Tag Archives: Markwayne Mullin

The Oklahoman reports: Journalists would write fewer “fake news” stories if disputes over coverage could be handled through violence, U.S. Sen. Markwayne Mullin suggested on social media. In a video posted over the weekend to his official X account, the Oklahoma Republican describes the 1890 killing of a former congressman, who was shot by a reporter in the U.S. Capitol. …

The Hill reports: Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) said Sunday that President Trump was joking when he floated running for a third term, adding he could not seek to change the Constitution without the consent of voters. “First of all, he joked. And so I think we need to take that as a joke, not being literal,” Mullin said when asked …

“I don’t know any underlying stories and there are probably some out there. Now, there’s times that we’ll start and have started voting at three or four in the afternoon and go to the next day at noon, 20 hours, 21 hours straight and that might like make some of us look like we’ve had a long night at the …

“There’s a lot of senators here I wouldn’t have on my board because there’s no qualifications except your age and you’ve got to be living in the state and you’re a citizen of the United States to be a senator. How many senators have showed up drunk to vote at night? Have any of you guys asked them to step …

“First of all, the police report, if you look at it, it’s very clear that what Pete was saying, what his attorney was saying was accurate. There was no case here. He was falsely accused! If you go back and you read the report, there was two eyewitnesses said that she was being the aggressor — Pete wasn’t even flirting …

NBC News reports: Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin called on the House of Representatives on Sunday to share an unreleased ethics report into alleged sexual misconduct involving a 17-year-old girl by Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general. Mullin told NBC’s Meet the Press that the Senate, which holds the authority to confirm or deny Trump’s nominations to high-level …

“It’s hard to say what you’re going to do or what you’re not, because my job is to make sure that irregularities are within the standard that the federal government puts out in place, which is us. The federal government sets irregularities as to how far those can go. So is it going to be less than 1% or is …

“My advice to President Trump, which, you know, President Trump is his own man, he’s going to make it a decision – and he does a good job in that – is to kind of stay out of the race because it’s a lose-lose situation. He needs to work for or with whatever leader is there. And let me tell …

NBC News reports: Dramatic, newly released video shot by a Jan. 6 rioter shows the confrontation between two Republican members of Congress and Capitol rioters trying to breach the main door into the chamber of the U.S. House of Representatives. The videos show rioters staring down the barrels of guns through broken glass as they tried to force their way …

The Messenger reports: Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin suggested that President Joe Biden may not qualify for impeachment in the House GOP investigation because if he did commit a crime, he isn’t holding that same office anymore or wasn’t even in office at the time. “The bar is real high. There’s not question about it,” Mullin said in an interview …

Newsweek reports: Representative Matt Gaetz has a new Republican enemy in Senator Markwayne Mullin. Gaetz criticized Mullin for profiting off stocks while serving as a member of Congress this week, renewing his long-held position against lawmakers trading stocks. Retweeting a post on X from Quiver Quantitative that found Mullin increased his net worth by $51 million between 2018 when he …

“I’m a guy from Oklahoma first, and there’s consequences for doing some of this. I get there’s people on social media that they’ll do this constantly. I’ll never see them. This guy I did see and this wasn’t his first time. He did this to me five separate times. I ignored it every time. So when you get mad, you …

“I never thought I’d say this, but Bernie Sanders seems to be the voice of reason here. Everything you just saw was a complete and utter embarrassment. It shouldn’t be what is projected to our kids from our nation’s capital. Reminder to all of you, yeah, the children are watching. You’re supposed to be the adults in the room, so …

“You know, some people are real strong behind a keypad, but when they get called out, it’s completely different. People asked me, too, ‘Is this becoming of a U.S. senator.’ And, I’m like, man, I’m a guy from Oklahoma first. In Oklahoma, you don’t run your mouth like that, and if you do run your mouth like that, you’re expected …

The Daily Beast reports: Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said he was nobly representing “Oklahoma values” when he challenged a union boss to a fight Tuesday. Speaking about the incident with Mullin on Fox News on Tuesday night, Sean Hannity praised Mullin’s actions, saying any other response would have been “gutless.” Mullin agreed, then said: “What did people want me to …

The Washington Examiner reports: A Senate hearing got heated on Tuesday when Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) stood up in an apparent move to physically fight Teamsters President Sean O’Brien. The move came after O’Brien — testifying before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, about unions — challenged Mullin to a fight in June on Twitter. In a tweet, …

“You’ve gotta think about this guy. This is a guy that didn’t have – that the media didn’t give the time of day to after he was accused of sleeping with an underage girl. “And there’s a reason why no one in the conference came and defended him – because we had all seen the videos he was showing on …

Congress Minutes reports: Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) backed former President Donald Trump’s bid to return to the White House on Friday, becoming the fifth Republican and third freshman senator to offer his support. It’s a far cry from the immediate enthusiasm for Trump’s bid for a second term in the White House just four years ago, as the former president …

Oklahoma City’s Fox affiliate reports: Markwayne Mullin will become Oklahoma’s next U.S. Senator, winning the seat left open by Jim Inhofe. Mullin defeated former U.S. Congresswoman Kendra Horn. Inhofe announced his retirement earlier this year and that it would be effective Jan. 3, 2023. The longtime Republican lawmaker’s announcement led to a slew of candidates throwing their names for consideration …

PBS reports: U.S. Rep. Markwayne Mullin won Tuesday’s GOP primary runoff for one of Oklahoma’s U.S. Senate seats, making him a likely favorite to win the seat U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe is leaving early after nearly 30 years in office. Mullin, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, defeated former Speaker of the Oklahoma House and banking executive T.W. Shannon after …