Sen. Markwayne Mullin lashed out at Representatives Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar when attempting to justify Trump refusing to brief Congress before bombing Iran.
During a portion of a lengthy interview on this Saturday’s Fox & Friends Weekend, where Mullin was parroting Trump’s lies about why the strikes were supposedly necessary, Brian Kilmeade asked Mullin about Congress had been briefed.
Here’s the exchange between the two following Kilmeade bashing British Prime Minister Kier Starmer for refusing to allow the US to use one of their bases
KILMEADE: Well, Starmer said flat out, can’t use our bases, including Diego Garcia, which we specifically asked for. And the president picked up the phone and asked him. And that that guy hanging on by a thread, this should finish him, I hope. Senator, let’s talk about it. […] He’s absolutely awful.
Senator, when you look at being briefed in the Senate, I know you’re not in the gang of eight, but you’re tight with the White House. Do you feel as though your men and women have been briefed on the Senate side and knew about the gravity of this operation?
MULLIN: Well, I know Congress has been briefed as a whole. I mean, the president had to hold this very tight, and so there was a circle of individuals that need to know that are in the… have the ability to make decisions.
