'Shut Up!' Al Green Throws Down with Markwayne Mullin
Green repeatedly told Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin to stop speaking during a House hearing.

SOURCE CHECK
TAP FOR WHYMediaite is an established digital news outlet with an identifiable author, but this short account offers limited sourcing and context beyond the hearing exchange.
- Editorial standards — The account attributes statements to the speakers and presents the exchange, but provides little additional reporting or context.
- Source type — An established national digital news publisher, though not a newspaper of record or wire service.
- Author attribution — The article names its author.
The story gives direct quotations and describes both sides of the hearing exchange, but is brief and provides little context beyond the participants’ remarks and the chair’s intervention.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The story reports remarks and actions from both Green and Mullin and includes the chair’s intervention, but gives little broader context or explanation from either side.
- Source diversity — The account includes statements from both participants and the committee chair, but no additional sources.
- Counterarguments presented — Green denies calling Mullin racist; Mullin explains his objection and cites his family background.
- Omitted context — The article provides little context about the hearing or the subject under discussion.
The article uses a colorful headline and recounts a contentious exchange, but its account and quotations do not show a discernible partisan lean.
- Language tone — The headline is punchy, while the body mainly recounts the exchange and attributes remarks.
- Source selection — The article quotes Green, Mullin and Garbarino, with no evident partisan selection of outside sources.
- Framing — The focus is the confrontation itself rather than an argument for either participant’s position.
At a House hearing, Rep. Al Green and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin clashed after Mullin asked whether Green had called him racist. Green told Mullin to “shut up,” and committee chair Andrew Garbarino intervened.
During a House hearing, Green was discussing racists and peaceful protests when Mullin asked whether Green was calling him racist. Green said he was reclaiming his time and repeatedly told Mullin to stop speaking. Mullin said he would not let anyone call him racist and cited his Cherokee family background.
Garbarino suspended the clock and reiterated that no one should address another person’s character negatively. Mullin later referred to Green losing his primary, prompting Garbarino to address the secretary.
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SWIPE →Representative involved in a heated exchange with the Homeland Security secretary during a House hearing
Homeland Security secretary who confronted Green during a House hearing
Mullin's version of this story ↗House Committee on Homeland Security chair who intervened during the exchange
President whose image Green was discussing
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8 OUTLETSAl Green and Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin clashed during a House hearing over whether Green had called Mullin racist; Green repeatedly told Mullin to stop speaking. Center outlets recount the dispute over the accusation, with one article also noting Green’s primary loss. Right-leaning outlets focus more on Green’s conduct, often portraying it as a spectacle and highlighting criticism of him.
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