2026
2026-01-25
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: position_evolution
Kelly voted to expand ICE detention authority (Laken Riley Act, Jan 2025), then one year later declared he would vote against DHS's entire budget after ICE/Border Patrol shootings in Minneapolis. Kelly argued the two positions were consistent — he supports enforcement tools but not 'chaos' — but critics saw a contradiction between authorizing expanded detention and then defunding the agency carryi…
2025
2025-07-01
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: statement_vs_disclosure
Kelly cheered the Artemis II launch as proof of American exceptionalism after voting against the OBBB that funded it with $9.9 billion. AZCIR fact-checked this as a 'mischaracterization' — Kelly supported NASA funding in negotiations but opposed the bill for its Medicaid/SNAP cuts. Both quotes come from direct sources: Kelly's own social media and his Senate voting record.
2022
2022-07-29
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: reversal
Kelly voted three times in 2021 to defund border wall construction, then in 2022 campaigned on asking the Biden administration to close 'gaps' in the very same border wall in Yuma. A Tucson editorial captured the contradiction: 'Mark Kelly holds two opposing viewpoints at the same time.' The reversal spanned approximately 14 months and tracked with his reelection timeline in a border state.
2022-07-29
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: position_evolution
Kelly's career arc from border-wall defunder (2021) to border-security campaigner (2022) to Laken Riley supporter and 70% GOP-alignment senator (2025) represents a sustained rightward pivot on immigration enforcement. Phoenix New Times documented how Kelly voted with Republicans on 7 of 10 key early-2025 issues, alarming progressive constituents who had backed him as a counterweight to Trumpism.
2019
2019-03-05
VOTED CONTRA
Vote contradicts: platform_vs_vote
Kelly pledged to reject 'a dime of corporate PAC money' in 2019, yet gave paid speeches to Goldman Sachs and other corporate clients, attended a fundraiser hosted by a DC lobbying firm, and accepted hundreds of thousands from corporate CEOs and lobbyists. The Intercept noted the pledge applied narrowly to PAC contributions rather than individual corporate-affiliated donors — a distinction campaign…
What this view assembles
- Promises & violations — every documented commitment + each documented break, with primary sources.
- Contradiction pairs — fact-against-fact entries from the contradictions ledger; the "said" appears in its year, the "did" appears in its year.
- Vote-based analyses — for elected officials, every documented case where a vote diverged from a stated commitment.
- Entity events — major dated events recorded against the entity (acquisitions, indictments, appointments, etc.).
This view DOES NOT auto-detect new drift candidates. It surfaces records that are already on file. If you spot an undocumented inversion, the curator workflow (admin) is where to add it.
