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Mark Kelly: “In his first term [the president] asked the military if they…”

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

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'You are not allowed to break the law in service to this country': Sen. Mark Kelly

Published | Video Starts at 01:54

They're still in a little bit of a crosshairs as well in terms of what the, the military uniform code says. Yeah, it's hard for service members. Right. You know, right now they're serving under a president who In his first term [the president] asked the military if they could shoot protesters in the legs. Clearly that is an illegal order. Yeah. That's a violation of those individuals constitutional rights. So we're in a rather challenging time and we could get to what's going on in the Caribbean in a second. (01:54–02:00)

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Asserts that the president asked the military if they could shoot protesters in the legs during his first term.

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