How do we feel about new DHS Secretary MarkWayne Mullins?

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Ellis Wyatt
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No bachelors degree, as if those are worth anything today, is nothing but a condescending put down from someone who is looking for a reason to discount someone else. It is not an honest assessment of MarkWayne Mullin's intelligence, ability, or life experience.

Rush Limbaugh didn't have a bachelors degree and he comileteley reinvented radio to the tune of billions of dollars.

I'd imagine the OP would discount him also.
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Maybe. I won't claim to be up on Oklahoma politics beyond they generally elect Conservatives in statewide elections .
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I still can't believe he gave up a Senate seat to take that job.
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halfastros81 said:

Maybe. I won't claim to be up on Oklahoma politics beyond they generally elect Conservatives in statewide elections .

Fun fact: Oklahoma was the only state in the country where Trump won every county in the '24 election.
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Ellis Wyatt said:

Bachelors degree has nothing at all to do with intelligence.

Yes, as clearly demonstrated in the original post!

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I did know that much.
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Tony Franklins Other Shoe said:

LMCane said:



he also somehow found a way to create a multi-million dollar business without a bachelors degree.



This already puts him ahead of 90% of congress/senate.

Mullin is perhaps most closely associated, though, with Mullin Plumbing, the once-struggling family business that he took over from his ailing father and transformed into a multimillion-dollar home services firm, employing hundreds of people. Mullin sold that business to a private equity firm in 2021 for an undisclosed sum (financial forms suggest it may have gone for tens of millions of dollars), but he still owns a minority stake.


Yes, but where is his experience in academia, where he would be exposed to more of the world and have compassion for struggles that lead other people to our borders?

He is just a white methhead college wannabe from the sacred land that the white man took from the first peoples! And he just recently got into politics so what could he possibly know about running a huge government bureaucracy?

Yeah, OP forgot to do any research on the very successful entrepreneur who did not finish college so he could save his family… who happen to be Cherokee people, Cherokee pride. Dude sells his business, fights MMA (successfully if briefly), and spent a decade in Congress before moving over to the Senate several years ago.

But yes, we should be concerned.
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Biz Ag said:

halfastros81 said:

Maybe. I won't claim to be up on Oklahoma politics beyond they generally elect Conservatives in statewide elections .

Fun fact: Oklahoma was the only state in the country where Trump won every county in the '24 election.

77 of 77. It's a fun and little known fact. I am glad Trump takes the time to remind folks actually.
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91_Aggie said:

Okay, so I'm getting personal attacks and what about "other people"

But not so much as a defense of this guy or your opinion of the guy who was picked to lead the organization designed to protect us from terrorism on American soil

Please stay on topic





Well, unlike Biden's clown, he's not going to let in thousands of illegals into the country. Your faux concern is hilarious. If he's successfully managed a business than he's a better choice than 90% of politicians. He's not going to let political correctness stop DHS from going after suspicious people.
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JDUB08AG said:

Who?mikejones! said:

You know who else didn't have a bachelor's degree:

George Washington
Ben Franklin
Alexander Hamilton

And 27 signers of the declaration of independence


You know who else didn't go to business school?
Lebron James
Tracy McGrady
Kobe Bryant

Ummmm. LeBron reads the first page only of books. Kobe was known to pressure his helicopter pilot to get him places regardless of flight conditions.

Assume Tracy McGrady is some minor country singer. Not sure why they are on this list.
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soleta27 said:

Death, taxes and Trump hiring under qualified people



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gross
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Ol Rear Admiral Levine.
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flown-the-coop said:

JDUB08AG said:

Who?mikejones! said:

You know who else didn't have a bachelor's degree:

George Washington
Ben Franklin
Alexander Hamilton

And 27 signers of the declaration of independence


You know who else didn't go to business school?
Lebron James
Tracy McGrady
Kobe Bryant

Ummmm. LeBron reads the first page only of books. Kobe was known to pressure his helicopter pilot to get him places regardless of flight conditions.

Assume Tracy McGrady is some minor country singer. Not sure why they are on this list.

