All posts tagged "Markwayne Mullin"

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin won't disclose what his congressional roommate pays to live in the Capitol Hill home Mullin owns.

According to a Thursday article by The Daily Mail, Mullin has shared the house with Rep. Jason Smith (R-MO) for three years. Smith, who is unmarried, confirmed the arrangement to The Daily Mail during an interview in late July.

The house is a classic brick row that sits a short walk from the Capitol and is priced at $1.8 million, according to The Daily Mail....

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin faced mockery after he attacked the supposed Democratic strategy with accusations that critics said described the Republican playbook.

On Tuesday, Mullin appeared on Newsmax and described how he believes Democrats will take over America and turn it into a communist country.

"The only way you can take a republic country like the United States and turn it into a communist country is by causing chaos on purpose and then saying, 'Hey, look, government is a mess,'" Mullin said. "'You need us, the communist country, to rule you.' It's insane."...

The Department of Homeland Security is redesigning its official seal so the national eagle turns toward war rather than peace, alarming critics.

In a Tuesday report, journalist Ken Klippenstein flagged the change after DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin defended the switch in a weekend Fox News interview.

On the current seal, the eagle faces the olive branch clutched in one talon. Mullin now wants it to face the arrows gripped in the other, and he said the new posture is deliberate....

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin should "go back to plumbing school," a legal expert said, warning that his own on-camera words are a crime.

In a Monday episode of the "Legal AF" podcast, lawyer and legal analyst Michael Popok unloaded on Mullin after the secretary suggested federal agents could turn up where people cast their ballots. Popok said Mullin, or "somebody," needs a lesson in "18 United States Code 592" and "593," the statutes that govern "armed forces or troops at polling places."

Popok said Mullin gave away far more than he realized when he floated sending agents to serve a warrant....

President Donald Trump is losing patience with the Department of Homeland Security secretary for being "weak and off-message," according to reporting by The Wall Street Journal.

White House insiders told the Journal that Trump is "increasingly frustrated" with DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin because of a series of "off-message remarks" that have angered the president's outside allies.

Trump tapped Mullin, a former Oklahoma senator, to replace Kristi Noem after he fired her in March. Trump told advisors that he was tired of the infighting at DHS under Noem, but insiders tell The Journal that he has no plans to fire Mullin, who's only four months into the job....

Online critics scoffed at threats from the head of the Department of Homeland Security that he would mandate election changes.

At a press conference where DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin threatened to jail state officials, he also said that he plans to make "mandatory" changes to elections, including having states "scrub" their voter rolls. Mullin's remarks came the day after Trump delivered a speech about supposed election security vulnerabilities.

While reactions were swift to his threat to jail state officials who don't cooperate, with blue states daring him to follow through, online critics pointed out that Mullin doesn't have any power to implement the sweeping election changes he planned to mandate....