Okla., called out Democratic senators who were grilling U.S. Defense Secretary candidate Pete Hegseth during his Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday.

Senator Markwayne Mullin was grilled on CNN over remarks that lawmakers turn up to vote drunk as he tried to defend Pete Hegseth.

“Late Show” host Stephen Colbert said defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth is facing allegations of excessive drinking and sexual misconduct. But he also has his supporters, including Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), who flubbed a key line as he wrapped up his defense of Hegseth during Tuesday’s confirmation hearing.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin electrified a Senate confirmation hearing on Tuesday by accusing fellow senators of carousing and voting while drunk even as they accused defense secretary nominee Pete Hegseth of unseemly behavior.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R., Okla.) took pointed issue with his Democratic colleagues for saying Pete Hegseth isn’t qualified to run an organization the size of the Pentagon with its nearly three million people.

A GOP senator who controversially defended President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon against allegations of excessive drinking by claiming U.S. lawmakers turn up to vote drunk is sticking to his guns.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin asked his fellow senators on the Armed Services Committee whether they would meet the standards they are setting for Pete Hegseth, Donald Trump's pick to lead the Department of Defense.

Okla., suggested some senators drink on the job when speaking about the "hypocrisy" of holding Pete Hegseth, President-elect Trump's pick for defense secretary, to a higher standard than themselves.

Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, has publicly faced senators for the first time.

Pete Hegseth could hardly be more suited to be Donald Trump’s secretary of Defense — even though he’d surely be deemed unqualified by any conventional president.

Confirmation hearings for President-elect Trump's cabinet nominees begin this week. Among the first will be Pete Hegseth, the former Army National Guard officer and FOX News host nominated for secretary of defense.