Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) will face questions from his Republican and Democratic colleagues on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee today after President Donald Trump fired Kristi Noem as the Department of Homeland Security secretary and named him as her replacement earlier this month.
Democrats are expected to ask Mullin about his views on ICE’s brutal enforcement operations in cities around the U.S., as most Senate Dems withhold their votes on funding DHS in the absence of adequate reforms.
What’s “most important to Americans right now are whether he’s going to reform the agency in a way that stops the ongoing lawlessness and reckless brutality of ICE and CBP,” Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said ahead of this morning’s hearing.
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America has no shortage of complete meatheads.
I would hope Markwayne would die of embarrassment, but I doubt he has any shame.
Markwayne did absolutely no preparation for this hearing, but I’m resigned to Senate Brain overwhelming the obvious solution of not confirming this rodeo clown.
@eldonlazar He doesn’t have any self-preservation instinct, either, since he’s willingly climbing aboard a sinking ship.
He will be confirmed because he is a Senator. Senators just aren’t denied in these circumstances. The fact is he has no relevant experience in law enforcement or running complex organizations. For me the real question is how does he get along with his boss-Stephen Miller?. Does he have any independence?
And if you watch these “hearings” prepare to be depressed. “Suffering fools” and getting past the noise is important to personal progress and survival. And you already know that. Beware!