“Freaking snake.”

That’s what Trump’s DHS pick Markwayne Mullin called the man now grilling him — a senator who had 6 ribs broken in an assault he said Mullin “understood.”

Rand Paul: “Tell me to my face why you think I deserved it.”

Warns a nominee who “applauds violence” shouldn’t lead an agency policing force.

No apology. No regrets.

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Sen. Rand Paul eviscerates Markwayne Mullin in DHS confirmation hearing: 'A man with anger issues'

“You were confronted by constituents that were angry because you voted against my amendment to stop all funding for refugee welfare programs,” Paul said.

^{Josh Christenson (New York Post)}