....Once formally nominated, Mullin would face Senate confirmation hearings, where Democrats are likely to press him on how he would manage the Administration’s hard-line immigration policies.
Mullin, 48, is currently serving his first term as a U.S. senator from Oklahoma. As a tribal member of the Cherokee Nation, he is the first Native American senator in two decades. Before then, he served as a U.S. congressman for Oklahoma’s second congressional district from 2013 to 2023.
A staunch ally of Trump, Mullin campaigned across several battleground states in 2024 as a surrogate, courting Native American voters. During Trump’s campaign, Mullin hinted that he would be “proud” working with the president “in the Senate or in another capacity,” Axios reported.
....In 2013, during his first year in Congress, Mullin was referred to the House Ethics Committee over concerns about outside income tied to his radio show and appearances in commercials for his family’s plumbing business. He later repaid funds following the committee’s review.
Most recently, the Oklahoma senator drew attention during Trump’s State of the Union address when he attempted to grab a sign held by Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green reading “Black People Aren’t Apes,” which Green displayed in response to a social media post by the President widely condemned as racist.
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