Retired General Rips Video for Insulting Command

A retired Army general criticized Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., and other Democrat lawmakers on Tuesday who released a video urging service members to refuse illegal orders, calling the message “an insult to our chain of command.”

Maj. Gen. James “Spider” Marks told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer that Kelly and his colleagues were “inappropriate” in how they framed the issue, suggesting their wording implied distrust of military leadership and undue concern about influence from the administration.

“Good for the senator to say what he said, but let me take a step back and indicate that what he and his colleagues did was inappropriate,” Marks said.

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