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Mark Kelly: “If retired service members like me and the other 2 million…”

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

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Sen. Mark Kelly says Trump administration $1.5 trillion Defense budget request is "outrageous"

Published | Video Starts at 07:30

They're saying I said something else that doesn't make any sense. What they said in court just the other day on Thursday is that If retired service members like me and the other 2 million retired service members out there want to be able to exercise their First Amendment rights, they can give up their retirement. So give up their pension, give up their health care, give up that retired status. Think about that for a second. (07:30–07:42)

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Asserts that the administration wants retired service members to give up their retirement benefits to exercise First Amendment rights.

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