Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said during an interview over the weekend that the U.S. told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky before Russia invaded in 2022 that he needed to have negotiations with Russians to prevent a war from happening.
Mullin made the remarks during a Sunday interview on NBC News&#8217; &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; when asked by host Kristen Welker if he would acknowledge that Russian President Vladimir Putin was responsible for starting the war in Ukraine.
&#8220;You know, I think what President Trump was meaning – not think, I know what he was meaning – is we gave Zelenskyy multiple warnings that there needed to be a negotiations before the war even started,&#8221; Mullin said. &#8220;And President Trump is absolutely correct. If he was in office, this war would have never, ever taken place.&#8221;
&#8220;What we&#8217;re trying to do and what President Trump is trying to do is end the killing,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It&#8217;s been going on for three years. The Biden administration turned a blind eye to it, and President Trump is the president that can end the war. There, fact – fact and simple.&#8221;
Welker then pressed Mullin over a tweet he posted back in February 2022 where he stated: &#8220;I strongly condemn the unjustified and unprovoked attack on Ukraine.&#8221;
&#8220;So just to be clear, Senator, do you still believe this was an unjustified and unprovoked attack on Ukraine by Russia?&#8221; Mullin asked.
Mullin responded: &#8220;You know, what – what we believe is this war should have never taken place. And what we&#8217;re trying to do here is put President Trump in a good position to negotiate the end of the war. It&#8217;s the same way that – that Reagan worked with Gorbachev by trying to end the Cold War.&#8221;
&#8220;Trump is the president that&#8217;s going to be able to end the killings that should have never taken place and would have never taken place if he would have been in office instead of Joe Biden,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;The reason why is because President Trump leads peace through strength. What Biden led through is appeasement. And that doesn&#8217;t work on the world stage. And I do believe 100% that we don&#8217;t want to attack – back the president or this administration into a corner on saying things that might damage the ability for President Trump to negotiate the – an end to this war. And President Trump is a dealmaker. He will end this war.&#8221;
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The media doesn’t get it: We want to put President Trump in the best position to negotiate an end to this war and stop the killing. It’s the Art of the Deal ⬇️ <a href="https://t.co/6ptrwxr2dI">pic.twitter.com/6ptrwxr2dI</a>
— Markwayne Mullin (@SenMullin) <a href="https://twitter.com/SenMullin/status/1893687539443085535?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 23, 2025</a></blockquote>

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Markwayne Mullin: Zelensky Had ‘Multiple Warnings’ Before War Started To Have Negotiations

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) told <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/podcasts/morning-wire" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Morning Wire</a> that the Senate GOP &#8220;has not let up the pressure at all&#8221; on Democrats as Republicans ram President Donald Trump&#8217;s cabinet appointments through their confirmations.
Senate Republicans, with their 53-47 majority, have cleared nearly all of the president&#8217;s most controversial picks after Kash Patel was confirmed to be the next FBI director in a 51-49 vote on Thursday. Mullin, who has gone to bat for each of Trump&#8217;s cabinet picks, told Daily Wire Editor-in-Chief John Bickley that the confirmation process had gone smoothly thanks to Republican leadership that is laser-focused on supporting Trump&#8217;s agenda.
&#8220;What you&#8217;ve seen is a new leader in the Senate with Leader [John] Thune. He is just 100 percent grinding the Democrats down from the get-go,&#8221; Mullin told Morning Wire.
&#8220;And so once the president got confirmed and sworn into office on the 20th, what we did is we immediately started the clock on these nominees, and [we] haven&#8217;t stopped,&#8221; he added.
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The Republican senator from Oklahoma explained that the party didn&#8217;t wait for Trump to be sworn in on January 20 to push his nominees through the confirmation process. Since the new Republican-controlled Senate began on January 3, the GOP immediately went to work putting pressure on Democrats to speed up confirmations.
Mullin said that Thune &#8220;has literally kept that clock running 24/7, seven days a week&#8221; on cabinet confirmations.
After a cabinet nominee gets reported out of committee, &#8220;there&#8217;s a 24-hour soak,&#8221; followed by a 30-hour debate, he explained, adding, &#8220;On directors, like Kash Patel, when you invoke cloture on them, you have a two-hour debate. So while you still have a 24-hour soak, you only have two hours of debate on that person. So you can move those faster.&#8221;
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&#8220;Even when we&#8217;re not here, the Democrats will negotiate and say, &#8216;If you don&#8217;t make us stay over on the weekend, we&#8217;ll allow the clocks to run consecutively, even though we&#8217;re not here.&#8217; So we&#8217;ll go ahead and invoke cloture on the next person,&#8221; Mullin told Morning Wire. &#8220;So when we get back here on Monday, we can confirm two people at once. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re so far ahead — because Leader Thune has not let up the pressure at all, not one bit on the Democrats.&#8221;
Asked about Republican legislative priorities in the weeks and months ahead, Mullin — a member of the Senate GOP Deputy Whip team — said his &#8220;biggest focus&#8221; is &#8220;deregulation on the business sector.&#8221;
&#8220;The only way we bring down energy prices is you got to make it conducive that people can trust their investment, long-term investment and not just four years at a time,&#8221; Mullin said. &#8220;But most energy companies are investing 15 to 20 years at a time when they look at returns. So you got to have stability in the energy market. And that means you gotta have deregulation.&#8221;

