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Mark Kelly: “This is the first time in our country's 250 year history…”

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 32:28

And I'm like, yeah, what's up? Like, what's, you know, something going on? No, I am. I am fine. But this is really serious, right? You have in this. This is the first time in our country's 250 year history that you have a President of the United States calling for members of Congress to be executed. Think about that for a second. Think about how unprecedented that is. Think of what a violation of the separation of powers that statement is. And by the way, he's not kidding. (32:28–32:42)

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