In a shocking display of contempt for both the Commander-in-Chief and the brave men and women of the United States Armed Forces, senior Arizona Democrat Senator Mark Kelly issued a veiled threat of prosecution to service members who are faithfully executing the lawful orders of President Donald Trump. During a recent interview on ABC’s This Week with host Martha Raddatz, Senator Kelly, attempting to undermine a critical national security operation, expressed his baseless concerns over the legality of striking drug boats in the Caribbean. The liberal media, ever eager to amplify any narrative that paints the Trump administration in a negative light, provided a platform for this dangerous rhetoric, which can only be seen as an attempt to foster insubordination within the ranks.
Senator Kelly, in his comments, explicitly sought to intimidate junior military personnel, planting a seed of fear about their future legal standing for simply doing their duty to protect the American homeland. The ABC transcript reveals Kelly’s troubling statement: “Hey, we don’t want drugs in this country, especially fentanyl. But all these drugs, we — we should be working really hard to interdict them and prosecute the individuals that are smuggling drugs, not putting young service members at great, legal jeopardy.” This is a transparent effort to encourage mutiny and demoralize our troops, suggesting that they should fear their own government more than the narco-terrorists poisoning American citizens.
The liberal media’s complicity in this smear campaign is evident in the softball interview conducted by Martha Raddatz, who failed to challenge Kelly’s incendiary claims. Instead of asking for legal precedent or noting the historical use of military force against drug traffickers, the ABC host allowed the Senator’s threats to stand unchallenged. This follows a pattern of the left-leaning press providing a megaphone for any Democrat who seeks to obstruct President Trump’s aggressive and necessary actions to secure our borders and protect our communities from the scourge of fentanyl and other illicit drugs.
Meanwhile, Kelly’s fellow Arizona Democrat, Senator Ruben Gallego, escalated the inflammatory language by outrageously labeling the Trump administration’s decisive strikes on drug boats as “murder.” On NBC’s Meet the Press, Gallego claimed, “It’s very dangerous what he’s doing…to these men and women who have to make these calls for a president who has zero understanding about the responsibility someone has when it comes to having to make life and death decisions.” This disgraceful accusation not only slanders our military but also reveals the Democrats’ fundamental weakness and their refusal to endorse the robust defense of the nation.
Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder … it's disgusting." pic.twitter.com/YUxpnXxoDx
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 26, 2025
In stark contrast, Republican South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham, a veteran and former Air Force JAG officer with decades of military legal experience, provided a powerful and authoritative rebuttal that cut through the Democrats’ hysterical misinformation. Appearing on CBS’s Face the Nation, Senator Graham firmly established the legality and necessity of the President’s actions. He stated, “To our men and women in uniform, you’re not murdering anybody. You’re making America safer by going after a narco-terrorist. You’re following lawful orders.” Graham correctly framed the issue as a matter of national survival, drawing a direct line from past successful operations to the current mission.
Senator Graham masterfully dismantled the liberal media’s feigned concern over international law, reminding everyone of the strong historical precedent for such actions. He declared, “When President Bush, 41, took Ortega (sic, Noriega) out in Panama, Reagan went into Grenada to deal with the Cuban influence from Grenada in our backyard, he has all the authority in the world. This is not murder. This is protecting America from being poisoned by narco-terrorists coming from Venezuela and Colombia.” His testimony serves as a potent reminder that President Trump is operating firmly within the traditions of strong, decisive American leadership, a concept that today’s Democrat Party seems to have abandoned entirely.
A Democrat Senator said today that the men and women in uniform protecting us from narco-terrorists are committing murder.
That couldn’t be further from the truth. Our military is doing exactly what they should: Following lawful orders to protect Americans from narco-terrorists… pic.twitter.com/OGsd4YZU9l
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) October 26, 2025
The new game, as articulated by Senator Graham, is one of unwavering strength and resolve. He made it unequivocally clear that the era of passive tolerance is over, stating, “You got a commander-in-chief’s not going to put up with this crap. We’re not going to sit on the sidelines and watch boats full of drugs come to our country. We’re going to blow them up and kill the people that want to poison America, and we’re now going to expand operations, I think, to the land.” This is the kind of bold action the American people voted for, a President who will utilize every tool at his disposal to defend the homeland from clear and present dangers, without apology.