U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Monday that he will demote Senator Mark Kelly from his rank as a retired Navy captain for “reckless misconduct” after he and other Democratic lawmakers urged troops to refuse any illegal orders.
He will sue and win. There was no misconduct. This will also be reinstated with backpay when these clowns are gone anyway.
So fucking stupid, and a waste of OUR tax dollars.
This will also be reinstated with backpay when these clowns are gone anyway.
How exactly will these clowns leave? They sure as hell won’t leave voluntarily.
They sure as hell won’t leave voluntarily.
I’m good with that, but they’re still leaving.
He will sue and win.
Under this SCOTUS? I wouldn’t bank on it.
This is a DoD administrative action, so it lies in civil court. Doubt this would make it that high. Kelly will sue, and he’ll win.
The point isn’t to punish him through cutting his pay; the point is to tie him up in litigating the matter and spending the extra money. The point is to make an example out of him so that other retirees think twice about if they want to deal with the burden speaking the truth entails.
Doubt this would make it that high.
Bet
I’m sure he will wear this as a badge of honor, considering the absolute shit nature of the people currently infesting the White House.
As we used to sarcastically say as kids when an insult thrown at us flopped… “Ohhhh, I’m cut, I’m bleeding…”
What misconduct, Pete? What’s so wrong with ignoring illegal orders if you’re not doing anything illegal?
I’d rather know the difference between Kelly’s statement, and the nearly identical public statement Hegseth made during the Biden administration.
This is an admission of treason by Hegseth.
Hegseth should dock his own pay.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/08/politics/hegseth-trump-warned-unlawful-orders-kfile