How Republicans Quickly Confirmed Trump’s Cabinet: ‘Kept That Clock Running 24/7’

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said over the weekend that America&#8217;s ballooning national debt was becoming a serious threat to U.S. national security.
Mullin made the remarks during a Sunday interview on ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week&#8221; with Jonathan Karl when asked about Elon Musk&#8217;s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) cutting wasteful spending in other agencies and departments.
&#8220;We hate that anybody&#8217;s losing their job, but at the same time, we know that the debt that we have in this country is not manageable, and it&#8217;s becoming a national security risk, and we&#8217;re spending nearly a trillion dollars a year just in servicing the debt,&#8221; Mullin said. &#8220;That is scary. We&#8217;re spending more on interest payments than we are in our Defense Department now.&#8221;
&#8220;Anybody will tell you that is a road for disaster,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;So any time you take over a situation like Elon Musk has had many opportunities and many experiences with taking over businesses, you had to start cutting some of the fat.&#8221;
&#8220;And unfortunately, the number one expense we have in the United States government right now is payroll, and when you start cutting departments, some people&#8217;s jobs are lost,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And it hurts us because we don&#8217;t want anybody to lose their job. But at the same time, we have to get it under control because if we don&#8217;t get our debt underneath control, it becomes a national security — can you imagine if we get downgraded?&#8221;
He said that if the U.S. gets its credit rating downgraded and the dollar starts losing its value that it could lead to disastrous economic outcomes for the country.
&#8220;Our buying power, the ability to invest into the country, the ability to invest in our military starts shrinking, and then we start losing the strength part when we start wanting to be at the negotiating table from peace through strength,&#8221; he continued.
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When asked about Elon Musk’s efforts to layoff federal employees, GOP Sen. Mullin tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jonkarl?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JonKarl</a> the move is necessary to control debt.
“It hurts us because we don&#8217;t want anybody to lose their job. But at the same time, we have to get it under control.” <a href="https://t.co/MbYZfpYm86">https://t.co/MbYZfpYm86</a> <a href="https://t.co/hzC1q8umzS">pic.twitter.com/hzC1q8umzS</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1891179764926369894?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2025</a></blockquote>

