Markwayne Mullin: “It's unfortunate that the Democrats put us in a situation…”

“They're the law enforcement of the water. They have to be there when we take these narco boats out. Coast Guard is involved in it. Yeah. It's unfortunate that the Democrats put us in a situation, but our gas card literally for the Coast Guard got shut off. We hadn't paid our gas bill or electricity bill or the fuel bill since February. So DOW is helping the Coast Guard stand up.” (08:38–08:46)

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