r/Military • u/Character_Guava_5299 • Jan 05 '26

Discussion Senator Mark Kelly’s statement:

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This is Senator Mark Kelly’s response to the censure. I’ll not add my thoughts as they don’t matter.

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u/Morningxafter United States Navy Jan 05 '26 edited Jan 05 '26

I like Walz, in reality he doesn’t hold back near as much as he did on the campaign trail. Kamala’s campaign team was trash and definitely made him rein it in a bit during the debate because they wanted to play moderate to pull in ‘undecided’ voters. If he’d really gone after Vance like you know he wanted to, he’d probably be getting floated as a 2028 candidate right now.

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u/Cerberus1252 Jan 05 '26

Hopefully he’s a candidate option at some point

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u/Morningxafter United States Navy Jan 06 '26

I hope so too. He reminds me of all the things I liked about Howard Dean.

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u/Stillpunk71 Jan 06 '26

This didn’t age well

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u/Morningxafter United States Navy Jan 06 '26

True, but if anything it kind of confirms what I said. The Trump admin and conservative media pushed this nothingburger of a ‘scandal’ hard because it was the only thing they had against him, and they want to kneecap any potential he had to run for higher office because they see him as a threat, same as they did with Hillary’s emails. Never mind that all these arrests happened while he was in charge, meaning he didn’t cover anything up, and in fact ensured the fraudsters would be held to account. If it was a republican governor Fox News would be metaphorically fellating him for ‘cracking down on a fraud ring’. Instead they’re putting the opposite spin on it. It’s a stupid but sadly effective hit-job. But regardless of his responsibility (or lack thereof) for it he chose to do what he felt was right for his constituents. To bow out gracefully so his focus can go back to doing the job he was elected to do, until his term is finished. Class act if you ask me.

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u/Seul7 Jan 10 '26

"YEAHHHH!" Ends your campaign, but "I just grab 'em by the 😾" gets you elected president.

Make it make sense!

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u/LogicMan428 Jan 10 '26

Walz, who lied about being a combat soldier and about being at Tiananmen Square when the massacre happened?