Pentagon is investigating Mark Kelly

The first domino has fallen in the case of the 6 Democrats who called for members of the military to "refuse illegal orders", insinuating that President Trump had given the military illegal orders. Predictably, none of the Democrats in the video could identify a single order from President Trump that crossed the line into illegality.

According to CBS News's reporting, "The Pentagon indicated that it's investigating Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, a former U.S. Navy Captain, after he was among a group of lawmakers to release a video calling on service members and members of the intelligence community to "refuse illegal orders."

Though I'm not a former member of the military, I know with total certainty that one of the first things you're taught in boot camp is that you can ignore unlawful orders. This isn't breaking news. It's dog-bites-man type news. This is sun rises in east type news. In other words, it isn't news.

It's known that "Kelly was among a group of Democratic lawmakers who released a video last week urging service members and members of the intelligence community to defy 'illegal orders,' citing threats to the Constitution. The lawmakers, who are veterans and former national security officials, also included Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan, Reps. Jason Crow of Colorado, Chris Deluzio and Chrissy Houlahan of Pennsylvania and Maggie Goodlander of New Hampshire." This interview of Katie Zacharia contains Martha MacCallum's interview of Jason Crow:

At no point in Martha's interview did Crow cite what presidential order was unlawful. He just cited the need to prevent illegal things from happening. Crow, a former Army Ranger, when questioned, told Martha, said "what you're saying is that we have to wait until there's a problem to respond to that problem." The opposite is true. Martha asked if it was an illegal order to stop Venezuelan boats from bringing drugs into the U.S. That isn't reactive. That's being proactive.

It isn't likely that Crow, Kelly or Slotkin will get punished. Still, planting the seed that President Trump had issued an illegal order sows discord within the troops.

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