When six Democrats urged members of the military to refuse orders that violate the law or constitution, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth swiftly branded them as “seditious” and even launched an investigation against Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, a retired Navy captain, for potentially breaching military code. But now, a recently unearthed video of remarks by Hegseth in 2016 has highlighted for Democrats his apparent hypocrisy.

"I do think there have to be consequences for abject war crimes,” Hegseth, who is currently battling allegations of war crimes himself, said at a conservative forum nine years ago, when Barack Obama was still President. “If you’re doing something that is just completely unlawful and ruthless, then there is a consequence for that. That’s why the military said i

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