In an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live," Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz. blasted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, calling him unqualified and saying he just wants to please President Donald Trump.

The comments came after Hegseth asked the Navy secretary to review Kelly's comments in a video to troops for "potentially unlawful conduct," according to a memo posted on social media by the Pentagon.

Kelly told Kimmel that the president and his administration's reaction sows fear, calling it an example of "how democracies die."

"It is right out of the playbook, you know, the playbook of authoritarianism. That's what they do. They try to suppress speech," Kelly said. "Every one of us has First Amendment speech rights, and I think the president is infringing on those and he is sending, he is sending a

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