I they're going to trying to take great lengths, going to great lengths to try to silence me, but it's not going to happen. I'm not going to back down. I said something that was true and lawful, told members of the military they need to follow the law. Ironically, in 2016, Pete Hegseth said the same exact thing. Think about the hypocrisy of this. He said the same thing that I said and he thinks he's going to court martial me under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. (01:12–01:20)
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