How Sen. Mark Kelly Learned Trump Wanted Him “Executed”
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🗓️ 22 November 2025
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, everyone. It's me, Sam Stein, managing editor at the Bullwark, and I am pleased to be joined by |
| 0:04.2 | Senator Mark Kelly of Arizona. We are here to talk about Donald Trump's pretty overt threats to him |
| 0:11.8 | and other lawmakers to essentially try you on sedition and hang you. I hate to be so blunt about it, |
| 0:17.7 | but that is what he said, right? I mean, he was on true social saying that. |
| 0:25.1 | Before we get into the Senator's reaction, please do subscribe to the feed if you like this content. |
| 0:30.5 | All right, so, Senator, I mean, I just got to be up front. How did you find out about Trump's post yesterday and what was your immediate reaction to them? I was actually in a brief in the |
| 0:35.5 | skiff, which is the secure facility for classified information. |
| 0:40.1 | I serve on the intelligence and the Armed Services Committee. That was the Armed Services Committee, |
| 0:44.3 | Skiff. I actually happened to be sitting next to Alyssa Slokkin, who was also in the video when one of the staff members come in with a little piece of paper and on it was, you know, |
| 0:57.4 | written what the, basically what the president said, paraphrased. And then she leaves the room. |
| 1:03.2 | She comes back later and she says, oh, yeah, he also threatened to have you executed. |
| 1:09.0 | So, yeah, I found out from Senator Slotkin and wasn't what I expected, |
| 1:16.3 | you know, that morning. We're often very, a lot going on here in the country. You know, |
| 1:21.7 | right now a lot of challenges we're facing. And we have a president that clearly focuses on the wrong thing. And we put out a |
| 1:31.6 | video, which was, you know, basically talking about people's lawful and constitutional responsibilities |
| 1:38.4 | and his responses, we should be executed. Well, let's talk about the video. So the video, |
| 1:43.0 | it's you and a number of other lawmakers, |
| 1:44.8 | including Senator Slokin. You're reminding people in the armed services that they do not |
| 1:49.4 | legally have to obey an unlawful order. This administration is pitting our uniform military |
| 1:54.8 | and intelligence community professionals against American citizens. Like us, you all swore an oath. |
| 2:00.4 | To protect and defend this Constitution. |
| 2:02.7 | Right now, the threats to our Constitution aren't just coming from abroad, but from right here at home. |
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