Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin let loose on Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) during a heated rant Thursday on Fox News.

“Chuck Schumer, no one respects you. The definition of a lying scumbag politician, that is you! You would be the definition if you googled you right now,” Mullin said. “I mean, why don’t you just come out and be honest with the American people?”

Claiming that Schumer wants to “have open borders,” he continued, “If you wanna defund the Customs and Border Protection Agency, if you wanna defund ICE, who is in there arresting the criminals that the laws were passed by you, you had time to change those during the Biden administration.”

Mullin, who was appointed DHS secretary late last month after President Trump fired Kristi Noem from the position, made the remarks after host Bill Melugin mentioned that “DHS has been unfunded for more than 70 days now.”

Melugin then played a clip of Schumer claiming that “nobody” in America “respects” Border Patrol and ICE, which set off Mullin’s tirade.

After listening to Schumer’s remarks, Mullin told Melugin that the Democratic lawmaker’s comments made his “ears red,” adding, “It takes a lot to get me upset.”

Mullin went on to accuse Schumer of being fine with “criminals running amok in our cities.”

“And for you to say that is so disrespectful to the law enforcement that is out there protecting you because he has a detail with him. How about he walks around these city streets without a detail? I wonder how safe he would feel.”

Watch Mullin’s appearance on Fox News below. Skip to the 4:28 mark to hear his comments about Schumer.

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