Sen. Gallego Unleashes Profanity-Laced Rant Over Potential Court-Martial of Sen. Kelly
“This is f***ing insane. We should all point out how f***ing insane this is.”
The Department of War announced on Monday that it had initiated a “thorough review” of the serious allegations of misconduct against Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) “to determine further actions, which may include recall to active duty for court-martial proceedings or administrative measures.” This action followed Kelly’s participation in a reckless video in which he and five other lawmakers urged members of the military to reject unlawful orders.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT:
The Department of War has received serious allegations of misconduct against Captain Mark Kelly, USN (Ret.). In accordance with the Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. § 688, and other applicable regulations, a thorough review of these allegations…
— Department of War 🇺🇸 (@DeptofWar) November 24, 2025
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), a Marine veteran and member of the Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee, was clearly unhappy with the War Department’s decision and first responded to the announcement on X with a simple message: “F*** you and your investigation.”
Fuck you and your investigation. https://t.co/TKiRqUi6Om
— Ruben Gallego (@RubenGallego) November 24, 2025
Perhaps thinking that didn’t go far enough, he followed up with a foul-mouthed video rant as he drove through Arizona. Here’s what the junior senator had to say:
Hey, this is Ruben Gallego, I’m traveling through Arizona right now, and I just see the news that Department of Defense is starting an investigation against my seat mate, Mark Kelly. This is f***ing insane. We should all point out how f***ing insane this is. And, you know, these guys are trying to say that they’re not acting like fascists, they’re not trying to give as much power to this president as a king, then they should stop acting like it.
Mark Kelly is a patriot. There’s no reason why they’re going after him. He was doing his duty and just reminding people about their rights as service members. And, you know, Secretary Hegseth, all these guys, f*** you guys. You’re not gonna be able to scare us. We have a right to defend the Constitution of the United States. We have a right to tell our other service members that they have they, they have a right to ignore illegal orders, and you’re not going to be able to intimidate us.
.@RubenGallego responds to Trump's threats on @SenMarkKelly: "This is fucking insane." pic.twitter.com/7SbOmgWJYi
— The Bulwark (@BulwarkOnline) November 24, 2025
Later, Gallego appeared on CNN, where he warned military leaders that “there will be consequences” once President Donald Trump leaves office if Kelly is court-martialed.
In the clip below, CNN host Kasie Hunt asked Gallego how much trust he has in the military justice system.
He replied:
I trust them actually a lot. … These are professionals, they are also swearing to the Constitution of the United States. They know there will be fallout or consequences if they are used in a hard way to basically railroad someone like Senator Kelly because Donald Trump is going to be gone in a couple of years.
And if you’re part of the military that is going after sitting senators, sitting members of Congress, and part of the weaponization of government, there will be consequences, without a doubt.
I think there’s going to be a lot of officers that will be part of this potential tribunal, if they want to call it that, that will be looking over their shoulders. Because they know that Donald Trump will be gone and they will not have that protection. They’re going to have to do the safest thing possible, which is follow the Constitution of the United States, and you’ll be fine.
Listen to this piece of shit @SenRubenGallego threaten legal retaliation against anyone in the military who takes part in any investigation into Seditionist Mark Kelly.
Add him to the list of Seditious 6! He's owned by the drug cartels controlling Arizona! Gallego is a traitor! pic.twitter.com/HXfZgyhViP
— Mike Engleman🇺🇲 (@RealHickory) November 25, 2025
Fox News reported that later in his remarks, Gallego said, “Also, you‘re just seeing things that aren‘t very normal. You have the Marines who are walking around Los Angeles. You have National Guardsmen coming from different states into other states, even though those governors did not request that. You have a politicization of the military, that has never been seen before until this president has done it. And then, you also hear the president saying things that are, on its face, illegal.
First, as one reader correctly notes, the Constitution does not state that “military members — active, reserve, or retired and collecting benefits — cannot be court-martialed.” Rather, the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) governs courts-martial.
Second, it’s astonishingly presumptuous for a freshman senator to warn military officers to “look over their shoulders.” Such rhetoric borders on intimidation and could easily be interpreted as a threat.
Gallego might do well to sit down, stop running his filthy mouth, and start learning before he damages his reputation and his credibility any further.
