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Mark Kelly: “I never thought I would become a U.S. senator.”

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

Published May 20, 2026 | Video Starts at 59:51

You know, she was a member of Congress. I was a pilot and an astronaut, by the way. I never thought I would become a U.S. senator. You know, even after I got back from space successfully, sometimes I think to myself, if I was the person who would have been injured, would she have become an astronaut? (59:51)

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“The space shuttle killed 14 people that flew on it two out of the 135 missions.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“AI for America. AI Horizon Fund. We're working to get this into legislation and get it passed.”
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“We do know that there's going to be some disruption here.”
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“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.”
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“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.”
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“Some of his former supporters, Tucker Carlson and others are going off on. On their own.”
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“Marjorie Taylor Greene, not happy with this president. President turned against her. She turned against him.”
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“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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“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.”
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“Get the money out of politics.”
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“Fix public education. I'm working really hard on that right now.”
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“Sending all this like, you get a tax credit. Money goes to private schools, public schools. Public schools get hurt.”
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