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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(135,302 posts) Thu Mar 19, 2026, 03:54 PM 19 hrs ago

US Senate panel votes to advance Trump Homeland nominee

Source: Reuters

WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate committee on Thursday voted to advance the nomination of Senator Markwayne Mullin to become homeland security secretary, even as the committee's Republican chairman ‌criticized Mullin and voted against him.

The vote sends President Donald Trump's homeland pick to the Republican-controlled ‌full Senate for a vote, where Mullin will need a majority to be confirmed.

Trump fired embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem earlier this month after she was criticized by Republican lawmakers over her handling of Trump's aggressive immigration crackdown and management of the 260,000-person department.

The Republican president then nominated Mullin, a businessman who spent a decade in the U.S. House of Representatives before becoming a senator in 2023, to take over the role.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/us-senate-panel-votes-advance-134538283.html

He's one of their own. No surprise he was confirmed. I imagine a few of them are happy to no longer see his ugly mug.

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US Senate panel votes to advance Trump Homeland nominee (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin 19 hrs ago OP

Fetterman voted for this stooge. Griefbird 18 hrs ago #1

Here was the opinion I sent to my senators this morning otchmoson 17 hrs ago #2

I wish you would have used the NBC link instead Polybius 15 hrs ago #3

Griefbird

(136 posts)

1. Fetterman voted for this stooge.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 04:21 PM

18 hrs ago

I think Fetterman was a Republican plant from the beginning.

otchmoson

(327 posts)

2. Here was the opinion I sent to my senators this morning

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 05:39 PM

17 hrs ago

Good morning Senator Pedo Protector,
You gave us “dumb” when you confirmed Kristi Noem as DHS Secretary. Now you propose to give us “dumber” as a vote is pending to confirm Markwayne Mullin. I urge you to provide the American people with some “smart” for a change; we certainly did not witness it Wednesday when he appeared before the Senate for questioning. I urge you to vote NO on his confirmation. [And as a P.S. I asked Rick Scott if he was vying for Markwayne's spot as one of the dumbest senators in the chamber.]

Polybius

(21,862 posts)

3. I wish you would have used the NBC link instead

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Thu Mar 19, 2026, 07:47 PM

15 hrs ago

It's got a much better headline, which explained that it only advanced because Fetterman voted yes.

Trump's DHS pick Mullin advances by one vote after Sen. Fetterman votes yes

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