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said over the weekend that President Donald Trump was ready to start increasing pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin to force him to end his war in Ukraine.
Mullin made the remarks during a Sunday interview with ABC News&#8217; &#8220;This Week&#8221; with Jonathan Karl when asked about an op-ed in The Wall Street Journal that said Trump was the one who &#8220;wants a deal more,&#8221; implying that he was not arguing from a position of strength.
&#8220;Is President Trump poised to actually really turn the screws on Putin?&#8221; Karl asked.
&#8220;Absolutely because Putin knows the one person that can truly change the war is the United States,&#8221; Mullin responded. &#8220;If we went all in for Ukraine, if we went all in with the resources we have, from air superiority to – to the weapons that we can deploy to Ukraine, Putin knows at that point he would be in an extremely negative position.&#8221;
&#8220;I think that being the opportunity for President Trump to talk to Putin and say, listen, we want to end the war,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We don&#8217;t want to have to engage more. But we&#8217;re not going to allow you to move forward. So, let&#8217;s negotiate a peace deal here or you&#8217;re going to force our hand to be farther involved. That&#8217;s what peace through strength is. It&#8217;s negotiating peace, but using strength as a backup. If you make us do something, we will do it.&#8221;
&#8220;We did this in Syria when President Trump was in office in 2017,&#8221; he noted. &#8220;You saw that Putin went ahead and engaged with – with – with Syria. They used chemical weapons. And immediately what President Trump did is he bombed the airport and took over the air space that Russia was [in] control over, and he controlled the air space for the remainder of his presidency. So we had the ability to do it and Putin knows that.&#8221;
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GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin says Pres. Trump has the capability to apply pressure to Russian Pres. Vladimir Putin to negotiate a deal to end the war in Ukraine.
“President Trump wrote ‘The Art of the Deal.’ He knows how to negotiate.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/ITK275Hp4z">https://t.co/ITK275Hp4z</a> <a href="https://t.co/jgFSRIifVO">pic.twitter.com/jgFSRIifVO</a>
— This Week (@ThisWeekABC) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThisWeekABC/status/1891177272700203042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">February 16, 2025</a></blockquote>

Markwayne Mullin: Putin Does Not Want To Mess With U.S.

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Senator <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/markwayne-mullin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Markwayne Mullin</a> (R-OK) blew up Tuesday morning&#8217;s Armed Services Committee hearing, torching his colleagues — and taking some of the blast himself — for their hypocrisy as they criticized Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.
Mullin argued that even as they sat in judgment of Hegseth — his qualifications to lead the Pentagon and his admitted struggles — many of them were ignoring their own failings while demanding that Hegseth meet the standards they themselves could not.
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MUST WATCH: Sen. <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkwayneMullin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarkwayneMullin</a> just called out the hypocrisy of every single Democrat who have spent the hearing wagging their fingers at Pete Hegseth. <a href="https://t.co/jq8fvaHA42">pic.twitter.com/jq8fvaHA42</a>
&mdash; Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) <a href="https://twitter.com/TrumpWarRoom/status/1879224487981486263?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2025</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot about qualifications,&#8221; Mullin said, referencing his colleagues who had raised questions regarding whether or not Hegseth had the necessary experience to run the Pentagon. &#8220;I think it&#8217;s so hypocritical of senators, especially on the other side of the aisle, to be talking about his qualifications to not be able to lead — to be the Secretary of Defense, and yet, your qualifications aren&#8217;t any better.&#8221;
&#8220;You guys aren&#8217;t any more qualified to be a senator than I&#8217;m qualified to be the senator, except we&#8217;re lucky enough to be here,&#8221; Mullin continued, after which he read aloud the qualifications upon which a Defense Secretary was to be judged.
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&#8220;In general, the U.S. Secretary of Defense position is filled by a civilian,&#8221; Mullin said. &#8220;That&#8217;s it. And if you have served in the U.S. Army forces and have been in the service for — you have to be retired for at least seven years and Congress can waive that. And then there&#8217;s questions that the senator from Massachusetts brought up about serving on a board inside the military industry, and yet your own secretary that you all voted for, Secretary Austin, we had to vote on a waiver because he stepped off the board of Raytheon. But I guess that&#8217;s okay because that&#8217;s a Democrat Secretary of Defense. But we so quickly forget about that.&#8221;
Mullin then pivoted to questions raised by Senator Tim Kaine (D-VA) regarding Hegseth&#8217;s previous marital woes, adding, &#8220;And then Senator Kaine — I guess I&#8217;d better use &#8216;the Senator from Virginia&#8217; — starts bringing up the fact that &#8216;what if you showed up drunk to your job?'&#8221;
&#8220;How many senators have showed up drunk to vote at night?&#8221; Mullin asked after a brief pause, prompting laughter throughout the chamber.
&#8220;Have any of you guys asked them to step down and resign from their job? And don’t tell me you haven’t seen it because I know you have. And then how many senators do you know have gotten a divorce before cheating on their wives? Did you ask them to step down?&#8221; he asked. &#8220;No, but it’s for show. You guys make sure you make a big show and point out the hypocrisy because a man&#8217;s made a mistake.&#8221;
&#8220;And you want to sit there and say that he&#8217;s not qualified?&#8221; Mullin kept at it. &#8220;Give me a joke. It is so ridiculous that you guys hold yourself as this higher standard and you forget you got a big plank in your eye. We&#8217;ve all made mistakes. I&#8217;ve made mistakes.&#8221;
Mullin turned to Hegseth&#8217;s wife, Jennifer, crediting her with standing by her husband through difficulties.
&#8220;The only reason why I&#8217;m here and not in prison is because my wife loved me, too,&#8221; Mullin said to a few more laughs and a smattering of applause. &#8220;I have changed, but I&#8217;m not perfect — but I found somebody who thought I was perfect. And for whatever reason, you love Pete, and I don&#8217;t know why. But just like our Lord and Savior forgave me, my wife&#8217;s had to forgive me more than once, too, and I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve had to forgive him, too. And so, thank you.&#8221;

