Mark Kelly: “If the government was to win this, if Pete Hegseth and…”

“I had, by the way, I had service members, retired service members there with me in the courtroom because they understand what is at stake here. I mean, If the government was to win this, if Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump got their way, you know, I mean, they said I should be hanged, executed, and then they tried to prosecute us and throw us in jail. And now what they're doing. Yeah, exactly. And now they're trying to take away these rights not only from me, but they said in court 2 million retired service members can give up their rights.” (08:50–09:03)

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