- Markwayne Mullin (born July 26, 1977) is an American politician and businessman who has served as the United States secretary of homeland security since 2026. A member of the Republican Party, Mullin served as the junior United States senator from Oklahoma from 2023 to 2026 and as the U.S. representative for Oklahoma’s second congressional district from 2013 to 2023.
Now look, you people at the Justice Department cannot have it both ways! You hired me to entertain. If you want keep the people away from tax revolts, food riots, and bread lines and parked in front of their TVs you sure as hell are not going to do that with reruns of Gilligan’s Island!
Damon Killian, The Running Man (1987)