Senator Mullin Blows Up Hegseth Committee Hearing, Tells Senators They’re Not Qualified To Judge

Senator Mullin Blows Up Hegseth Committee Hearing, Tells Senators They're Not Qualified To Judge

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Partisan politics in Washington, D.C., apparently stops at the weight room.
Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma says he got to know Tulsi Gabbard at the gym when they both served in the House of Representatives. At the time, Mullin was still a Republican and Gabbard was a Democrat, but the respect they built for each other in the weightroom bridged the political divide. 
The pair have remained close friends ever since. Mullin is now a senator and Gabbard, who joined the Republican Party in October, is President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be the next director of national intelligence. 
As a senator, Mullin is in a key position to help boost his friend into the position of director of national intelligence, a role that Gabbard is well-qualified to hold, Mullin says in a new video alongside Gabbard.
“You know, Tulsi has been getting unfairly tagged as someone not qualified to be the director of national intelligence, and I laugh because if you know this girl, first of all, she&#8217;s extremely intimidating. [She] used to work out with me every single morning, and she ran us into the ground,” Mullin said, recalling their days in the gym.
“When you start looking at her background, she served four terms in the United States House of Representatives – I don&#8217;t know if that&#8217;s a bragging point, but we&#8217;ll still talk about it – twenty-two years in the service, combat veteran, lieutenant colonel right now, and she&#8217;s currently over the reserve unit in Oklahoma and Missouri. I don&#8217;t know what [other] qualifications you need,” Mullin said. 
“I mean, you&#8217;re not Pete Buttigieg,” Mullin said, referring to the former mayor of Southbend, Indiana, who was vaulted into heading the Department of Transportation during the Biden administration despite having no relevant past experience in a transportation-related role.
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GOP Senator <a href="https://twitter.com/MarkwayneMullin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MarkwayneMullin</a> says he became friends with Tulsi Gabbard when she was a Democrat—they went to the gym every morning together
In a video, he tells her that questions about her qualifications are absurd: “I mean, you’re not Pete Buttigieg” <a href="https://t.co/Qunu1Fwmjc">pic.twitter.com/Qunu1Fwmjc</a>
&mdash; Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href="https://twitter.com/realDailyWire/status/1877492971571929385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 9, 2025</a></blockquote>
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Gabbard has seen some headwinds in the Senate. The Trump transition team earlier this week <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/sad-to-see-trump-team-says-dems-playing-politics-with-key-national-security-admin-post">accused</a> Democrats on the Senate Intelligence Committee of obstructing Gabbard’s nomination.

