Markwayne Mullin in 2022 OK Senate race
On Budget & Economy:
Time to balance the budget and rein in federal spending
Our national debt stands at over $21 trillion and keeps growing. Career politicians have demonstrated they are unwilling to rein in federal spending because they are afraid to upset one voting block or another. It is time to balance the budget! If we do
Source: 2022 Oklahoma Senate campaign website MullinForCongress.com
Mar 27, 2022
On Homeland Security:
Nation must honor its commitments to veterans
America made commitments to its military and it falls upon all of our shoulders to ensure our nation honors those commitments. My priority has always been to help veterans cut through the bureaucracy at the VA or other federal agencies.
I have held yearly Veteran Town Hall meetings around our district to successfully bring together veterans, their families and available area resources. My office held informational seminars to help veterans understand the newly-enacted VA Choice Program.
Source: 2022 Oklahoma Senate campaign website MullinForCongress.com
Mar 27, 2022
On Homeland Security:
Let military do their jobs with every tool available
We must fully support our troops whenever they are sent into harm's way. Our fighting men and women deserve strong, consistent leadership from their Commander in Chief, with clear objectives and a decisive plan for victory.
Our military must be permitted to do the jobs they have been trained to do with every tool available in order to achieve the mission's goals and objectives of defeating America's enemies.
Source: 2022 Oklahoma Senate campaign website MullinForCongress.com
Mar 27, 2022
On Foreign Policy:
Supports billions to Ukraine for arms and humanitarian aid
Markwayne Mullin supported a bill in May appropriating $41 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Mullin voted for the bill and argued that all of the military aid was to replenish stockpiles of weapons sent to Ukraine from the US.
He accused [opponent T.W.] Shannon, who opposed the package, of not reading the bill when Shannon contradicted him. Mullin claimed, "Not one dollar of that $40 billion was actually sent directly to Ukraine, but like I said, if you'd read the bill, you'd
understand it," Mullin said."Congressman, that is absolutely swamp talk," Shannon said, adding that "a good portion of that bill is going directly to Ukraine."
A House summary of the legislation says $9 billion was for replenishing U.S. equipment
stocks but that there was $6 billion "to provide assistance, including training, equipment, weapons, and intelligence support to the military and national security forces of Ukraine." The bill also included about $14 billion in humanitarian aid.
Source: The Oklahoman on 2022 Oklahoma Senate race
Aug 2, 2022
On Gun Control:
No wiggle room: support assault rifle ownership
The two candidates said they would not support any gun control measures. "Most of the gun violence that we see is happening in Democrat-controlled cities, where they have some of the strictest gun laws and they're not keeping people safe,"
T.W. Shannon said [See factcheck disputing this]. "In order to protect your family, it's important to understand gun safety, but that does not start with disarmament from Washington, D.C."
Markwayne Mullin said Oklahomans "support assault rifles. We support the right to bear arms, without question."
He said the Second Amendment's protection of the right to bear arms gives legislators "no wiggle room."
Source: The Oklahoman on 2022 Oklahoma Senate race
Aug 2, 2022
On Principles & Values:
Absurd to think that Biden got most votes in 2020
Asked in an August 2022 debate if he thought the 2020 election was a lie and Trump won, Mullin responded by baselessly rejecting the verified fact that Biden earned more votes than any previous presidential candidate. Mullin said: "It's gonna be very
hard to convince me that Joe Biden received more votes than any other president in history. It is absolutely absurd to think that's even possible."
Mullin voted in 2021 to object to the congressional certification of Biden's victories in Pennsylvania and Arizona. He tweeted at the time that he was objecting "due to all the fraud and uncertainty," though there was and is
no evidence of fraud even close to widespread enough to have changed the outcome. Two days prior to the vote, he told constituents that he "absolutely" did not think the election was honest.
Source: CNN on 2020 Election Denial in 2022 Oklahoma Senate race
Sep 15, 2022
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