WASHINGTON (AP) —The White announced on Monday they back the Pentagon investigation of Democrat Senator Mark Kelly.
On Tuesday, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth used his private social media account to criticize Kelly.
“I think what Sen. Mark Kelly was actually trying to do is intimidate the 1.3 million active duty members serving in our United States armed forces with that video that he and his Democrat colleagues put out,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters on Monday.
She added, “You can’t have a functioning military if there is disorder and chaos within the ranks, and that’s what these Democrat members were encouraging.”
The Pentagon announced earlier Monday it is investigating the Democratic senator from Arizona over possible breaches of military law after the former Navy pilot joined a handful of other lawmakers in a video that called for troops to defy “illegal orders.”