“Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth tried to brand Sen. Mark Kelly as ‘seditious’ and moved to strip him of his military rank. It hasn’t worked out that way,” NOTUS reports.“Instead, Democratic strategists say the feud has driven attention and millions in campaign cash toward the Arizona Democrat as he ‘seriously’ considers a 2028 presidential run in what will likely be a crowded field.”“More importantly, it blessed one of the Senate’s most centrist members with an identity as a fighter in a party hungry for confrontation with President Donald Trump.”