{"id":2277,"date":"2026-06-26T12:39:35","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:39:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277"},"modified":"2026-06-26T12:39:35","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T12:39:35","slug":"ice-barbie-replacement-resorts-to-his-pink-pacifier-in-fiery-capitol-hill-meltdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277","title":{"rendered":"ICE Barbie Replacement Resorts to His Pink \u2018Pacifier\u2019 in Fiery Capitol Hill Meltdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was seen holding a pink stress ball during a heated Capitol Hill hearing, which did little to calm tensions as the session turned into a tense back-and-forth.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2275\">Trump\u2019s Green Slime Disaster Suffers Humiliating New Blow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mullin, 48, was testifying Thursday before a House Appropriations Committee panel on oversight of the agency he took over after replacing Kristi Noem, 54, and was seen clutching the pink rubber ball while fielding questions from lawmakers.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>At one point, tensions escalated after Democratic Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro, 83, began speaking about families being separated from children at the U.S. border before Mullin interrupted.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cLet me just say this to you, sir, again it is my time,\u201d DeLauro said. \u201c3,900 children were separated from their families&#8230;\u201d the congresswoman began, before Mullin cut in to accuse the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c450,000 kids were lost during the Biden administration, and you didn\u2019t say a word about it,\u201d the secretary said, prompting DeLauro to point at him and tell him not to interrupt her, which sparked an angry response.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t you point your finger at me,\u201d Mullin shot back. \u201cDon\u2019t be a hypocrite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary faced scrutiny over his temper during his confirmation hearing in March, when Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul, 63, described him as \u201ca man with anger issues,\u201d pointing to an incident in which Mullin called him a \u201cfreaking snake\u201d and was accused of appearing to excuse a 2017 assault on Paul that left him with broken ribs.<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, during his time as a senator for Oklahoma, Mullin had a heated confrontation with Sean O\u2019Brien, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2273\">RFK Jr.\u2019s Jaw-Dropping Election Plot Exposed as Secret Tapes Leak<\/a><\/p>\n<p>During a Senate hearing, he told O\u2019Brien to \u201cstand your butt up,\u201d stood up himself, and removed his wedding ring, saying the two could \u201cfinish it here\u201d after previously clashing on social media.<\/p>\n<p>According to an article on the Anger Management 818 website, stress balls provide a \u201csafe outlet for releasing built-up physical tension\u201d and are a therapist-recommended tool for managing anger, but are intended for use when \u201cirritation is beginning, not when anger becomes intense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mullin\u2019s frequent use of a stress ball has even drawn notice from Fox News host Sean Hannity, who, according to USA Today, once asked: \u201cI\u2019m not sure what this is. Is this like a blanket, or what?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to the outlet, Mullin has said he has carried the ball since middle school for reasons he cannot fully explain, describing it as his \u201cpacifier.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Notably, during his March 18 confirmation hearing, the ball sat on a wooden desk alongside his smartphone and stacks of papers as Mullin was confirmed in a 54-45 vote.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2271\">Explosive Book From \u201860 Minutes\u2019 Producer Set to Blow Up CBS<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Daily Beast has reached out to the DHS for comment. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was seen holding a pink stress ball during a heated Capitol Hill hearing, which did little to calm tensions as the session turned into a tense back-and-forth. Read more Trump\u2019s Green Slime Disaster Suffers Humiliating New Blow Mullin, 48, was testifying Thursday before a House Appropriations Committee panel on oversight [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2276,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>ICE Barbie Replacement Resorts to His Pink \u2018Pacifier\u2019 in Fiery Capitol Hill Meltdown - Nationwide Inter State Movers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ICE Barbie Replacement Resorts to His Pink \u2018Pacifier\u2019 in Fiery Capitol Hill Meltdown - Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was seen holding a pink stress ball during a heated Capitol Hill hearing, which did little to calm tensions as the session turned into a tense back-and-forth. Read more Trump\u2019s Green Slime Disaster Suffers Humiliating New Blow Mullin, 48, was testifying Thursday before a House Appropriations Committee panel on oversight [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nationwide Inter State Movers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-26T12:39:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?p=2277#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?p=2277\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/38cc622be76d7ce8c5366fe18559460a\"},\"headline\":\"ICE Barbie Replacement Resorts to His Pink \u2018Pacifier\u2019 in Fiery Capitol Hill Meltdown\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-26T12:39:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?p=2277\"},\"wordCount\":496,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?p=2277#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/8d9fc6bf0f87462c693873c1948a624d-scaled.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Politics\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?p=2277#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?p=2277\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?p=2277\",\"name\":\"ICE Barbie Replacement Resorts to His Pink \u2018Pacifier\u2019 in Fiery Capitol Hill Meltdown - Nationwide Inter State Movers\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?p=2277#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?p=2277#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/8d9fc6bf0f87462c693873c1948a624d-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-26T12:39:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/38cc622be76d7ce8c5366fe18559460a\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?p=2277#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?p=2277\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?p=2277#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/8d9fc6bf0f87462c693873c1948a624d-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/8d9fc6bf0f87462c693873c1948a624d-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1440},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?p=2277#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"ICE Barbie Replacement Resorts to His Pink \u2018Pacifier\u2019 in Fiery Capitol Hill Meltdown\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Nationwide Inter State Movers\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/38cc622be76d7ce8c5366fe18559460a\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ICE Barbie Replacement Resorts to His Pink \u2018Pacifier\u2019 in Fiery Capitol Hill Meltdown - Nationwide Inter State Movers","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ICE Barbie Replacement Resorts to His Pink \u2018Pacifier\u2019 in Fiery Capitol Hill Meltdown - Nationwide Inter State Movers","og_description":"Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin was seen holding a pink stress ball during a heated Capitol Hill hearing, which did little to calm tensions as the session turned into a tense back-and-forth. Read more Trump\u2019s Green Slime Disaster Suffers Humiliating New Blow Mullin, 48, was testifying Thursday before a House Appropriations Committee panel on oversight [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277","og_site_name":"Nationwide Inter State Movers","article_published_time":"2026-06-26T12:39:35+00:00","author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/#\/schema\/person\/38cc622be76d7ce8c5366fe18559460a"},"headline":"ICE Barbie Replacement Resorts to His Pink \u2018Pacifier\u2019 in Fiery Capitol Hill Meltdown","datePublished":"2026-06-26T12:39:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277"},"wordCount":496,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8d9fc6bf0f87462c693873c1948a624d-scaled.jpg","articleSection":["Politics"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277","url":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277","name":"ICE Barbie Replacement Resorts to His Pink \u2018Pacifier\u2019 in Fiery Capitol Hill Meltdown - Nationwide Inter State Movers","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8d9fc6bf0f87462c693873c1948a624d-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2026-06-26T12:39:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/#\/schema\/person\/38cc622be76d7ce8c5366fe18559460a"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8d9fc6bf0f87462c693873c1948a624d-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8d9fc6bf0f87462c693873c1948a624d-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1440},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=2277#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"ICE Barbie Replacement Resorts to His Pink \u2018Pacifier\u2019 in Fiery Capitol Hill Meltdown"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/","name":"Nationwide Inter State Movers","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/#\/schema\/person\/38cc622be76d7ce8c5366fe18559460a","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com"],"url":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2276"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}