Sen. Mark Kelly’s fellow Arizonan tore into War Secretary Pete Hegseth Monday after the Pentagon announced it was probing “serious allegations of misconduct” after Kelly and five other Democrats released a video calling on service members to “refuse illegal orders.”

“You will never, ever, ever even be half the man that Sen. Kelly is,” Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), a former Marine, addressed Hegseth during an appearance on CNN’s “The Arena with Kasie Hunt.”

“You, sir, are a coward! And the fact that you are following this order from the president shows how big of a coward you are. And I can’t wait till you no longer are the Secretary of Defense.”

President Trump had called Nov. 20 for the arrest of Kelly and the five other lawmakers — Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, Reps. Chris Deluzi

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