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GOP Senator Blasts Questions About Tulsi Gabbard’s Qualifications: She’s ‘Not Pete Buttigieg’

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Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/markwayne-mullin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Markwayne Mullin</a> (R-OK) said during an interview over the weekend that &#8220;criminal&#8221; activity from the Biden administration related to its withdraw from Afghanistan in 2021 should be investigated by the incoming Trump administration.
Mullin made the remarks during a Sunday interview with CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper when asked about President Joe Biden issuing blanket pardons for individuals so the Department of Justice cannot prosecute them in the future.
&#8220;As far as weaponizing the DOJ and going after political opponents, the only party that&#8217;s ever done that is the Democrat Party,&#8221; Mullin said. &#8220;When President Trump was in office the first time as the 45th president, he didn&#8217;t go after the Clintons. He didn&#8217;t do this.&#8221;
&#8220;When they went after classified documents, they obviously treated President Trump much different than they did President Biden,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And so who weaponizes them? Now, if they are afraid of that because they&#8217;re afraid the same tool they used against President Trump could be used against them, then, hey, President Biden has the right to do that. But I don&#8217;t think they have a reason to be afraid.&#8221;
He later added: &#8220;The first thing we need to do is hold people accountable from the Afghanistan withdrawal. That&#8217;s where they should be looking at, because I think there was real criminal activity that took place there, like, for instance, Ambassador Pommersheim telling me personally, when we were over there trying to get Americans out and my group trying to get Americans out, that he was told not to assist us in any way, not to assist us in any way from Washington, D.C.&#8221;
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&#8220;Who gave him that order that he wasn&#8217;t supposed to help me as a member of Congress at the time trying to get Americans out?&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We&#8217;re there on the ground pulling people across the Panjshir bridge into Tajikistan. He&#8217;s the ambassador of Tajikistan. And he was told by the State Department not to assist us in any way. That&#8217;s a criminal charge that should be investigated. Those things should be looked at.&#8221;
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After Trump said members of the January 6 Committee “should go to jail,” <a href="https://twitter.com/SenMullin?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SenMullin</a> tells <a href="https://twitter.com/jaketapper?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@jaketapper</a>, “I don&#8217;t think they have a reason to be afraid” but adds, “I think that investigation should be looked into if there was criminal activity that took place.” <a href="https://t.co/UVfgdzHzqx">pic.twitter.com/UVfgdzHzqx</a>
— State of the Union (@CNNSOTU) <a href="https://twitter.com/CNNSOTU/status/1865788224074928603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 8, 2024</a></blockquote>

Sen Mullin Calls For ‘Criminal’ Activity To Be Investigated From Biden’s Afghanistan Pullout

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Republican Sen. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/markwayne-mullin" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Markwayne Mullin</a> of Oklahoma placed a hold on the promotion of Lt. Gen. Christopher Donahue that would have elevated him to lead U.S. Army forces in Europe.
Donahue is currently a three-star general who was nominated to become a four-star general by President Joe Biden earlier this month. Donahue was one of the top military officials overseeing the disastrous withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.
Mullin, who was serving in the House of Representatives at the time of the withdrawal, tried to lead his own outside efforts to extract Americans from Afghanistan, but was repeatedly stymied by the State Department and the Pentagon. Mullin placed a hold on Donahue’s promotion after the Senate approved promotions for hundreds of service members last week, according to <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/11/22/senator-freezes-promotion-general-who-led-afghanistan-evacuation/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Washington Post</a>.
President-elect Donald Trump has promised to fire all senior officers from the Pentagon who were involved in the withdrawal, which resulted in the deaths of 13 American service members and the loss of billions of dollars in military equipment. U.S. military sites were taken over by the Taliban and thousands of prisoners, many with terror ties, were released.
The Biden administration did not remove any senior military leaders following the chaotic withdrawal, despite security failings that cost the lives of American soldiers and hundreds of Afghans.
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Donahue told military investigators that he joined U.S. forces in Afghanistan in the final days of the withdrawal, learning that he was being dispatched to the country on August 16, 2021. The withdrawal ended weeks later on August 30. Donahue <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-europe-commander-nomination-hold/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rode</a> out on the last plane to leave Kabul.
The Pentagon touted Donahue’s qualifications in a statement to the Post.
“His appointment comes at an extremely critical time in the European region,” spokesman James Adams said. “We urge the Senate to confirm all of our highly qualified nominees. Holds on our nominees undermine our military readiness.”
While Democrats still hold a majority in the Senate, when it comes to military promotions, a single senator can hold up the process. Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville of Alabama held up hundreds of military promotions in 2022 and 2023 in protest of a Pentagon policy to pay for service members to travel out-of-state for abortions.

