--- title: Markwayne Mullin url: https://propagandaarchive.org/quotes/markwayne-mullin/ description: 4 verified quotes from Markwayne Mullin, Secretary of Homeland Security (former US Senator from Oklahoma), with sources. section: FRAME --- ![Illustration: a contemporary investigator's evidence wall of printed social-media posts, network diagrams and a pinned world map, in the same dossier style as the rest of the archive.](https://propagandaarchive.org/static/generated/detail/hero-contemporary-evidence-wall.jpg) [Quotes](https://propagandaarchive.org/quotes/) · United States # Markwayne Mullin ![Markwayne Mullin, official portrait, March 2026](https://propagandaarchive.org/regimes/images/trump-administration/markwayne-mullin.jpg) [Photo](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DHS_Secretary_Markwayne_Mullin_Official_Portrait_(55166865268).jpg): Tia Dufour, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Public domain (U.S. federal government work) Secretary of Homeland Security (former US Senator from Oklahoma) · United States On the regime page: [Trump administration](https://propagandaarchive.org/regimes/trump-administration/#markwayne-mullin) 4 quotes, oldest first. [Filter with other speakers](https://propagandaarchive.org/quotes/#speaker=markwayne-mullin). 1. **Content note:** Endorses physical violence against a political opponent. The words are shown as they were said or written. [Why](https://propagandaarchive.org/about/#as-it-was) — > “I would have probably jumped over the dais at that point. You have to be called out on it. If not, this guy continues to get away with this stuff. And it's silly, it's stupid, but every now and then need to get punched in the face.” — 2023 · Interview · CNN interview with Dana Bash, as played at the 2026 confirmation hearing Verified (secondary source) — Mullin was asked in the interview about his November 2023 confrontation with Teamsters president Sean O'Brien at a Senate HELP Committee hearing, where Mullin had stood up and challenged O'Brien to fight. Chairman Rand Paul played the clip at the 2026 hearing and asked about it; Mullin replied that he and O'Brien had since shaken hands and become friends. — CNN interview of Sen. Markwayne Mullin by Dana Bash, 2023, video clip played at his Senate confirmation hearing on 18 March 2026, transcribed in the Rev.com hearing transcript [Source](https://www.rev.com/transcripts/mullin-confirmation-hearing) 2. > “I've already answered this question for you. I said we will not enter a home or a place of business without a judicial warrant, unless we're pursuing the individual that runs into a place of business or a house.” — March 18, 2026 · Testimony · Washington, DC, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Verified (secondary source) — Answering Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who asked him to commit that ICE and CBP agents would no longer be instructed to forcibly enter homes without a judicial warrant. — Testimony at the nomination hearing of Sen. Markwayne Mullin to be Secretary of Homeland Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 18 March 2026 (Rev.com transcript) [Source](https://www.rev.com/transcripts/mullin-confirmation-hearing) 3. > “We have a saying in our family, you're never going to change anything you're willing to tolerate. That's how we live our life and that's how we move forward. And regardless of what's in front of us, we always take it on as a family and I'm not scared of a challenge. I am scared of failure.” — March 18, 2026 · Testimony · Washington, DC, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Verified (secondary source) — Closing passage of Mullin's opening statement as nominee, with his family present, as the department he was nominated to lead was in the middle of a funding lapse. — Testimony at the nomination hearing of Sen. Markwayne Mullin to be Secretary of Homeland Security, Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, 18 March 2026 (Rev.com transcript) [Source](https://www.rev.com/transcripts/mullin-confirmation-hearing) 4. > “Election security is national security. As President Trump announced last night, DHS has identified over 250,000 potential non-citizens illegally registered to vote in just 4 U.S. states. Only Americans should be electing American leaders.” — July 17, 2026 · Statement · Washington, DC, US Department of Homeland Security Verified (secondary source) — Statement accompanying letters from the Secretary to state election officials about voter-roll records that DHS said showed potential non-citizens registered to vote. 'Potential' is DHS's word in the statement. — DHS press release, "DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Sends Letters to Secretaries of State Warning About Non-Citizens on Voter Rolls," 17 July 2026 [Source](https://www.dhs.gov/news/2026/07/17/dhs-secretary-markwayne-mullin-sends-letters-secretaries-state-warning-about-non)