“How many senators have showed up drunk to vote at night? Have any of you guys asked them to step down and resign from their job? And don’t tell me you haven’t seen it, because I know you have. And then how many senators do you know have got a divorce for cheating on their wives? Did you ask them to step down? No, but it’s for show. You guys make sure you make a big show and point out the hypocrisy because a man’s made a mistake and you want to sit there and say that he’s not qualified? Give me a joke.”
– Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma), skewering his Democrat colleagues on the Senate Armed Services committee for their performative bluster over the faults of Defense Secretary nominee Pete Hegseth.