musk] being involved as the richest man in the world politically bad for our country.”
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“Both of these companies [SpaceX and Blue Origin] are critical if we want to put people on the surface of the moon.”
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“I really think [Donald Trump is] taking our country in the wrong direction.”
Is Nuking Iran an "Illegal Order?" - with Sen. Mark Kelly | Uploaded May 20, 2026 | 1:03:47-1:03:52
“Get the money out of politics.”
Is Nuking Iran an "Illegal Order?" - with Sen. Mark Kelly | Uploaded May 20, 2026 | 1:04:30-1:04:32
“Sending all this like, you get a tax credit. Money goes to private schools, public schools. Public schools get hurt.”
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