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demmiblue

(39,666 posts)
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 06:22 PM 8 hrs ago

At a church in 2022, DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin defended hitting kids with a belt:

At a church in 2022, DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin defended hitting kids with a belt:

“We must be willing to discipline our kids too. …I was raised by the fear of a belt. …The discipline was just, wasn’t overreacted. …So I learned respect from the discipline.”

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) 2026-03-23T21:15:36.689Z

Markwayne Mullin: “My two beautiful twins that are sitting down there.

Guys, I tell you right now, I do spank. I have no problem with that.”

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) 2026-03-23T21:46:23.265Z

Mullin: “I can spank them and I’m still upset and they’ll come and crawl in my lap two minutes later and just hug on me. I’ve got to learn how to forgive more.”

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) 2026-03-23T21:50:49.335Z

Mullin then imitated his daughter Larra:

“She’s like, ‘No, Daddy. No, Daddy, No, Daddy, No. I’m sorry, Daddy. I’m sorry, Daddy.’ …She just couldn’t bring herself to even bend over for me to be able to bust her butt.”

PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) 2026-03-23T22:00:23.645Z

Sick fuck.
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At a church in 2022, DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin defended hitting kids with a belt: (Original Post) demmiblue 8 hrs ago OP
He's truly disgusting. mr715 8 hrs ago #1
Pedo trash is what he is. Sequoia 8 hrs ago #2
That would be "Enthusiastic Child Abuser Markwayne Mullin" RockRaven 8 hrs ago #3
why is he wearing a cowboy hat aat a church type event. dont see any cows nt msongs 7 hrs ago #4
I am 59 years old and Bettie 7 hrs ago #5
I'm sorry 😔 MustLoveBeagles 7 hrs ago #7
I'm sorry for his kids Bettie 7 hrs ago #8
I got beat with a belt as well CanonRay 6 hrs ago #10
The BELT Whip-poor-will 7 hrs ago #6
They sit around bragging about beating their kids like they're at some fucked up best parent contest. Solly Mack 6 hrs ago #9
"I don't know how he done it'' sammythecat 6 hrs ago #11
You're no cowboy asshole. spanone 6 hrs ago #12

RockRaven

(19,281 posts)
3. That would be "Enthusiastic Child Abuser Markwayne Mullin"
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 06:35 PM
8 hrs ago

Important to give these people their proper formal titles.

Bettie

(19,655 posts)
5. I am 59 years old and
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 07:31 PM
7 hrs ago

hearing what he said about beating his daughter took me right back to being a kid with a father who sang a little song as he snapped his belt and demanded we bare our butts for him.

I'm so glad he's dead. If it sounds heartless, you wouldn't think so if you knew all he did.

But, the memory of the terror...that's always going to be there.

My youngest brother got the worst of it, because he refused to cry, so he'd get it until he could barely stand or my father got tired.

We didn't hit our children.

Bettie

(19,655 posts)
8. I'm sorry for his kids
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 08:02 PM
7 hrs ago

they will feel the way I do some day and they shouldn't have to.

Thanks though....it's amazing how things come back so vividly.

Whip-poor-will

(203 posts)
6. The BELT
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 07:57 PM
7 hrs ago

Sick vile disgusting human waste.

ANYONE who holds a CHILD with one hand ,while the child spins the adult, swinging the police belt deserves to be KICKED in the nuts damn hard.

Solly Mack

(96,901 posts)
9. They sit around bragging about beating their kids like they're at some fucked up best parent contest.
Mon Mar 23, 2026, 08:18 PM
6 hrs ago
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