"What I was simply pointing out is some of the rules that still apply to this body. For instance, dueling with two consenting adults is still there. Paul then informed Mullin, It's been illegal for 170 years! There's no precedent for legal dueling. Even then, they fled the country."
"Do you realize that the man that beat Charles Sumner with a cane, he beat him until he was unconscious? You know why no senators intervened? Because his friend held a gun on the other senators, and he kept beating him and beating him until he crushed his skull. That's what you're insinuating is a precedent of the Senate, and that's what you live by."
During a Senate Committee on Homeland Security confirmation hearing, Sen. Rand Paul confronted DHS nominee Markwayne Mullin about his previous justifications for violence on the Senate floor. Mullin had attempted to fight Teamsters President Sean O'Brien and later defended such conduct by referencing historical precedents like caning and dueling. When Paul questioned whether Mullin believed dueling between consenting adults remained legal, Mullin claimed certain rules still permitted it. Paul forcefully corrected this misconception, stating dueling has been illegal for 170 years. He further illustrated the brutality of historical Senate violence, describing how Charles Sumner was beaten unconscious with a cane while an armed associate prevented intervention. Paul characterized Mullin's position as a dangerous sentiment.
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