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highplainsdem

(61,409 posts) Mon Mar 2, 2026, 01:23 PM Monday

Markwayne Mullin: "War is ugly. It smells bad. ... President Hegseth has been there" [View all]

Markwayne Mullin: "War is ugly. It smells bad. If anybody has ever been there and been able to smell the war and taste it, and feel it in your nostrils, it's something you'll never forget. And fortunately you have President Hegseth -- or Secretary Hegseth ... President Hegseth has been there"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-02T18:17:39.396Z

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Markwayne Mullin: "War is ugly. It smells bad. ... President Hegseth has been there" [View all] highplainsdem Monday OP

Two questions: Retrograde Monday #1

Markwayne Moron Mullin (R-Okla.) dalton99a Monday #2

Who started out as a PLUMBER! (It's true, look it up.) Wednesdays Tuesday #11

What kind of a dumbass name is Markwayne? 3catwoman3 Monday #3

That's not war he smells. C_U_L8R Monday #4

Kegsbreath is the admin's Token Person who has Actually Experienced Combat AZJonnie Monday #5

So the guy who famously never washes his hands, smells bad? Markwayne ate too many paint chips as a kid. FSogol Monday #6

If members of Congress were required to take the same citizenship test that prospective immigrant citizens must take DFW Monday #7

This jag-off inherited a plumbing business and has never served Arazi Monday #8

Then he went on and said "Iraq" IcyPeas Monday #9

+1 dalton99a Tuesday #12

PRESIDENT Hegseth? jmowreader Monday #10