Arizona Senator Mark Kelly is having a full-blown meltdown after learning the Department of Justice is investigating him and other Democrats for potentially encouraging military officers to disobey orders from their Commander-in-Chief.
In a whining performance on CNN's "The Arena" Friday, Kelly clutched his pearls and declared that holding him accountable for his actions "is how democracies die." The dramatic outburst came after reports surfaced that the DOJ is examining a video where Kelly and other lawmakers appeared to encourage military personnel to resist lawful orders from President Trump.
Let's get this straight: Kelly thinks investigating Democrats who potentially undermined military chain of command is somehow a threat to democracy? This is the same crowd that spent four years calling Trump a "dictator" and "threat to democracy" while they actively worked to undermine his first presidency at every turn.
"This is how democracies die," Kelly moaned to CNN, apparently forgetting that in actual democracies, no one is above the law - not even Democrat senators who think they can encourage military insubordination.
The irony is thicker than Arizona desert air. For years, Democrats lectured Americans about "norms" and "institutions" while they weaponized the FBI, CIA, and DOJ against Trump and his supporters. Now that there's a real Justice Department willing to investigate potential misconduct regardless of party affiliation, suddenly they're concerned about "democracy dying."
What's really dying is the Democrats' ability to operate with impunity. The Biden era of two-tiered justice - where conservatives got raided at dawn while Democrats skated free - is over. Kelly and his colleagues are learning that actions have consequences, even for privileged senators.
If Kelly has nothing to hide, he should welcome the investigation. But his hysterical reaction suggests he knows exactly what he did and understands the potential consequences of encouraging military officers to defy their oath to follow lawful orders from their Commander-in-Chief.
Patriots didn't vote for Trump to play patty-cake with Democrats who spent years undermining our institutions. They voted for accountability - and that's exactly what they're getting.