During explosive exchanges at Mullin's Senate confirmation hearing, Trump's DHS pick admitted he “could've done things different.”

President Donald Trump tapped Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to replace Kristi Noem as the head of the Department of Homeland Security.

The Oklahoma senator's confirmation hearing for DHS secretary got off to a combative start, as committee chair Rand Paul went after Mullin over remarks he made praising the…

During explosive exchanges at Mullin's Senate confirmation hearing, Trump's DHS pick admitted he “could've done things different.”

“You told the media that I was a freakin’ snake,” Paul fumed at Trump's DHS secretary nominee, whom he accused of having "anger issues.”

President Donald Trump tapped Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., earlier this month to replace Kristi Noem.