Yeah, but how does he look as a cosplay SWAT team?
During the January 6 United States Capitol attack, Mullin and Representatives Troy Nehls (a former sheriff and Army veteran) and Pat Fallon (an Air Force veteran) helped U.S. Capitol Police build barricades and protect the doors to the House Chamber from the rioters.[45] He and many of his colleagues were later ushered to a secure location, where he declined offers to wear a mask, in violation of House rules.[46][47] Mullin said that he witnessed the shooting of Trump supporter Ashli Babbitt during the attack, which occurred after she climbed through a barricade leading toward the House Chamber; Mullin said the Capitol police officer had no choice but to shoot, and that this action saved people’s lives, with members of Congress and their staff in danger from the mob.[48][49][50][51]
Responding to you and later posts that made essentially the same point.
There will be a gap of time between his confirmation and the appointment of a new Senator. Obviously, it will be another Republican. And almost as obviously, Mullin will be confirmed.
In the interim, and even later, multiple interesting - in the political sense - events. First, DHS hasn’t been funded and we’re in a government shutdown. No normal president would fire the Secretary at this moment unless she shot her dog or something.
Does Trump think that nominating a Senator will change the dynamic? When will the confirmation hearings take place? Can they be done before a DHS vote? And the hearings will be rugged; Democrats will dredge up every failure HS has had and grill Mullin on his plans and what changes he’ll make. If none, that exonerates Noem; if many, that hurts Trump. He’ll be walking a fine line to avoid those traps. As an idiot he may lack the skills.
Speaking of which, what qualifications does he have other than Trump saying that he loves watching Mullin on television? Not that qualifications matter any more, but he’ll be flayed for a national audience and microscoped in office.
So say he gets in.
He was a five-term Congressman - after vowing to step down after three terms - and won elections by real, not Trumpian, landslides, but never ran for the Senate. No doubt Gov. Stitt will appoint a lackey, but the seat is up for election in November. This throws OK politics into a turmoil. And however much Stitt hurries, a hole is open for the Democrats to exploit.
Out of all the people in the party whom Trump likes to watch on television, Mullin’s nomination is a weird choice. What was Trump thinking?
But he’s 3-0 in MMA fights.
I would have thought being a senator would have more of a future and be more prestigious than being in this clown car cabinet.
Four things:
- He never shot his dog (as far as we know).
Moderating:
Enough with the cracks folks, this is a P&E thread. If you are only posting to make the crack, rather than an actual discussion of the subject, please reconsider. This sort of stuff should really be in the Pit, and we’ve already got one on Noem if you don’t want to spin off a new one.
When the President/head of your party/leader of your cult says, “I want you to take this job,” saying “no” is probably not an option.
I hope they play the clip of Mullin trying to start a fight with the head of the Teamsters at his confirmation hearing.
OH… And a man of principles…
Does anyone else here remember when Markwayne challenged an official to a fistfight, and was stopped by, of all people, BERNIE SANDERS? Here’s what someone on The Daily Show had to say about it, and him. You don’t need TikTok to watch this.
How is his (1/28 ) Native American ancestry good or bad?
He may have helped to keep the J6 rioters at bay but he’s an election denier, so that cancels that out.
I’ll give the fact that he isn’t Noem.
I can only characterize this news as “What fresh hell is this?”
In his first term, Trump apparently did listen (somewhat) to advisors who were trying to help him form an actual, functional government – remember when people who used to talk about “the adults in the room” who would help curb Trump’s worst impulses? His first cabinet had people like Jeff Sessions, John Kelly, Jim Mattis, and Rex Tillerson: many of them may have been terrible people, but they were actually qualified for their jobs; they ultimately wore out their welcome, and got sacked by Trump because they weren’t yes-men. (Though, yes, he also had people like Ben Carson and Betsy DeVos, who had no business being in the jobs he gave them.)
This time around, he’s entirely gone for sycophants and true believers; qualifications aren’t required.
Mullin definitely fits the “sycophants and true believers” category.
That is a low Mariana Trench to jump.
When they go around the cabinet room and take turns heaping praise on trump, I expect his submission to be folksy and homespun.
According to this article from The Hill, the apppointed replacement is actually barred from running for the seat in the next election:
It requires that the appointee be a registered Oklahoma voter in the same party as the previous senator — in this case, a Republican — for at least five years. They are also barred from running for the office in the next special or general election.
The article doesn’t say anything about the appointment requiring any confirmation or approval by anyone else, so presumably the seat could be vacant for only a day or two. It’s not like the Senate will hold up swearing in a Republican replacement, like the House did with Grijalva.
I believe the post meant Mullin’s confirmation may be the sticking point. He will likely wait for confirmation, rather than pre-emptively vacating the seat.
Of course, given the situation, it’s still overwhelmingly likely Gov Stitt will have a replacement ready and waiting to be sworn. Or probably already has one.
Mullin doesn’t have to resign until he’s confirmed, and if he’s somehow not confirmed, he can keep his Senate seat. The governor will have a replacement ready by then, so my point is there’s no risk to the Republicans as Exapno is speculating about, the seat will be vacant for a day at most, more likely an hour or two.