Did you know that Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) served 25 years in the U.S. Navy?

If you’ve been paying attention to the controversy surrounding the “illegal orders” video the senator starred in, it would be hard not to. It’s something he touts at seemingly every possible moment, in every possible interview, in every possible media clip while speaking about something that has nothing to do with his 25 years of military service. It has progressed to the point where I think I know more about Kelly’s military service than I do about what was possibly illegal in the orders he urged military personnel to disobey. 

Consider just two of Kelly’s responses this week about the lingering controversy.

First, in a post on X on Dec. 15, Kelly discussed the controversy and his feud with Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. With his usual theatrics and performative hysteria, Kelly rebuked Hegseth and the Trump administration while also mentioning — you guessed it — his 25 years of military service.

“It should send a shiver down the spine of every patriotic American that the president and secretary of defense would abuse their power to come after me or anyone this way,” Kelly said in his post. 

It should send a shiver down the spine of every patriotic American that the president and secretary of defense........

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