Joe Duhownick

PHOENIX (CN) — Military veterans defended U.S. Senator Mark Kelly on Wednesday after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for an investigation into accusations of sedition and treason.

Kelly, a retired Navy captain and Democrat from Arizona, released a video last week with five other Democrats reminding active duty service members that they are legally bound to refuse unlawful orders. President Donald Trump called Kelly and the rest “traitors ” for posting the video and suggested their “seditious behavior” could be punishable by death, later reposting a Truth Social post urging them to be hanged.

Veterans and supporters of Kelly say the video simply restates the clear language of the Uniform Code of Military Justice: unlawful orders are not to be obeyed. But Trump supp

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