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Mark Kelly: “Telling service members, you have to comply with the law…”

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

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LIVE: Senator Mark Kelly holds town hall in Tucson, AZ

Published | Video Starts at 22:36

… that I would have liked to hear while I was serving and that I sometimes would. And I think sometimes people hear this message pretty basic. As the mayor mentioned, Telling service members, you have to comply with the law. You know, we said, don't follow illegal orders. And I thought that would be the last of it. And I thought that if any president would have said something, he would have said, of course, of course you follow the law. (22:36–22:43)

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Asserts that service members are being instructed to comply with the law and not follow illegal orders.

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