In a video posted to X-formerly-Twitter last week, Democratic lawmakers — including senator and former NASA astronaut Mark Kelly — encouraged members of the military to “refuse illegal orders.”

“This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens,” they said in the video. “Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution.”

Both president Donald Trump and the Department of Defense have since threatened Kelly — who was an aviator for the US Navy for decades and flew 39 combat missions — with everything from court-martial proceedings to public execution.

Kelly has since issued a statement rebuking the threats and forcefully arguing that he’s “upheld” his oath to the Constitution he swore after joinin

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