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

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.