"When Slotkin asked directly, 'Who won the 2020 election?' Mullin dodged the question, saying instead that, 'We know that President Joe Biden was sworn in to office. He was the president for the last four years.' When Slotkin asked again, Mullin countered: 'I believe my job as Department of Homeland Security secretary will be to make sure that we assure that the elections are fair and people can trust them.'"
"Slotkin noted that 'The Department of Homeland Security has the mandate since the Obama era for securing our election infrastructure' and raised concerns that 'The president has continued to say that he won the 2020 election even though there's been 60 court cases saying the opposite. He has said he wants to federalize the elections.'"
During his Senate confirmation hearing, Homeland Security secretary nominee Markwayne Mullin faced direct questioning from Senator Elissa Slotkin about the 2020 election results. When asked who won the election, Mullin declined to provide a direct answer, instead stating that President Joe Biden was sworn in and served for four years. Slotkin pressed the issue, noting Mullin's own history of not certifying 2020 election results and raising concerns about President Trump's repeated claims of election fraud despite 60 court cases ruling against such claims. The exchange highlighted tensions over election security, potential federalization of elections, and the credibility of DHS leadership given Trump's continued election fraud assertions.
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