Archival Footage Surfaces Of Pete Hegseth Saying Exactly What They're Condemning Mark Kelly For...

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Wednesday, Dec. 03, 2025 Wednesday, Dec. 03, 2025 at 9:07:58am PST

That MAGA are a bunch of hypocrites is proven once again...

A Fox News contributor who at the time had just left a conservative veterans group, Hegseth was asked to comment about soldiers imprisoned for war crimes. He plainly stated there are costs for illegal actions.

“I do think there have to be consequences for abject war crimes. If you’re doing something that is just completely unlawful and ruthless, then there is a consequence for that,” Hegseth said. “That’s why the military said it won’t follow unlawful orders from their commander in chief. There’s a standard, there’s an ethos. There’s a belief that we are above what so many things that our enemies or others would do.”

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In a statement to CNN, Anna Kelly, a White House spokesperson, said Hegseth’s position has been consistent and accused the Democrats of endangering the military with their video.

The remarks in question begin at the 1:00:25 mark...

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Sen Mark Kelly has responded...

Newsweek

"There's a standard, there's an ethos, there's a belief, that we are above […] so many things our enemies or others would do," Hegseth said in the 2016 video. Newsweek has reached out to the Pentagon for comment via email.

Shown the clip on air on CNN, Kelly said Hegseth was "correct" and it echoed what the Democrats had said. "But when we said it," Kelly added, "he says what we said was false and reckless."

"Our laws are clear, you can refuse illegal orders, you can refuse illegal orders, you must refuse illegal orders," the six Democrats said in the video last month. "No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution."

Here’s the full video of that conversation...

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