On Sunday, Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., pushed back against a line of questioning and prompts from CNN’s “State of the Union” about President-elect Donald Trump’s defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth, and whether he has a drinking problem.

After showing Mullin clips of Hegseth telling “The Will Cain Show” in 2021 that going out for drinks with “buddies” leads to “self-medication,” anchor Jake Tapper asked how the congressman reconciles that with Hegseth “now claiming that he’s never had an issue with alcohol.”

“That wasn’t him saying he had an alcohol problem,” Mullin replied. “That was him being honest.

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