HERE’S KOCO’S ANDY WEBER. >> THIS IS CONGRESSMAN MARKWAYNE MULLIN. HE HAS REPRESENTED OKLAHOMA’S SECOND CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT SINCE 2013. HE ALSO OWNS SEVERAL BUSINESSES, INCLUDING A LARGE PLUMBING COMPANY. >> THIS IS NOT MY CAREER, THIS IS NOT MY LIVING, THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE TO DO, I WAKE UP EVERY MORNING AND SAY I LOVE PEOPLE, I LOVE THE CALL, BUT I THINK THE RESUME IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU SET UP HERE . AND IF THE CURRICULUM SAYS THAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS BEEN IN POLITICS, IF THAT IS WHAT YOU HAVE ALWAYS DONE, THAT YOU WILL ALWAYS MAKE POLITICAL DECISIONS. >> AND THIS IS TW SHANNON SERVED EIGHT YEARS IN THE OKLAHOMA STATE HOUSE INCLUDING ONE AS SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE, ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL RACES IN STATE POLITICS. HE CURRENTLY SERVES AS THE CEO OF AN OKLAHOMA CITY BANKS. >> I’VE BEEN THE DRILLER MY ENTIRE CAREER, WHEN I BECAME THE SPEAKER, I WAS ACTUALLY RESPONDING TO THE ESTABLISHMENT, THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE WAS RECOMMENDED BY THE SPEAKER, I WAS CURING AS AN OUTSIDER, IN MY SECOND. OKLAHOMA LEGISLATURE, I WAS ABLE TO GET PEOPLE TO BUY MY VISION. >> they both say they are not your elected official rather finger pointing. MULLIN SAYS THE DISRUPTOR SHANNON CLAIMS TO BE IS NOT THE KIND OF POLITICIAN WE NEED. >> A DISRUPTOR IS SOMEONE WHO WILL THROW FIRE BOMBS AND DO NOTHING FOR THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA OR SOMEONE WILL BRING A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE TO WASHINGTON DC, THROWING FIRE BOMBS IS WHAT A LOT OF POLITICIANS DO, CANBOYS. GET A NEWS HEADLINE. >> THERE ARE CLEAR CONTRASTS BETWEEN ME AND MY OPPONENT, IT’S REALLY OUR RECORD, THE GOOD NEWS IS, WE BOTH HAVE A RECORD MY OPPONENT HAS HIS RECORD THAT HE HAS TO POINT AND DEFEND FROM STATE IN THE SWAMP FOR THE last TEN YEARS, THAT’S THE REAL DIFFERENCE. >> REPUBLICAN VOTERS WILL DECIDE WHAT KIND OF CANDIDATE
Mullin and Shannon say they are not career politicians
Oklahoma is just days away from another election.
Updated: August 20, 2022 at 12:42 PM CDT
Rep. Markwayne Mullin and TW Shannon said they are not career politicians. Oklahoma is just days away from another election. On Tuesday, Republican voters will choose their nominee for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jim Inhofe, who is retiring early next year. The two men seeking the nomination said they are not career politicians, despite spending more. Mullin has represented Oklahoma’s 2nd Congressional District since 2013 and owns several businesses, including a large plumbing company. “This is not my career, this is not my livelihood, this is what we can do, I wake up every morning and say love the people, love the call, but I think the resume is important and if your resume says you’ve always been in politics, if that’s what you’ve always done, that you’ll always do. policy decisions,” Mullin said. Shannon has served eight years in the Oklahoma State House, including one as Speaker of the House, which is one of the most powerful positions in state politics. He currently serves as CEO of a bank in Oklahoma City. “I’ve been the disruptor my whole career, when I became speaker I was actually challenging the establishment, the speaker pro tempore was supported by the speaker, I was running as an outsider, just in my second term in the Oklahoma legislature, I was able to get people to buy into my vision,” Shannon said. Both said they are not your typical elected official. Rather they point the finger at each other. “A disruptor is someone who will firebomb and not do anything for the state of Oklahoma or someone will bring a different perspective to Washington, DC, firebombing is what many politicians do, they firebomb so they can. Get a headline of the news,” Mullin said. Mullin said the “disruptor” Shannon claims to be is not the kind of politician we need. “There are some clear contrasts between me and my opponent, it’s really our record, the good news is: we both have a record. My opponent, he has his record that he has to defend from being in the bog for the last ten years, so that’s the real difference,” Shannon said. Republican voters will decide what kind of candidate. they want to be their candidacy on August 23.
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Rep. Markwayne Mullin and TW Shannon said they are not career politicians.
Oklahoma is just days away from another election. On Tuesday, Republican voters will choose their nominee for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jim Inhofe, who is retiring early next year.
The two men seeking the nomination said they are not career politicians, despite having spent more than a decade in politics.
Mullin has represented Oklahoma’s 2nd Congressional District since 2013 and owns several businesses, including a large plumbing company.
“This is not my career, this is not my livelihood, this is what we have to do, I wake up every morning and say I love people, I love the call, but I think the resume is important and if you do. it says you’ve always been in politics, if that’s what you’ve always done, that you’re always going to make political decisions,” Mullin said.
Shannon has served eight years in the Oklahoma state house, including one as Speaker of the House, which is one of the most powerful positions in state politics. He currently serves as CEO of an Oklahoma City bank.
“I’ve been the disruptor my whole career, when I became the Speaker, I was actually challenging the establishment, the Speaker Pro Tempore was supported by the Speaker, I was presenting myself as an outsider, just in my second term in Oklahoma. legislature, I was able to get people to buy into my vision,” Shannon said.
Both said they are not your typical elected officials. Rather they point the finger at each other.
“A disruptor is somebody who’s going to firebomb and not do anything for the state of Oklahoma or someone who’s going to bring a different perspective to Washington, DC, firebombing is what a lot of politicians do, they firebomb so they can get a headline. of the news,” Mullin said.
Mullin said the “disruptor” Shannon claims to be is not the kind of politician we need.
“There are clear contrasts between me and my opponent, it’s really our record, the good news is that we both have a record. My opponent, he has his record that he has to maintain and defend to be in the swamp for the last ten years, so that’s the real difference,” Shannon said.
Republican voters will decide what kind of candidate they want to be their running mate on August 23rd.
