They're trying to intimidate me to send a message to other retired members of the military. You better be careful what you say, because if they can intimidate me, If they can get me to back down as a United States Senator, how many people out there, you know, they're retired from the military or just left the military, former service members, people on active duty will hesitate before they speak up about this administration. And then, you know, that's the slippery slope to us starting to lose our democracy. We have First Amendment rights to speak out against about our government. (00:17–00:33)
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Suggests that intimidation of him could deter military personnel from speaking against the administration.
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