Oklahoma senator Markwayne Mullin lashed out at a CNN host for making a “big deal” of potential war crimes from the U.S. military.
Oklahoma senator Markwayne Mullin lashed out at a CNN host for making a “big deal” of potential war crimes from the U.S. military.host Dana Bash on Sunday, later complaining: “I don’t know why we’re spending so much time on this!”Dana Bash questioned Markwayne Mullin about alleged leaked orders from Pete Hegseth to 'kill everybody' during a boat strike.
After blaming the media for making a “big deal” over the anonymous source, Mullin stated: “This is not true information.” Chased by Bash to confirm that he was certain it was a complete falsehood, the Oklahoma senator deflected and instead pointed to a separate incident where the “So now we‘re saying that they did it once and they didn’t do it again? I don’t believe this at all,” he said. Mullin complained that it was 'not true information,' and blamed the media for making a 'big deal' over the leak.“Could that be because a lawyer in the Pentagon said, ‘You can’t do that again,’ and then they didn’t. They actually listened the second time. Is that possible?” asked Bash. “No, no. Absolutely not. And I don’t know why we‘re spending so much time on this,” Mullins protested. “The president and the secretary of war has been very clear. They’re going to use lethality against our enemies, home and abroad,” he continued.“Are we doubting that these drug dealers are actually drug dealers? We think they’re just out there fishing?” he asked.“Do we doubt that this is a terrorist organization that‘s killing thousands and thousands of people in our streets? What are we questioning here?” The 48-year-old added, “Why do we care if we take them out in international water? It is a war because they have declared war on our streets.” Mullin said he “applauds” Donald Trump and Hegseth for their firm approach to fighting cartel activities. At that point, Bash reminded him that the
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