GOP Senator Blocks Promotion Of General Who Took Part In Afghanistan Withdrawal

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) slammed Sen. Tammy Duckworth&#8217;s (D-IL) attack on former Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/tulsi-gabbard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tulsi Gabbard</a> (D-HI) over the weekend, calling her smear &#8220;outright dangerous.&#8221;
Mullin made the remark during a Sunday interview on CNN&#8217;s &#8220;State of the Union&#8221; while responding to Duckworth&#8217;s attacks on Gabbard — whom President-elect Donald Trump has tapped to be his Director of National Intelligence — just moments prior on the same show.
Duckworth claimed that Gabbard, who is now a Republican, was &#8220;compromised&#8221; and potentially someone who &#8220;will not have America&#8217;s best interests at heart.&#8221;
When asked to respond to Duckworth&#8217;s attacks, Mullin said he thought they were &#8220;ridiculous and outright dangerous words.&#8221;
&#8220;You have got to keep in mind that Tulsi Gabbard is still a lieutenant colonel in the United States Army,&#8221; he said. &#8220;She commands a Reserve unit here in Oklahoma and Missouri. If she was compromised, if she wasn&#8217;t able to pass a background check, if she wasn&#8217;t able to do her job, she still wouldn&#8217;t be in the Army.&#8221;
&#8220;And so Tammy is absolutely dead wrong on this, and she should retract those words,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;That&#8217;s the most dangerous thing she could say, is that a United States lieutenant colonel in the United States Army is compromised and is an asset of Russia.&#8221;
He said Duckworth&#8217;s attack could be motivated by her being upset that Gabbard left the party.
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🔥NEW: Splitscreen of Sen. Tammy Duckworth slandering Tulsi Gabbard as “compromised” — and Sen. Markwayne Mullin’s immediate response BLASTING Duckworth:
“Tammy is absolutely dead wrong on this, and she should retract those words. She&#8217;s upset that Tulsi Gabbard left the Democrat… <a href="https://t.co/ceDUcabQbD">pic.twitter.com/ceDUcabQbD</a>
— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) <a href="https://twitter.com/WesternLensman/status/1860722771346514059?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 24, 2024</a></blockquote>

Senator Mullin Rips Democrat Senator’s ‘Outright Dangerous’ Attack On Tulsi Gabbard