Don't watch the office do you? Classic Michael Scott line
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Was not a watcher of either the US or the UK shows, though I think I would have enjoyed the UK one particularly after spending a week trapped at a conference in Slough.

LeBron and Kobe both were / are masters of working their brand for profit. Kobe struck me as being moderately intelligent. LeBron must keep a brain in a jar he can tap into for non basketball needs.
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How do I feel about him?

Our "citizenry legislature" would be far better off if we had more representatives from a wider range of backgrounds.

He does more interviews and puts out more communication than any other senator and is well-informed on all the topics he speaks on. This includes a willingness to speak with media outlets that are adversarial to him and the conservative side.

Are the grammatical errors in his speech my favorite? No. Would I take that over a polished, say-nothing, but-say-it-pretty talking head or someone who relies on emotional rants? 1,000 times, yes.

He works hard, has tons of energy, has been successful in many things, believes in freedom, is strong in his faith, and is a man of conviction.

I feel damn good about him.
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91_Aggie said:

He's the only Senator ever without a Bachelor's Degree. He does have an Associates in Construction Technology, but a Bachelors would have meant he took some history classes.

The people who have taken the most history classes seem to know the least about history. Seriously, tons of liberals devoted their lives to subjects like these and have embraced a straight up ******ed, skewed version of history.
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soleta27 said:

Death, taxes and Trump hiring under qualified people

Are you a James Talarico guy...God is nonbinary, there are six genders, abortion is ok until baby's head breaches, men should be in womens sports/locker rooms etc.?
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Ellis Wyatt said:

No bachelors degree. Clearly not as intelligent as Maxine Waters, Hank Johnson, Joe Biden, AOC, and Maizie Hirino.

Or even AOC and Word Salad
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There's a pretty damn good reason why he didn't graduate from college.

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He graduated from Stilwell High School in Stilwell, Oklahoma.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markwayne_Mullin#cite_note-newsok-7][7][/url] He attended Missouri Valley College in 1996, but did not graduate.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markwayne_Mullin#cite_note-rollcall-2][2][/url] In 1997, at age 20, Mullin took over his father's business, Mullin Plumbing, when his father fell ill.

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91_Aggie said:

He's the only Senator ever without a Bachelor's Degree. He does have an Associates in Construction Technology, but a Bachelors would have meant he took some history classes.

He comes off as a not very smart guy based on his interviews and public speaking and the other day when he was talking to the press and mentioned the war in Iran and then a reporter asked him about the war and he defiantly told the reporter it was NOT a WAR and they told him he just said it was a war and then said "Will if I said that it was a Misspoke"

But aside from that opinion of mine, he's now the guy responsible for Homeland Security which was created after the 9/11 attacks to mainly protect us from terroristic threats.

and Trump, who said only a bad leader would get involved in a war, errr Military action, in Iran started a war/Military action in Iran and then had this interview response:
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Asked whether Americans should be worried about retaliatory attacks at home, Trump acknowledges the possibility. "I guess," he says. "But I think they're worried about that all the time. We think about it all the time. We plan for it. But yeah, you know, we expect some things. Like I said, some people will die. When you go to war, some people will die."


So based on that, are you confident in this choice to be in charge of the DHS to help keep us saf?




Speaking of not taking a history class…
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David_Puddy said:

soleta27 said:

Death, taxes and Trump hiring under qualified people





DeR dErrRr, TrUmP HiReS UnDeR qUaLiFiEd PeOpLe!!!


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akm91 said:

There's a pretty damn good reason why he didn't graduate from college.

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He graduated from Stilwell High School in Stilwell, Oklahoma.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markwayne_Mullin#cite_note-newsok-7][7][/url] He attended Missouri Valley College in 1996, but did not graduate.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markwayne_Mullin#cite_note-rollcall-2][2][/url] In 1997, at age 20, Mullin took over his father's business, Mullin Plumbing, when his father fell ill.



He's run a business and operated at an advanced level in the real world, but he hasn't taken "womens' studies" or "the long term impacts of colonization" or led "kink 101 sessions" on campus, so he's basically a useless mouthbreather.
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The guy has what seems a solid background.

