Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma questioned NBC why Democrats and the media were givin
A Republican senator clashed with NBC anchor Kristen Welker in a Sunday interview after he pushed back against the scrutiny over President-elect Donald Trump’s cabinet nominations, compared to their treatment of President Biden’s more controversial staffing picks.
Democrats in Congress and in the media have blasted Trump’s cabinet nominees over their qualifications, including combat veteran Pete Hegseth as secretary of defense; South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem as secretary of homeland security; Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., as attorney general; and Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), among others.
On NBC’s «Meet the Press» on Sunday, Welker pressed Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a Republican from Oklahoma, if Kennedy’s skepticism toward vaccines could be a «deal breaker» in confirming the Trump nominee to head the HHS.
Mullin denied this would be a dealbreaker for him before launching into a rebuke of Democrats and liberal voices in the media for not showing the same outrage over some of President Biden’s more controversial cabinet and staffing picks at the start of his term.