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) said over the weekend that all of President-elect Donald Trump&#8217;s nominees will be given the same opportunity to be confirmed when the Senate starts its hearings in January.
Mullin made the remarks during a Sunday NBC News interview with Kristen Welker on &#8220;Meet The Press&#8221; while discussing Rep. Matt Gaetz&#8217;s (R-FL) prospects of being confirmed to U.S. Attorney General.
&#8220;There&#8217;s no question that Matt Gaetz and I have had our differences,&#8221; he said. &#8220;And that&#8217;s no secret. Moving forward, I do respect President Trump&#8217;s right to appoint these individuals. But underneath Article II, section II, Congress has to advise and consent.&#8221;
&#8220;And Matt Gaetz is going to go through the same scrutiny as every other individual,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;And I&#8217;m going to give him a fair shot, just like every individual. And at the end of the day, the Senate has to confirm him.&#8221;
He said that he would set aside his personal opinions of Gaetz and would solely look at whether he is qualified to hold the role.
Mullin said that he &#8220;absolutely&#8221; believes that the House Ethics Committee should release a report about alleged misconduct that was set to be released before Gaetz resigned.
&#8220;I believe the Senate should have access to that,&#8221; he said. &#8220;Now should it be released to the public or not? I guess that will be part of the negotiations. But that should be definitely part of our decision making.&#8221;
Mullin said that he agreed with some of Gaetz&#8217;s views, especially ones about needing to rein in federal departments and agencies.
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Markwayne Mullin: Trump’s Nominees Will All Get Same Chance To Be Confirmed

A fight nearly broke out during a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/u-s-senate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Senate hearing</a> Tuesday morning between a Republican senator and a union leader over remarks that the union leader made online toward the senator.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) confronted Sean O&#8217;Brien, president of the Teamsters union, during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing.
The confrontation was sparked by a post that O&#8217;Brien made about Mullin on X in which he mocked the senator&#8217;s height and called him a &#8220;fraud.&#8221;
&#8220;Greedy CEO who pretends like he’s self made,&#8221; O&#8217;Brien wrte. &#8220;In reality, just a clown &amp; fraud. Always has been, always will be. Quit the tough guy act in these senate hearings. You know where to find me. Anyplace, Anytime cowboy. #LittleManSyndrome[.]&#8221;
Mullin read O&#8217;Brien&#8217;s post in front of the Committee and noted that after the last time the two had a confrontation in front of the Committee, O&#8217;Brien &#8220;got pretty excited about the keyboard&#8221; and proceeded to attack Mullin numerous times online.
&#8220;Sir, I wish you were in the truck with me when I was building my plumbing company; myself and my wife was running the office because I sure remember working pretty hard and long hours,&#8221; Mullin said.
After finishing reading the post, Mullin said, &#8220;Sir, this is a time, this is a place. You want to run your mouth. We can be two consenting adults, we can finish it here.&#8221;
&#8220;Okay, that&#8217;s fine,&#8221; O&#8217;Brien responded. &#8220;Perfect.&#8221;
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&#8220;You want to do it now?&#8221; Mullin asked.
&#8220;I&#8217;d love to do it right now,&#8221; O&#8217;Brien said.
Mullin told O&#8217;Brien to stand his &#8220;butt up then.&#8221;
&#8220;You stand your butt up,&#8221; O&#8217;Brien said, prompting Mullin to jump up out of his chair.
Committee Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-VT) yelled at both of them, especially Mullin.
&#8220;Oh, my god. Oh, stop it,&#8221; Sanders said. &#8220;Sit down. You&#8217;re a United States Senator.&#8221;
&#8220;Hold it! This is a hearing,&#8221; he added. &#8220;And God knows the American people have enough contempt for Congress, let&#8217;s not make it worse.&#8221;
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Labor Union Hearing

WATCH: Fight Nearly Breaks Out During Senate Hearing Between GOP Senator, Union Boss

