Mark Kelly: “If orders are illegal, not only do they not have to follow…”

“The Washington Post reporting that Secretary Hegseth gave an order to kill everybody on one of those suspected drug boats during the first strike in September. Are you calling for U.S. service members to actively disobey orders like those? Well, If orders are illegal, not only do they not have to follow them, they are legally required not to follow. Do you think that constitutes an illegal order? Needs to be an investigation. And I hope that the reporting is not accurate. I care so much about the United States Navy and those service members.” (07:13–07:22)

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