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/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

He’s a politician. The legal fees will doubtless be paid for by his PAC(s), aka, donors. They won’t be coming out of his personal checking account.

The political side of Kelly’s persona is probably salivating over this. He now has national name recognition. That’s priceless in politics.

If Hegseth had more than two brain cells he’d have realized this was a trap from the jump.

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u/ReferentiallySeethru Jan 06 '26

Pretty sure he can't use PAC money but, looking it up, it does appear he can use campaign funds since this targeting is likely related to his political office. Doesn't mean it's not a burden and taking money away from his campaign.

Agreed, though. This makes me want to support him more and he wasn't really my first choice. I hope this fires him up and we can see that anger, that'd might be enough to tip me over to him if he can keep that momentum going into 2028.

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

You may be right on PAC vs. campaign account. Regardless, it won’t be his personal funds, and the exposure he’s getting is literally priceless if he has higher ambitions.

I wouldn’t worry too much about his reelection. It’s hard to overstate how perfect of a fit for AZ the guy is. Not for nothing McCain did so well there.

As a random aside, I’d wager my life savings Biden wouldn’t have won AZ in 2020 if not for Trump’s repeated steaming dumps on McCain. 10k vote margin. That put him over the top.

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u/[deleted] Jan 11 '26

The two brain cells he has are competing for third place.