Democrat Senate Candidate Mark Kelly Gives Three Different Answers to the Same Question

This weekend, Arizona U.S. Senate candidate Mark Kelly demonstrated the lack of political acumen that has kept him largely shielded from media scrutiny. With three different opportunities to answer whether he’d support Presidential primary frontrunner Bernie Sanders, Kelly gave three distinctly different answers.

Townhall: “CBS 5 Arizona’s Family reporter Dennis Welch first tried to get an answer out of Kelly on air on Friday.

“Bernie Sanders wins,” Welch said, giving Kelly a hypothetical. “Are you going to support someone who describes himself as a democratic socialist?”

“Well, he’s got to win first,” Kelly responded. “And when we get there we’ll see, how was this campaign conducted? And at some point, and at some point in the future I’ll make a decision.”

“Welch pressed Kelly for a more concrete answer in regards to where he stands on the whole democratic socialist ID tag, especially now that Sanders has won both the Iowa Caucus and the New Hampshire primary.

“I’m a capitalist,” Kelly reacted.

“But Kelly’s story isn’t exactly consistent. When asked the same Bernie question by a local newspaper, he confidently said he’d “ultimately support who the nominee is of the Democratic Party.” Welch followed up with Kelly’s campaign after reading those remarks, and they told him that it was the candidate’s “intention” to support the eventual Democratic nominee.

“If you’re keeping count, those are three different answers. Welch admitted that it was ‘murky’ and ‘a little bit confusing.’”

Kelly’s campaign has been heavily scrutinized for the amount of corporate money that has gone into its coffers, along with thousands of dollars of corporate money that Kelly has received for paid speeches. Some of these speeches have taken place since Kelly officially started running for Senate, creating questions as to who is influencing his decisions and potential policy agenda. 

Kelly also served as a spokesman for a pyramid scheme where he sold nutrition supplements in China.