Six years ago, Republican Rep. John Fleming of Louisiana — now deputy assistant secretary for health technology for President Donald Trump — complained that after taxes he only had “maybe $400,000 left over.” Now fellow Republican Rep. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma is demonstrating the same level of class-related cluelessness.
During a town hall event that was captured on video and shared via social media on Monday, Mullin became defensive when a constituent pointed out that taxpaying citizens pay his salary.
“Bull crap, I paid for myself,” the Republican congressman pushed back against his own constituent. “I paid enough taxes before I ever got here and continue to through my company to pay my own salary. This is a service. No one here pays me to do it. I do it as an honor and a service.”
With his self-pitying argument, Mullin suggested that a higher tax burden represents some kind of economic injustice. (Spoiler alert: It doesn’t).
When one attendee demanded that Mullin give up the six-figure salary that he currently makes, Mullin reiterated that “I have before, I’ve actually paid it back.”
inkw3ll on April 14th, 2017 at 14:16 UTC »
He's right. Most of the Reps don't work for us. They work for their corporate interests and lobbyists. I hope the good people of OK vote this guy out. It's disgusting how much Congress has been compromised.
sillyrants on April 14th, 2017 at 14:10 UTC »
Markwayne Mullin, you're a piece of shit. Having significant outside income doesn't mean you're not employed by the public. It just makes you too detached to care about them. You're not successful, you're just pathetic.
Edit: Got name wrong, sorry. I misread the first paragraph.
cicalino on April 14th, 2017 at 13:57 UTC »
Another rich white guy who woke up on third base and thinks he hit a triple.