GOP senator on DC carjacking fears: 'I don't buckle up'

[Jilly_in_VA]

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) on Wednesday expressed his fear of being carjacked in the nation’s capital, as the Trump administration ramps up its federal takeover of local law enforcement.

“And by the way, I’m not joking when I say this, I drive around in Washington, D.C., in my Jeep, and yes, I do drive myself, and I don’t buckle up. And the reason why I don’t buckle up, and people can say whatever they want to, they can raise their eyebrows at me again, is because of carjacking,” Mullin said during an appearance on Fox News’s “The Ingraham Angle.”

“I don’t want to be stuck in my vehicle when I need to exit in a hurry, because I got a seatbelt around me and that — and I wear my seatbelt all the time,” he told host Brian Kilmeade, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite.

“But in Washington, D.C., I do not, because it is so prevalent of carjacking,” the Oklahoma Republican continued. “And I don’t want the same thing [to] happen to me what’s happened to a lot of people that work on the hill.”


https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/5451611-markwayne-mullin-dc-carjacking-crime-trump-takeover/

This guy is such a TOOL!

[yardwork]

1. Another excuse for not buckling up.

"In case I have to exit the vehicle quickly." And what?

If he's afraid to serve in the nation's capital maybe he should go home.

[JustAnotherGen]

3. He's lying to lie

It's evil.

[yardwork]

4. Nothing new.

The Republicans have always fanned the flames of fear and hatred against Black and brown people. Now they have permission to say it right out loud - and follow up by killing homeless people.

This the worst period in the U.S. in my lifetime. It's horrifying.

[Jilly_in_VA]

19. Not always

Maybe in your lifetime. But not always. Just since the stupid "Southern Strategy" and then Ronald Reagan.

[yardwork]

22. Unfortunately it goes way back.

Check out one of the very first movies, Birth of a Nation, released in 1915. The "nation" in the title is the Ku Klux Klan, and in the film it's portrayed as a heroic freedom-fighting response to Black men assaulting white women. That lie - that Black men were sexually assaulting white women - was used to justify atrocities and massacres against Black communities and an entire set of laws known collectively as Jim Crow. It was pervasive throughout the 20th century until the Civil Rights Acts outlawed it, but the hatred and fear are always there.

The Southern Strategy used white people's anger and fear about Black people to promote Republican politicians. The only reason it worked is because the anger and fear were already there.

[haele]

18. Not buckling up means they pull him out of the car quickly.

Through the broken window.
I guess "In case I have to exit the car quickly" pretty much is another way of saying that.
I trained to be a paramedic and have been at accidents where a seatbelt wasn't worn. No good results.

[JustAnotherGen]

2. He's a person of the Lie

This lie is going to get Black and Brown people killed.

Zero forgiveness and no offramps for him when the regime falls.

[CrispyQ]

12. No off ramps. I like that!

No off ramps for maga when this is over. Fuckin' A. ~insert giant flip-the-bird here

[dalton99a]

5. Now make a sharp turn at high speed

[JustAnotherGen]

8. n/s

[Blues Heron]

6. Logic just isn't important for these emotional based Maga morons.

[JustAnotherGen]

7. It's all they know

Their culture encourages fear.

[Quiet Em]

9. He has more of a chance of being heckled for his extremely hostile views on women than he does being carjacked

That is probably what he is really afraid of.

[Emile]

10. Just like Trump, both are SCARED.

TACO

[tanyev]

11. Goodluck withthat Markwayne.

[Paladin]

13. The "Markwayne" name was a dead giveaway.

It's all been downhill, with this moron. Overjoyed to hear he doesn't wear a seatbelt in DC.

[EYESORE 9001]

14. Decorum prevents me from saying my preferred pejorative

[Wiz Imp]

15. It only takes a second to release a seat belt

What the hell is this asshole doing that wearing a seatbelt makes him "stuck" in his vehicle?

[Disaffected]

16. "I don't want to be stuck in my vehicle when I need to exit in a hurry,... "

This fool will be exiting in a hurry alright if he's in a head-on collision or rolls his vehicle.

[leftstreet]

17. Loser doesn't have a chauffeur?

pfft

[Bettie]

20. Weird...when we were a family from freaking Iowa

visiting DC, we felt safe.

What a bunch of little weenies these Republicans are.

[malaise]

21. But they do run when their own MAGAts attempt a coup

after having cheered them on

[oasis]

23. Stay your snowflake ass home. Problem solved.

[republianmushroom]

24. I believe he is to damn dumb to buckle up.