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WASHINGTON — Republicans are calling on the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Department of Homeland Security to designate members of the pro-abortion organization, Jane&#8217;s Revenge, as domestic terrorists.
Led by Congressman Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), lawmakers drew on the latest &#8220;communique&#8221; purportedly from the pro-abortion group threatening more violence to pro-life clinics and organizations.
&#8220;We write with grave concern regarding the group &#8216;Jane’s Revenge&#8217; and its documented attacks on pregnancy centers across the country over the past two months,&#8221; the lawmakers said in a <a href="https://www.scribd.com/document/579204259/Letter-Re-Jane-s-Revenge">letter first obtained by The Daily Wire</a>. &#8220;This group is a threat to expectant mothers across America, many of whom are in desperate need of assistance.&#8221;
The letter is co-signed by a slew of congressional Republicans, including Greg Steube of Florida, Jeff Duncan of South Carolina, Jody Hice of Georgia, and Lauren Boebert of Colorado.
&#8220;We are calling on the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to officially classify those committing crimes through Jane’s Revenge as domestic terrorists in response to their clear involvement in acts dangerous to human life,&#8221; the letter continued. &#8220;These violent acts violate U.S. and State law, and the group itself has claimed intent to intimidate civilians and government officials. You must use the full extent of your powers under the law to fully prosecute these criminals and prevent further crime. &#8220;
More than 20 pregnancy resource centers and offices of pro-life groups have been attacked or vandalized since the leak of a draft Supreme Court opinion indicating that the justices are likely to overturn Roe v. Wade, <a href="https://catholicvote.org/pregnancy-center-attack-tracker/">according to Catholic Vote</a>.
The militant abortion group Jane’s Revenge has claimed responsibility for a slew of these attacks, and last week allegedly issued a radical missive promising to continue violent attacks on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pro-life-pregnancy-centers-are-under-attack">pro-life clinics</a> and organizations.
The FBI told The Daily Wire last week that, while it would not comment on specific groups, the bureau is “investigating a series of attacks and threats targeting pregnancy resource centers and faith-based organizations across the country.”  
Mullin told The Daily Wire that such violent attacks have &#8220;no place in our Republic.”
&#8220;It’s shameful the Left has proven so far unwilling to speak out against their own fringe narrative, especially if it means American lives are in danger,&#8221; the congressman said. &#8220;It’s past time they quit with the complacency and investigate these members for exactly what they are: domestic terrorists. We are demanding immediate action to prevent this violence from occurring ever again.”
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&#8220;It is clear by their threats that the members of this group have no regard for human life and may be willing to kill those in the pro-life community to further their politically motivated agenda,&#8221; the Republicans said.
&#8220;Churches and pregnancy centers are at extreme risk and the members of Jane’s Revenge have been clear that they will not stop their reign of terror until pregnancy centers stop providing life-affirming services,&#8221; they added. &#8220;You must immediately call these criminals out for what they are, domestic terrorists, and use the full extent of your powers to prevent their intended bloodshed.&#8221; 
Pro-life pregnancy centers provide resources to women who are pregnant and often have nowhere else to turn. Mullin told The Daily Wire that he couldn&#8217;t be more grateful for those pro-life workers who spend their lives offering such services.
“The care and counseling they offer to expectant mothers serves as a safe haven for so many who have nowhere else to go or no one else to turn to,&#8221; he said. &#8220;What the members of Jane’s Revenge have done to their workplace is reprehensible. It must stop.”
In the purported Jane’s Revenge missive posted by Abolition Media, the abortion activists promise that they are “not one group but many.”
The message claimed responsibility for attacks on pro-life organizations and groups in “Madison WI, Ft. Collins CO, Reisertown MA, Olympia WA, Des Moines IA, Lynwood WA, Washington DC, Ashville NC, Buffalo NY, Hollywood FL, Vancouver WA, Frederick MA, Denton TX, Gresham OR, Eugene OR, Portland OR, among others.”
“We work in countless locations invisibly,” the “communique” said. “You’ve read the communiqués from the various cells, you’ve seen the proliferating messages in graffiti and elsewhere, and you know that we are serious.”
The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fbi">FBI</a> had warned earlier this month that while it will protect the First Amendment rights of Americans protesting at the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/supreme-court">Supreme Court</a>, it will not “tolerate violence, destruction, interference with government functions, or trespassing on government property.”
The warning followed the arrest of 26-year-old Nicholas John Roske of Simi Valley, California. A DOJ <a href="https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/22056069/roskenicholas.pdf">affidavit details</a> how Roske allegedly traveled to Kavanaugh’s home armed with weapons and burglary tools with the intent to kill the justice and prevent him from ruling on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/second-amendment">Second Amendment</a> and abortion cases.
The FBI and DHS did not immediately respond to requests for comment from The Daily Wire.

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