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USS_Dauntless

(255 posts)
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 04:55 PM 14 hrs ago

Kelly says he's seriously thinking about running for president

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5700211-senator-kelly-trump-threats/

Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) told CNN he is seriously considering running for president in 2028.

“I still think it needs to be the right person for the moment, and we don’t know what that moment is yet,” he said in a wide-ranging interview published Wednesday.

The retired astronaut and Navy officer is embroiled in a legal fight with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, whom Kelly sued earlier this month for attempting to censure him and lower his retirement rank after he participated in a video urging service members to reject illegal orders.

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5700211-senator-kelly-trump-threats/
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Kelly says he's seriously thinking about running for president (Original Post) USS_Dauntless 14 hrs ago OP
I agree with his quote. Raven123 14 hrs ago #1
He would make a good VP Pisces 14 hrs ago #2
Who would be at the top of the ticket? jls4561 14 hrs ago #3
Someone more charismatic. Pisces 14 hrs ago #4
Gavin fits that bill Polybius 10 hrs ago #7
Seconded. Prairie_Seagull 10 hrs ago #8
He'd be a good president, but we need to take and hold the Senate. Qutzupalotl 13 hrs ago #5
I like him! Highly respected , a Moral Compass... Great bio, no skeletons. Ars Longa 11 hrs ago #6

Prairie_Seagull

(4,615 posts)
8. Seconded.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 08:56 PM
10 hrs ago

Keeping in mind that going into space and looking out at our blue marble has to change one for ever.

Qutzupalotl

(15,686 posts)
5. He'd be a good president, but we need to take and hold the Senate.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 05:29 PM
13 hrs ago

It seems getting the trifecta is the only way to avoid gridlock.

Ars Longa

(474 posts)
6. I like him! Highly respected , a Moral Compass... Great bio, no skeletons.
Thu Jan 22, 2026, 07:42 PM
11 hrs ago

Not very charismatic-- but America may be very ready for
someone decent, who is the very opposite of everything Trump is.

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