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'''Mark "little Mark" Edward Kelly''' (born February 21, 1964 in Orange, [[New Jersey]], age {{age|1964|2|21}}) is an [[American]] [[astronaut]] who has piloted [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|space shuttles Endeavour]] and Discovery. He is shorter than [[Marco Rubio]], who was nicknamed "little Marco" when he ran against [[Trump]] in 2016, and if [[Dem]]s try to bolster their ticket with Mark Kelly as VP in 2024 then he could become "little Mark."<ref>https://hamariweb.com/profiles/mark-kelly_17645</ref>
'''Mark Edward Kelly''' (born 1964), born is divorced from his first wife in Orange2004, [[New Jersey]], is an [[American]] [[astronaut]] who has piloted [[Space Shuttle Endeavour|space shuttles Endeavour]] and Discoverywith whom they had two daughters. Kelly is then married to ex-Congresswoman [[Gabrielle Giffords]]; the two met in China in 2003 while they were serving on a committee there, and were married in January 2007. [<ref>http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40978517/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/</ref> Giffords was incapacitated by a [[leftwing]] lunatic, after which [[Democrats]] again went on a crusade to disarm law-abiding citizens. Kelly has allowed illegal drugs to pour over the border into [[Arizona]] as he advances the [[Leftist]] agenda of [[illegal immigration]]. His opponent in the 2022 race, [[Blake Masters]], observed that '''Kelly "waited until one month before Election Day to even *pretend* to try to do something about the fentanyl that’s killing Arizona teenagers.''' Shameful and fake!"<ref>https://twitter.com/bgmasters/status/1577002536816738305?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1577002536816738305%7Ctwgr%5Ede36604ec2c6ba76a9721b8d628e9748fe1e0361%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.breitbart.com%2Fimmigration%2F2022%2F10%2F04%2Fblake-masters-blasts-mark-kelly-for-inaction-on-border-fentanyl-crisis%2F</ref> Kelly is a puppet of pro-war [[globalist]]s who want an escalation of [[American]] involvement in the [[NATO war in Ukraine]].
==Education==
In 1982, Kelly received a bachelor of science degrees degree in marine engineering and marine transportation (with highest honors) from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in 1986, and a master of science degree in aeronautical engineering from the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in 1994.
==Gun control activism==
Since retiring from NASA, Kelly has become an outspoken, but hypocritical proponent of gun control.<ref>https://www.cbsnews.com/8301-250_162-57578786/giffords-kelly-own-guns-while-pushing-gun-control/</ref> Kelly tried to buy an AR-15 from an Arizona gun store as part of a publicity stunt, but the purchase was denied after he made public statements saying that he was not buying the rifle for personal use.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2013/03/26/Denied-Gun-Store-Owner-Refuses-To-Hand-AR-15-Over-To-Mark-Kelly</ref> Kelly was also featured in a bizarre video where he bragged about owning a 9mm Glock saying “This is the same kind of gun Gabby was shot with.” <ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/gabrielle-giffords-mark-kelly-guns-89793.html#ixzz2Q9n1FR8O</ref> In that video, Kelly proceeded to shoot at several targets setting on a rock formation, but failed to injure himself or anyone else with ricochets.<ref>http://www.wsbtv.com/videos/news/mark-kelly-shoots-glock-9-while-gabby-giffords/vxd6q/</ref>
==Racism==
Mark Kelly told an audience a racist joke about a fellow astronaut in 2018 saying his DNA-challenged astronaut brother is "halfway between an orangutan and a howler monkey... we even changed his name to Rodrigo."<ref>https://rumble.com/v1li6b9-arizona-democrat-mark-kelly-wishes-he-could-cover-up-his-racist-jokes-about.html</ref>
==2020 Senate run==
:''See also: [[United States Senate elections, 2020]]
===Fundraising===
As reported in on July 31, 2019, Kelly has "earned" 1.8 million dollars for giving speeches.<ref>[https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/455502-mark-kelly-earned-18m-for-speeches Mark Kelly earned $1.8M for speeches]</ref> Out of this sum, $125 thousand was "earned" from giving four speeches at colleges, despite blatant hypocrisy in Kelly's college affordability activism.<ref>[https://www.nrsc.org/press-releases/mark-kelly-tries-to-bury-his-financial-disclosure-during-demdebate-2019-07-31/ Mark Kelly Tries to Bury His Financial Disclosure During #DemDebate]</ref>
===Campaign spending===
According to MSN, Kelly spent thrice as much money on ads compared to the amount his opponent [[Martha McSally]] has spent,<ref>[https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/mark-kelly-has-spent-nearly-triple-what-martha-mcsally-has-on-digital-ads/ar-BB10xEnS Mark Kelly Has Spent Nearly Triple What Martha McSally Has On Digital Ads]</ref> with his ads including a series begging for donations prior to [[Donald Trump]]'s visit at a rally in Arizona.
==Awards==
[[File:NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander.jpg|thumb|NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, STS-134 commander.]]
==Awards==
Kelly was awarded the Defense Superior Service Medal (2 awards), four Air Medals (2 individual/2 strike flight) with Combat “V,” 2 Navy Commendation Medals (one with combat “V”), Navy Commendation Medal with “V,” Navy Achievement Medal, two Southwest Asia Service Medals, Navy Expeditionary Medal, two Sea Service Deployment Ribbons, Overseas Service Ribbon, and various other unit awards. [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/kellyme.html]
Mark Kelly's brother, Scott J. Kelly, is the current commander of the International Space Station, Expedition 26 (ISS), a veteran of two space shuttle missions.
Kelly once petitioned to jail his ex-wife during a custody fight over their two children.<ref>[https://freebeacon.com/2020-election/dem-senate-candidate-kelly-wanted-ex-wife-jailed-during-custody-dispute/ Dem Senate Candidate Kelly Wanted Ex-Wife Jailed Amid Custody Dispute]</ref>
==References==
==External links==
*[http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/kellyme.html Biographical Data]
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