Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin accused his colleagues of voting whereas drunk throughout a heated affirmation listening to for Secretary of Protection nominee Pete Hegseth.
However that didn’t seem to occur as Republicans held their floor whereas Democrats targeted on quite a few stories claiming Hegseth confirmed as much as work drunk and has a jarring historical past with girls, together with 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 requested. “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 point out anybody by title or supply examples of instances he’s witnessed such issues.
“And then how many senators do you know have gotten a divorce for cheating on their wives?” he requested. “Did you ask them to step down? No, but it’s for show.”
Whereas Hegseth appears to have Mullin’s full help, failed Legal professional Common candidate Matt Gaetz didn’t seem to take pleasure in that luxurious earlier than withdrawing his candidacy amid accusations he paid for intercourse with an underage girl.
“We’d all seen the videos he was showing on the House floor … of the girls that he had slept with,” Mullin mentioned 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.”
Hegseth — who’s accused of paying to silence a girl who claimed he sexually assaulted her in 2017 whereas he was going by a divorce and was concerned with a distinct girl — admitted Tuesday he’s “not a perfect person.”
He denies the sexual assault allegation. No felony expenses have been filed.
