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Mark Kelly: “We basically repeated the Uniform Code of Military Justice…”

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

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Published | Video Starts at 09:37

This is about the media cycle, and it's about intimidation. And it's almost. The whole thing's almost comical. Like, how does reciting the ucmj, how is that? Which is the Uniform Code of Military Justice. We basically repeated the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and they're saying that's in violation of the Uniform Code of Military Justice. It's absurd. I hear you when you say that it is absurd and that it is almost comical, but also that it is intended to be intimidating. (09:37–09:45)

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