US EditionPaul Tussles with Mullin at DHS Hearing; Iran Operation Dominates Gabbard Hearing
Sen. Rand Paul challenged DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin on past comments justifying violence and nearly starting a fight, stating he will vote against the nomination.
- On Wednesday, Sen. Rand Paul, chair of the Senate Homeland Security Committee, pressed Sen. Markwayne Mullin, DHS secretary nominee, over comments about Paul’s 2017 assault, while Mullin disputed being 'a liar' and said he doesn’t condone violence.
- Mullin's past comments about caning and dueling prompted scrutiny, and President Donald Trump recently tapped him to replace Kristi Noem as DHS nominee.
- Playing a clip, Paul showed a 2023 video of Mullin nearly starting a fist fight with Sean O'Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, and Mullin later said 'sometimes people just need to be punched in the face'.
- Paul told reporters he will vote 'no' on Mullin's nomination, and the committee planned a Thursday vote to advance the nomination.
- The media noted the clash unfolded during two simultaneous Capitol Hill hearings, producing a split-screen, spectacle-like coverage for viewers as MS NOW host Jen Psaki criticized Fox News for cutting away.
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) says that Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chair Rand Paul (R-Ky.) and Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), President Trump’s nominee to serve as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, “have some personal history” they have to “work through” after they got into a testy exchange at Mullin’s [...]
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