Jan 14, 2025
Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin accused his colleagues of voting while drunk during a heated confirmation hearing for Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth. Much of Tuesday’s drama surrounding Hegseth’s hearing revolved around whether any Republicans on the Senate Armed Services Committee would come out against the former Fox News host who, by his own admission, is an unconventional pick to run the Department of Defense and its $850 billion budget. But that didn’t appear to happen as Republicans held their ground while Democrats focused on numerous reports claiming Hegseth showed up to work drunk and has a jarring history with women, including allegations of sexual assault. Mullin took exception to that line of questioning. “How many senators have showed up drunk to vote at night? ” the Republican lawmaker asked. “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 didn’t mention anyone by name or offer examples of times he’s witnessed such things. “And then how many senators do you know have gotten a divorce for cheating on their wives?” he asked. “Did you ask them to step down? No, but it’s for show.” While Hegseth seems to have Mullin’s full support, failed Attorney General candidate Matt Gaetz didn’t appear to enjoy that luxury before withdrawing his candidacy amid accusations he paid for sex with an underage woman. “We’d all seen the videos he was showing on the House floor … of the girls that he had slept with,” Mullin said in October. “He’d brag about how he would crush E.D. medicine and chase it with an energy drink so he could go all night.” Gaetz, who left Congress and debuted a new show on the right-wing One America News network earlier this month, denies any wrongdoing. His nomination never came to a vote. Hegseth — who’s accused of paying to silence a woman who claimed he sexually assaulted her in 2017 while he was going through a divorce and was involved with a different woman — admitted Tuesday he’s “not a perfect person.” He denies the sexual assault allegation. No criminal charges have been filed.
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