Sen. Mark Kelly said on Monday that he and his family have seen threats to their lives increase since President Trump called for the Arizona Democrat and a group of Democratic lawmakers to be executed after they urged service members to refuse illegal orders.
Kelly told reporters during a press conference that he and his wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords (D-Ariz.), have received an uptick in threats since Trump’s comments and the Pentagon announced that it is investigating he and other Democrats in the video.
“I’m no stranger — Gabby and I are no stranger to political violence. We get a lot of threats already. She continues to get threats. She has threats on her life, more-so today, because of what Donald Trump said about me ten days ago,” Kelly said when asked if he has stepped up his security since the remarks were made.
“The threats on us have obviously gone up,” Kelly continued, declining to get into specifics about their personal security. “We take these threats very seriously, and I take the threats from this president seriously.”
The Arizona senator added that he has not heard anything further from the Department of Defense or others in the administration outside of the public social media postings by the Pentagon and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.
The Defense Department said at the time that it was investigating “serious allegations of misconduct” by Kelly, a retired Navy captain.
