Newsmax host says Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) “does have a great record, but so did Benedict Arnold”
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From the November 25, 2025, edition of Newsmax's Finnerty
ROB FINNERTY (HOST): You're from Arizona. Why hasn't this happened? Why hasn't Mark Kelly already been court-martialed?
KARI LAKE (GUEST):Well, I hope that what we're hearing from the secretary of war, Pete Hegseth, is true, that they are investigating this and that these considerations are being taken. I'm appalled for the people of Arizona, that we have somebody who acts in such a seditious way who's representing us here in Washington, D.C.
But I'm not surprised. I mean, after all, remember, Rob, this is a guy, Mark Kelly, who went into outer space. I think he left his brain there, but he's been wining and dining off of that accolade for his entire adult life. And then he used it to run for office.
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He sold us out a long time ago in Arizona. So I'm not surprised by this new video, this seditious video for him calling for our military to disobey the commands of the commander-in-chief, President Donald J. Trump.
FINNERTY: And it just seems — go ahead.
LAKE: And I hope that we see some action on this.
FINNERTY: I do too. Mark Kelly tweeted this out. This is very bizarre. But he decided to tweet out all of his military achievements he was — and I'll read some of them. He was an ensign in the Navy. At 22, he served on the USS Midway, had 39 deployments in Desert Storm. He flew four missions to space for NASA. We thank him for his service, but he says he won't stand for anyone questioning his record.
He does have a great record, but so did Benedict Arnold, Kari. Don't you have a good record until suddenly you don't have a good record anymore?
LAKE: Yeah. When you call for — when you behave in a way that's seditious, your record immediately is tarnished. And his record, in my opinion, has been tarnished for some time. It's just that the American people maybe haven't known who he was or known much about it.
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I hope to see some action on this, because if we don't see action on the seditious six, we're going to see more of that kind of behavior and it could evolve into something truly dangerous for our great United States of America.