Washington, D.C. – Today, U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), joined Fox News’ “America’s Newsroom” with Bill Hemmer. Senator Mullin reacted to Senator Kelly’s recent comments and apparent attempts to sow discord amongst service members. Highlights below.
The full interview can be found here.
On Senator Kelly’s recent comments:
“Well, Mark is out there trying to talk like a tough guy, and it’s not becoming of him… He’s trying to get attention for whatever reason. Maybe he’s trying to think there’s an opportunity for him to run for president, but he’s failing.”
“I mean, what he said about our men and women in uniform, about not following direct orders, was completely reckless and ridiculous by sowing any type of doubt and dissent inside of our men and women while we’re at a time of unprecedented dangers from abroad and home.”
“I hate that Mark Kelly’s going down this path. But, you know, this is what happens when you have people that are more interested in political gain than they are actually leading for the American people.”
On the low approval rating of the Democrat Party:
“It sounds like to me, he’s pandering to this far left base, which is why the Democrats have a low approval rating, which is the lowest they’ve had since they’ve actually measured the Democrat party’s approval rating.”
On cleaning up the mess from Biden’s open borders:
“Who could argue about us being proactive against these drug-terrorist organizations that are flooding our streets with drugs … And so we should be applauding President Trump and Secretary Hegseth for being proactive when the previous administration turned a blind eye to it and opened our borders.”
On the effectiveness of the Trump Administration’s efforts to safeguard the American people:
“… This was a proactive strike that was well within the authority of the President and within international waters to be able to go after these terrorist organizations… You think about what’s happening with the drug war that’s taking place, right, you have DHS that’s taking out the city’s drug runners and taking out the lanes of distribution, and you have the President and the Secretary of War who’s taken out the distribution of delivering the drugs onto our shores, and it’s being effective.”
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