There are lots of names you can call Oklahoma congressman Markwayne Mullin. You know, things like rube, liar, silver-wrenched trust fund kid, etc. But the one the usually fits best is a hypocrite.
For example:
When the U.S. House of Representatives approved voting by proxy early in the pandemic last year, Rep. Markwayne Mullin accused Democrats of a “power grab,” while Rep. Kevin Hern scorned it as a “scam” and Rep. Tom Cole joined a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality.
“Our frontline workers across the country are showing up to do their jobs so why shouldn’t Congress?” Mullin said in a tweet on May 15, 2020, the day the rule was adopted.
The Oklahoma Republican has become much more comfortable with the practice.
In fact, Mullin has cast more than 70 votes this year by proxy. He hasn’t been in the House to vote since mid-May, relying on two home state colleagues to cast his votes over 14 voting days in May, June and July.