Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ramped up his tirade against Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly on Tuesday, disparaging Kelly's military title and said the Democrat’s video urging troops not to follow illegal orders amounted to "sedition."

"So 'Captain' Kelly, not only did your sedition video intentionally undercut good order & discipline … but you can’t even display your uniform correctly," Hegseth wrote in a post on X, a response to Kelly's own post saying he is not going to be intimidated by Hegseth's threat to court-martial him. "Your medals are out of order & rows reversed. When/if you are recalled to active duty, it’ll start with a uniform inspection."

In a second post on X, Hegseth called the video Kelly and five other Democratic lawmakers made a "politically-motivated influence operation" th

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