US Democratic Senator Mark Kelly has said he will “seriously consider” running for president in 2028 as he battles the Trump administration over a video in which he urged military personnel to refuse illegal orders.
The Arizona senator, who was accused of “seditious behaviour” by Donald Trump over the November clip, said he and his wife, Gabrielle Giffords, received “many” death threats after the president’s comments.
“We get them on a weekly basis now,” he told BBC Newsnight. “We had to get security to protect us 24 hours a day.”
Asked if he was considering a White House run, the retired Navy captain said he was considering it “because we’re in some seriously challenging times”.
He would be better than Newsom, but worse than Khanna or AOC. I don’t like his lib-brained gun control perspective though.
Heads must roll for what the trump regime has done already and the billionaires and corporations that allowed and backed it. So any candidate must be the driving force of implementing those consequences, or get out of the way.
ITT: People placing their hopes on a presidential race when they don’t even know if they are even going to be able to have a legitimate rollover on the midterms.
I’d vote vote for anyone (Mark Kelly) over anyone who protects pedophiles. Plain. Simple. Straightforward.
Honestly, I’m just happy if theres an alternative to Newsome. Kelly isnt a progressive, but hes not a full blown corpo shill that the DNC would happily shove down our throats if unopposed.
Yeah I intended to write a very similar comment. I think Kelly is respected as someone who is both honest and who cares about the country, so while I’d nominally prefer a progressive, Kelly would be a huge alternative to Newsom’s slicked-back car salesman energy.
How sweet. People still think there’s going to be an election.
Do not obey in advance.
Rebel in advance.
And I will seriously consider voting for just about anyone else left of him in the primary. No offense to him, he seems like a very solid dude, but the time for half-measures, centrists, and people that believe institutions will save us is well beyond over.
You nailed it on the head. If AOC runs, I’m absolutely voting for her. If not, Kelly seems a lot better than Newsom.
AOC does not move me honestly. I would vote kelly over her. Maybe yang.
That’s just a vote for the aipaic uniparty
I’ll be the first to say I used to really like him and I will if I have to But…. I honestly think we’re occupied by a hostile genocidal foreign power and it’s a problem. He needs to denounce the genocide and come out for a two state solution. Still he’s better than Gavin
We need to get out of the situation we are in first, and then move to fix the other problems. Complaining about this when the US is speed running fascism is like bitching that you’re stuck in a burning building but you don’t want a fire truck to come save you because it has a noisy dirty diesel engine.
You don’t think part of that is we’re literally partners with Netanyahu while the rest of the world has issued arrest warrants for him, the fact aipac and Epstein and Ghisline’s MOSSAD! blackmail has any relationship to the situation we find ourselves in? I disagree I think history will look at Netanyahu the same as Hitler and Mussolini because the entire world can see that they’re partners in fascism and the AIPAC uniparty we have in office who is currently cheerleading a war in Iran that will cost trillions for Israel’s benefit just sinks us further into fascism because I guarantee another uniparty Israeli backed democrat isn’t going to reverse any of the damage of this administration and if we don’t ratchet WAY left out of fascism land we’re screwed. Although I’m skeptical we will ever have real elections again without violence
So what’s your solution?
Well I would say the public needs to put overwhelming pressure on the DNC to provide us with candidates who don’t support Israel and vote for that candidate in the primaries
So, sternly worded letters?
This is what I’d like to see in 2026 or at the very least 2028. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7dNLt5mC1A
He seems ready to fight, and seems fearless. He has my vote if he starts demanding trials, convictions, and jail time for the traitors and pedophiles.
He’s one of the most right wing Democrats though, and he has voted for Republican budgets and frequently for Trump appointees. More so than Fetterman.
I’d vote for him in the general, but he’s not a good pick in the primary at all.
I was not aware, thanks for that info. Ill have to reconsider my position on him.
Not in the Epstein files.
Won’t trigger misogynists.
Won’t trigger racists.
Astronaut,
Only worth about 20 mill, might resonate with middle class.
They’ll try to rail him for telling the military not to follow illegal orders, It would be an interesting run.
He’s a super safe pick, that’s pretty clear. Safer than Gavin Newsom, imo.
However, I’d like to see what his platform is before I make up my mind about him. Amnesty for the fascists is a complete non-starter for me. Trump and his cronies must be punished. He needs to be clear about that on the campaign trail, and not weasel his way around it like Biden did.
i like mark kelly and gabby would be a fantastic first lady but please not right now; we need a radical to clean up the mess.
We need a Warrior, who will go after MAGA’s crimes likes it’s personal. I don’t care who it is, old, young, man, woman, black, white, anybody, everything else is on the back burner. We can’t get this country on any kind of a track until we ruthlessly crush MAGA, purge it from our government and our country, and harshly punish them for their crimes. Only then, can we start to make plans to redeem our Nation in the eyes of our citizens, the world, and history
I’ll vote for anybody who pledges to make that their primary priority as POTUS.
Aside from lacking apparent credentials, I think Ilhan Omar would be a good wartime president. She wanted to punch the bastard that squirted at her, which is the right response to Republican jackasses.
The age calls for Teddy and Franklin Roosevelts: People willing to get into the fight, and contend with the issues of their times.
Omar is ineligible for the presidency as she wasn’t born in the US
And yet, we got a rapist in office, and the emolument clauses haven’t been applied for his innumerable acts of corruption. I would much rather have a good naturalized citizen as my president, than a shitty homegrown.
Either the next president will be a Democratic Socialist, or it will be a fascist. Democrats need to get back 20% of their base, plus the margin they need to pick up in the places they need to make up the differences they’ll need to win the big house.
Ask yourself this without looking at this announcement: Can a corporate Democrat do that?
I’m telling you now, either the next president will be a Democratic Socialist, or the Republicans win. No amount of glazing liberals is going to make them capable of winning an election.
Bernie 2028.
I love Bernie, but that ship has sailed. AOC is our next best hope, but we have to back DSA candidates at every level in every race. Even if we succeed, there is a real chance we don’t avoid violence. The Republic of Gilead is already here and the Republican pedo nazis don’t intend to ever allow or accept another fair, democratic election again. They are nothing if not open about that fact.
That Munich conference has me in doubts about AOC
What happened there?
You can’t just link a 25 minute video with no further explenation and expect anyone to actually watch it, and know what your point is.
Still doing the work to get fascists elected I see.
Is he not a democratic socialist?
As long you understand that appeasing your perspective on who the candidate needs to be isn’t important, we should be fine.
If you are BNMW/ Blue MAGA/ ABWD, whatever you want to call it: We don’t need to cater to your perspective. You’ll vote for anyone. Great. We appreciate you taking a back seat, because when previously your perspectives have been centered in the party, Democrats lose those elections to facsists or neoconservatives.
As long as you can accept that you don’t matter when it comes to who Democrats pick to run as president, we’re all good.
You’re not wrong
Getting downvoted for being right about the DNC, yep it’s .world’s politics forum.
