Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has formally censured Democratic senator and Navy veteran Mark Kelly over a video in which Kelly, along with five other Democratic lawmakers, urged service members to refuse unlawful orders. At the time, President Trump had called for the Democrats to be put to death. The Pentagon is now starting administrative steps to reduce Kelly’s rank, citing what it calls “reckless misconduct.” This would affect Kelly’s status as a retired Navy captain and cut his military pension. Senator Kelly blasted Secretary Hegseth, saying, “If Pete Hegseth, the most unqualified secretary of defense in our country’s history, thinks he can intimidate me with a censure or threats to demote me or prosecute me, he still doesn’t get it. I will fight this with everything I’ve got — not for myself, but to send a message back that Pete Hegseth and Donald Trump don’t get to decide what Americans in this country get to say about their government.”