"Mullin has a background in construction.
He even hosted a home improvement show on talk radio and continued to receive income from his work after being elected, according to a report from the House Ethics Committee.
Mullin went to college on a wrestling scholarship he is a member of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame.
But left without finishing when his dad got sick to save the family company Mullin Plumbing.
He has an associates degree in construction technology, according to his biography.
He is also a former MMA fighter.
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91_Aggie said:

He's the only Senator ever without a Bachelor's Degree. He does have an Associates in Construction Technology, but a Bachelors would have meant he took some history classes.

He comes off as a not very smart guy based on his interviews and public speaking and the other day when he was talking to the press and mentioned the war in Iran and then a reporter asked him about the war and he defiantly told the reporter it was NOT a WAR and they told him he just said it was a war and then said "Will if I said that it was a Misspoke"


So based on that, are you confident in this choice to be in charge of the DHS to help keep us saf?



Not sure what saf is, so questioning his smarts might not be the strongest point you could make.

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From Jeff Childer's Coffee & Covid (which again, is excellent and you all should definitely subscribe to) ....

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Meanwhile, Trump spun the Senatorial carousel again, drawing Oklahoma's junior Senator Markwayne Mullin as our newest DHS Secretary, and simultaneously bumping the total number of Senatorial swaps up to seven, so far. Governor Kevin Stitt will appoint a temporary replacement for the safe GOP seat, to serve until the general election in November. (The interim appointee may not run.) Note that, coincidentally, the shift's timing aligns perfectly with primary season.

Senator Mullin is perfect for DHS. He's literally a pugilist. He's also Cherokee a real one, not Liz Warren's 'tribe' who hails from Westville, Oklahoma, left college at 20 to save his father's plumbing business, built it into the largest service company in the region, went undefeated as a professional MMA fighter, got inducted into Oklahoma's Wrestling Hall of Fame, served ten years in the House, and won Jim Inhofe's Senate seat in 2022.

Mullin is built like an above-average fire hydrant and is now in charge of the border. Noem was a beauty queen. Mullin is an MMA fighter. It's a serious upgrade. (If you kick a fire hydrant, the hydrant doesn't move, and your foot hurts.)

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akm91 said:

There's a pretty damn good reason why he didn't graduate from college.

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He graduated from Stilwell High School in Stilwell, Oklahoma.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markwayne_Mullin#cite_note-newsok-7][7][/url] He attended Missouri Valley College in 1996, but did not graduate.[url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markwayne_Mullin#cite_note-rollcall-2][2][/url] In 1997, at age 20, Mullin took over his father's business, Mullin Plumbing, when his father fell ill.



People like the OP look down their noses at real people who make America work. His attitude is exactly what Trump has capitalized on. I value a garbage man over a college administrator, seven days a week.
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Reminds me of the guy who was banging on another poster whose son was working in a labor intensive area and how kids doing that would doom America as the H1-Bs have all the white collar jobs while blue collar fred mows the grass of patel.
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He really loss my respect with his virtue signaling over Jan 6 (while hiding behind a chair). He's also lukewarm on immigration and visa issues, and is a total ukraine war hawk.
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Those judging him for a still shot of taking cover in a moment of chaos are easily manipulated or purposefully obtuse.

And 99.9% of them would be hiding behind him in a bar fight hoping he would take out the bad guys.
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He would have got a Bachelors degree but he was married when he went to college…
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College degrees are largely worthless unless you're in an extremely specialized field. Yes, an Architect or an Aerospace Engineer probably need to go to College.

Working for a small business for 6 years is worth more than a BBA in my opinion. I don't hold the fact that he doesn't have a college degree against him, I hold the fact that he's a performative weenie almost to Crenshaw level against him.
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Whether he has a college degree or not means nothing.

His lack of ability to speak English as a sitting US senator, however, is embarrassing.
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Ellis Wyatt said:

Bachelors degree has nothing at all to do with intelligence.

This is true, but from what I've seen his lack of intelligence simply has to do with a lack of intelligence.

The guy comes off as not very smart, or at the very least uneducated.
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Don't know anything about his voting record, but his MMA record is highly suspect.
 
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