Sen Rand Paul grills Mullin on past comments on assault: 'Tell it to my face'

This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. ©2026 FOX News Network, LLC. All rights reserved. Quotes displayed in real-time or delayed by at least 15 minutes. Market data provided by Factset. Powered and implemented by FactSet Digital Solutions. Legal Statement. Mutual Fund and ETF data provided by LSEG. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., grilled Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., on his history of personal attacks against Paul during his opening statement at Wednesday's Homeland Security confirmation hearing. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., pulled no punches in his opening statement Wednesday morning at the Department of Homeland Security Committee hearing on fellow GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to be Kristi Noem's successor as secretary. Paul, chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, accused Mullin of excusing political violence and challenging him to repeat past remarks of having called him a "snake" and saying he understood why Paul was attacked violently by a neighbor in 2017. "You have never had the courage to look me in the eye and tell me that the assault was justified," Paul told the committee in his opening remarks.