During Tuesday’s Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Pete Hegseth’s Defense Secretary nomination, Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin dropped the hammer on Democrats for being hypocritical while criticizing the nominee.
“There’s a lot about qualifications,” Mullin said, referencing Democrat criticism about Hegseth’s experience. “I think it’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’t any better.”
“You guys aren’t any more qualified to be a senator than I’m qualified to be the senator, except we’re lucky enough to be here,” Mullin continued.
“In general, the U.S. Secretary of Defense position is filled by a civilian,” Mullin said. “That’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’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’s okay because that’s a Democrat Secretary of Defense. But we so quickly forget about that.”
Mullin then asked hypothetical questions alluding to personal attacks made against Hegseth.
“How many senators have showed up drunk to vote at night?” Mullin asked, prompting laughter throughout the chamber. “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.”
Mullin continued: “And then how many senators do you know have gotten a divorce before cheating on their wives? Did you ask them to step down?” he asked. “No, but it’s for show. You guys make sure you make a big show and point out the hypocrisy because a man’s made a mistake.”
“And you want to sit there and say that he’s not qualified?” Mullin continued. “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’ve all made mistakes. I’ve made mistakes.”
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MUST WATCH: Sen. @MarkwayneMullin just called out the hypocrisy of every single Democrat who have spent the hearing wagging their fingers at Pete Hegseth. pic.twitter.com/jq8fvaHA42
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