Stupid is as stupid does and Markwayne Mullin proved that today. He openly insulted the senator that chairs the Homeland Security Committee in the upper chamber, which is magnificently stupid if you’re in line to be confirmed in a new post by the Senate as a whole — not to mention messing with that particular senator is a terrible idea. But that didn’t occur to Mullin when he called Rand Paul “a freaking snake.” Raw Story:
“Rand Paul’s a freaking snake,” Mullin declared. He then added, “I understand completely why his neighbor did what he did,” referencing Paul’s 2017 attack by a neighbor that left him seriously injured.
The DHS secretary is confirmed by the Senate Homeland Security Committee, which is chaired by Paul.
Trump administration officials were banking on Mullin coasting through confirmation on “senatorial courtesy,” counting on his colleagues’ goodwill to smooth the process. Mullin, a former MMA fighter with a track record of confrontational theatrics, including challenging Teamsters boss Sean O’Brien to a fight during a 2023 hearing and breaking hand sanitizer stations to fight off Jan. 6 rioters, seemed poised for an easy ride.
But Newell said that calculus got considerably more complicated, as Paul now holds the gavel over his confirmation hearing.
“This may be one confrontation Mullin comes to regret,” he warned.
Mullin is succeeding a woman who is accused of acting on impulse and not thinking decisions through. Here he is acting the same way out of the gate. Not a good luck. Oh well. Maybe the DHS head will be like the defense secretaries in Trump’s first time, pretty much of a revolving door.
” acting on impulse and not thinking decisions through.”
Pretty much the modus operandi of the whole regime, isn’t it?
He’ll fit right in.
Not the sharpest knife in the drawer. He seems to be confused who the president is, referring to the Secretary of Defense as President Hegseth. If they grill him in the confirmation hearings, as I’m sure they will, he could demonstrate he’s dumber and more ignorant than the real one, and that’s saying something.
I don’t think he was even at school when they handed brains out
Remember this is OKLAHOMA! The Land of RW, exceptional ignorance/stupidity.