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kentuck

(115,384 posts)
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 11:04 AM 6 hrs ago

Why Markwayne Mullin is worse than Kristi Noem?

Kristi Noem was just an incompetent. She wanted to cosplay a Hollywood role that would make her look good. She didn't know what her people were doing but she was willing to defend them to their last crime. In my opinion, she did not order the atrocious actions of the hooded agents but she defended them. She was never qualified to be in such a position.

Markwayne Mullin is different in that he is a cruel and inhumane person. He will order his agents to be the same. Their disrespect for the law and our freedoms will be worse under Markwayne Mullin. Hit them in the face will be his orders.

If this is all we can get, then we would be better with nothing. A domestic enemy against our people is worse than an external enemy, in my opinion.

This guy should be nowhere near such a position of authority.

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Fil1957

(692 posts)
1. When Trump replaces someone with someone else. It's safe to assume the replacement will be worse.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 11:10 AM
6 hrs ago

Moostache

(11,151 posts)
4. Truth!
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 11:37 AM
5 hrs ago

Witness the entirety of his politcal career - his first cabinet was bad and became worse over time only to be outpaced wildly by the incompetence and banality of his second cabinet. These people collectively should not be in charge of changing toilet paper rolls in seedy gas stations, let alone running this country straight into the ground at full speed.

We could not do worse if we tried and a random selection from old phonebooks would surely be better than what we have...

displacedvermoter

(4,320 posts)
2. I found her pretty "cruel and inhumane"
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 11:18 AM
6 hrs ago

actually. shooting the puppy and the pet goat, and then thinking that was good stuff for your book, were kinda indicative behaviors.

But yeah, Markwayne acts and sounds like he will be even nastier that Noem, which will be as Trump and Miller want.

walkingman

(10,761 posts)
3. IMO, he is just a shitkicker. You can find people like him in every Texas beer joint.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 11:24 AM
5 hrs ago

He is not "Cool". ☮

CoopersDad

(3,311 posts)
5. We would be better with nothing, DHS was a mistake.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 11:55 AM
5 hrs ago

An overreaction to 9/11 puts far too many agencies under a singular authority, by extension a singular individual.

I hope we can fix it after the midterms if we get one or both houses of congress back.

PuraVidaDreamin

(4,588 posts)
6. I know I didn't have to call Bernie or Becca but
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 01:26 PM
3 hrs ago

I sure gave an ear load to Peter Welsh's phone duty person.

Vinca

(53,868 posts)
8. Hard to say. He has 2 things going for him. It's unlikely he'll need a wardrobe department and
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 02:37 PM
2 hrs ago

if there's ever a clogged toilet in the DHS offices, he'll have his plunger at the ready.

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