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Markwayne Mullin named as DHS Secretary
On 3/05/2025 Markwayne Mullin is said to be the replacement by President Trump. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYhr53-pTTc ~2026-14273-83 (talk) 18:58, 5 March 2026 (UTC)
- Added 2 links with reliable information to support this.
- https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/trump-says-kristi-noem-stepping-homeland-security-secretary-rcna248719 Yikes9272 (talk) 19:10, 5 March 2026 (UTC)
- This is false. Trump can’t replace Noem, he can only nominate a replacement. ~2026-14484-52 (talk) 16:00, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- The article now says he was nominated for this position. —MiguelMunoz (talk) 20:02, 6 March 2026 (UTC)
- you are stating 2025, while it is actually 2026 ~2026-17682-26 (talk) 22:06, 21 March 2026 (UTC)
Personal life section
@Asto77: I'm willing to discuss this point here to get this over with; I don't want a long, drawn out fight while the article isn't even stable. The reason why it was moved into that section is because his wife is involved in other points of his career, including his business and his political tenure. There is no requirement for a personal life section, and it would break with the continuity to have one here. Looking "weird" is not a valid argument. elijahpepe@wikipedia (he/him) 01:48, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- I generally agree personal life sections are unnecessary and find that all of the information normally kept in that section works better in the early life section. TulsaPoliticsFan (talk) 02:06, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
Marriage Year
He married his wife in 1997, not 1987. The source article says they've been married 28 years (as of 2025). He was 10 years old in 1987. ~2026-18382-79 (talk) 03:37, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
He is the new DHS sec
He was just sworn in, yall should change the infobox. ~2026-18343-05 (talk) 18:22, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
Position on transgender "bathroom debate"
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In social issues: "Mullin criticized the Department of Education and Department of Justice's Dear Colleague letter on transgender students in May 2016, arguing that transgender women should not use men's restrooms."
From the source it appears that he argued trans women should use men's restrooms. To be more precise his remarks were about public school students:
| − | Mullin criticized the Department of Education and Department of Justice's Dear Colleague letter on transgender students in May 2016, arguing that transgender | + | Mullin criticized the Department of Education and Department of Justice's Dear Colleague letter on transgender students in May 2016, arguing that transgender girls should not use girls' restrooms in public schools. |
YoungSpe (talk) 18:41, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- I'm unable to access the cited article. Can you provide the relevant quote? meamemg (talk) 18:47, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
- "Second District Congressman Markwayne Mullin, also a Republican, conndemned the federal order as 'the most flagrant example of putting politics before people. I'm a father of five kids in the public school system, and I have a big problem with federal government telling me that male students are allowed to use the bathroom with my three young girls,' Mullins (sic) said"
- Presumably by "male students" he's referring to transgender students assigned male at birth. YoungSpe (talk) 19:30, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
Done by someone else in this edit. OutsideNormality (talk) 20:55, 24 March 2026 (UTC)
I've fully protected the page
Not happy about doing it, but if this warring starts back up, I'm going to block some editors. There's no excuse for longtime contributors to make this sort of scene in live pagespace with zero discussion on talk. Makes you look bad, it makes us all look bad. Who wants to start? BusterD (talk) 14:42, 5 August 2026 (UTC)