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Markwayne Mullin: “His team came to him twice and said, sir, we got to go. We…”

Featuring: Markwayne Mullin, Republican | U.S. Senate, Oklahoma

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Published | Video Starts at 07:57

Here's a guy that's been over in his ties about as long as my son, because my son, it stunted his growth. And so he's 5 foot 3 the rest of his life. And His team came to him twice and said, sir, we got to go. We got to go. On the third time, they came over to him. He looked at him, he says, hey, I guarantee you that plane won't leave without me. For the next 15 minutes, he did nothing but love on my son. That that one incident jogged his memory. And from then on, he started retaining things. (07:57–08:07)

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