(The Center Square) – U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, spent the weekend saying he will not be silenced by the Trump administration.

During televised segments Sunday on CNN and NBC, Kelly dismissed criticisms and actions by President Donald Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth.

“I’m not going to be bullied,” Kelly said on NBC’s “Meet the Press." “Especially by Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth.”

At issue is a recent video featuring Kelly and five other lawmakers, all of whom are Democrats and are advising military service members to “refuse illegal orders.” Five of the six lawmakers are former military service members. The sixth is U.S. Sen. Elise Slotkin, D-Michigan, who was a CIA analyst.

Since the video was posted on social media, Hegseth and Trump have criticized the lawmaker

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