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They did the same thing to Jack Reacher in Never Go Back (2016)
Another movie reference? Really?
Scriptwriters get their ideas from the law. Compare Season 5 episodes 1-2 of VEEP on alternate delegates, in an election where everything that can go wrong goes wrong. An idea from the law that confirms the validity of alternate delegates.
It beats sports references by a mile.
There’s very recent precedent on this issue. Larrabee v Del Toro the DC Circuit agreed that the UCMJ still governed Military Retirees. SCOTUS rejected cert so it is pretty much a closed question about the authority to recall a retiree to AD for purposes of investigation, trial and punishment under UCMJ.
Totally expected; to be a Dem pol you probably need to make contempt for the law part of your DNA.
Good.
You’re next, Gallego (D-Sinaloa).
Gallego(D-Sinaola)
I think you won the internet for today!
Gallego shows his usual class. What else do you expect from a man who served his wife with divorce papers a few days before she gave birth to their child?
Would make more sense if it wasn’t…
Democrats will elect ANYTHING, it’s so unreal, they have absolutely no standards anymore
Send texts you want to
Kill children , because they are the spawn of republicans?
No problem
Hide in the basement and win a presidency. Remember when he screamed at the young woman “you dog faced pony soldier”
Ahh, that apparently was the clue to Hide him in the basement, not take him out of the race
Somalian woman that married her brother to
Get into the United States?
No problem
Have no real birth certificate
Not only no problem, make it illegal to search for it
I’m pretty sure Obama and his background opened the doors to the insanity we now have in political America
Didn’t Kelley cheat on his wife with Gabby Giffords?
Apparently, traitor Gallego does not like it when traitor Kelly is called out for his treason
“You have a politicization of the military, that has never been seen before until this president has done it. And then, you also hear the president saying things that are, on its face, illegal.”
Biden’s no longer president, dumbass.
Talking about throwing fuel on a slow simmering fire. This guy is even a
bigger buffoon than Kelly and he doesn’t have the excuse of alien amoebas eating his brains while he was in space.
What is with democrats threatening the government that they are part of? Someone needs to sit him down and tell him he can’t speak truth to power when he is part of the power structure. Well you can but you look like a doofus. Make sure to use words less than 3 syllables when doing so.
“This is f***ing insane. We should all point out how f***ing insane this is.”
As opposed to calling the president a Nazi and a fascist, which is just business as usual.
You f’d up, Democrats. You threw down with a knife. Now Donnie gets to bring a gun. Hey, WE didn’t make that rule –it’s all yours.
Let’s dance.
He’s making a video in his car. (Is he driving at the time?) Nothing good ever comes of making a spur of the moment video in your car. Nothing@
Oh he is driving. What a twit.
¡Aye Yai Yai! ¡Dios mio!
Is this the same guy who said democrat women looked like men, and the men looked like women?
As a former Marine myself, we had a name for guys like Gallego: s**tbird.
He’s an embarrassment.
He’s choosing Party politics over everything else.
F*cking scumbag
“Later, Gallego appeared on CNN, where he warned military leaders that “there will be consequences” once President Donald Trump leaves office if Kelly is court-martialed.”
Sounds like he’s threatening and trying to obstruct an investigation.
Gallego projecting, as is the leftist way. Ruben, get mental help.
Could he be any more dramatic? He must think he’s in a telenovela.
Just whom is it that profanity attracts other than the wicked?
I’m offended by the pretend innocence projected by the perpetrators and their defenders such as Sen Gallego saying that “[Kelly] was doing his duty and just reminding people about their rights as service members.” If this was truly the case, Sen Kelly and his partners would have established a multi-year track record of consistency through an straightforward annual public service announcement and it would not be so dark and insinuating. Since there is no such thing it is inescapable to conclude that through this message Sen Kelly and his partners were trying to sow dissent in the military.
If Democrats had any honor, which they do not, we could resurrect dueling to settle these matters expeditiously. I’d bet on J D or Pete at 20 paces over these has-beens.
Have the orders been cut returning him to Active Duty yet?
Until that happens there is nothing to get excited about.
Nice talk Ruben. Do you kiss your mama with that nasty old mouth of yours?