John,

This is what authoritarianism looks like in real time.

Sen. Mark Kelly — a Navy combat veteran, a former astronaut, and a public servant who’s spent his entire life defending this country — is now facing death threats from Donald Trump and an unprecedented investigation from Trump’s Pentagon.

And why?

Because he said the most basic, common-sense truth imaginable:
American service members must follow the law — no matter who is president.

That’s it. That’s the “crime.”

Kelly joined other veterans in a simple video reminding our troops of what every soldier already knows: their oath is to the Constitution, not a king.

Not to illegal orders. Not to a wannabe strongman. To the rule of law.

Trump responded by calling for Kelly and others to be arrested, calling their words “seditious,” and even suggesting such “crimes” were once “punishable by death.”

This is the same tactic Trump always uses:
Intimidate. Harass. Threaten. Punish.

Use the machinery of government to crush anyone who refuses to bend the knee.

If Trump can do this to a U.S. Senator and a decorated Navy captain, imagine what he’ll do to the rest of us if no one pushes back.

No Dem Left Behind is fighting to protect leaders like Mark Kelly — leaders who put country over king — and to elect more veterans and public servants who won’t flinch in the face of Trump’s bullying.

But we need you in this fight. Will you step up today and help us defend democracy from a president who is openly weaponizing the Pentagon against his political opponents? Chip in now to stand with Mark Kelly and every American who believes in the rule of law.