GOP senator grilled over Trump attacks on Mark Kelly

During a Sunday interview on ABC News’s “This Week,” Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) addressed an awkward moment with Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) while he was facing pushback from President Trump over a video directing servicemembers not to follow illegal orders. 

The video released by Kelly and five other lawmakers in November was described as a “seditious” act by Trump, who also said elected officials could be punished by death for bucking his administration, in a post on Truth Social. 

At the time, Young and Kelly were working on a piece of legislation together. 

“My first reaction was to text Mark and engage in a dialogue that very morning. And we had an exchange back and forth — an exchange which I will keep private — about what I should do, how I should respond, where this led, and so forth,” Young told host Jonathan Karl, recounting his first moves after Trump attacked Kelly on Truth Social.

“And so, it demonstrates that it’s really important to develop trust among your colleagues in solidarity, even during what I know was a........

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