The New Republic

Markwayne Mullin Caught in Blatant Lie About Homeland Security Budget (opens in new tab)

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin appeared before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee Tuesday to defend his department’s $63 billion budget request, but instead got tripped up in his own lies.Mullin appeared stumped by a basic question about supposedly updated training standards for DHS agents. Yet as Mullin delivered his insistent nonanswer, he also gave away the fact that he actually wasn’t as involved in training reforms as he claimed to be.“While you and [White House border cz...

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