"The president tried to indict me like three weeks ago. He wanted to send me to jail, so I'm going to make a point that I'm still here—I'm doing my job despite the fact that he's trying to violate my Constitutional rights and the Constitutional rights of two million retired service members that we're not going to stand for it."
"I want the president to know that he was unsuccessful. You know, he's got a lot of stuff to pay attention to. I'm sure he told the Department of Justice to prosecute, try to prosecute me and indict me. But I want to make sure he sees me sitting right there."
"The American people are poorer and less safe because of him and when you consider what's happened in L.A. and Minnesota, we've got a couple dead Americans. We've got other people that their rights have clearly been violated."
Senator Mark Kelly decided to attend the State of the Union address while most Democrats boycotted, deliberately choosing a front-row seat to make a visible statement. Weeks earlier, the Department of Justice failed to indict Kelly and five other Democrats for instructing service members to refuse illegal orders. Kelly stated his attendance was intentional defiance, emphasizing that Trump attempted to prosecute and jail him but failed. He plans to make direct eye contact with the president to demonstrate that intimidation tactics were unsuccessful. Kelly also criticized Trump's policies, claiming Americans are poorer and less safe, and referenced rights violations in Los Angeles and Minnesota. Despite ongoing Department of Defense efforts to demote him, Kelly committed to fulfilling his constitutional duties.
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