Seth Meyers Mocks Rand Paul and Markwayne Mullin's Argument About Dueling
Mullin’s comment about dueling during his confirmation hearing became the subject of Meyers’s jokes.

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TAP FOR WHYTheWrap is an established entertainment and media-news outlet with identifiable authorship, though this short piece relies on a comedian’s segment rather than original reporting or extensive sourcing.
- Editorial standards — The piece is a concise report of a public television segment, with limited original verification.
- Source type — Trade press publication with an established entertainment-news focus.
- Author attribution — The article names its author.
The article quotes the exchange and Meyers’s response, but relies almost entirely on the comedian’s segment and offers no independent verification of the disputed legal claim or response from the senators.
HOW WE SCORE ↗The piece reports a comedian’s take and supplies no response from Mullin or Paul, nor independent context on the disputed claim.
- Source diversity — The segment by Meyers is the sole substantive perspective presented.
- Counterarguments presented — Neither senator’s response to Meyers’s remarks is included.
- Omitted context — The article does not independently establish the legal status of dueling.
The article mainly recounts Meyers’s jokes, but foregrounds mockery of two Republican senators and includes his critical characterization of MAGA without a response from them.
- Framing — The headline and opening emphasize Meyers mocking the senators’ exchange.
- Source selection — The article’s substantive interpretation comes from Meyers’s segment alone.
- Language tone — The selected quotations include jokes and a critical characterization of MAGA.
At a Senate hearing, Markwayne Mullin said dueling remained legal between consenting adults, and Rand Paul disputed him. Seth Meyers later mocked the exchange and criticized what he described as its “philosophy of MAGA.”
During a hearing to confirm Markwayne Mullin as secretary of Homeland Security, Mullin said dueling was still legal between consenting adults. Rand Paul responded that it had been illegal for 170 years. The article does not independently assess the legal claim.
On his show, Seth Meyers joked about both Mullin’s claim and Paul’s quick correction, then said Mullin’s comment summed up what Meyers called “the philosophy of MAGA”: that “violence and brute force rule the world.”
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9 OUTLETSAt his Senate confirmation hearing for Homeland Security secretary, Markwayne Mullin faced questions from Rand Paul about past remarks concerning violence against Paul. Mullin defended his remarks and did not apologize. Left-leaning outlets frame the hearing as scrutiny of Mullin’s remarks about violence and past confrontations, with articles also questioning his temperament. Center outlets emphasize his dispute with Paul, his comments about dueling, and critical reactions, including a call for senators to reject his nomination. Right-leaning outlets split between arguing his refusal to apologize makes him unfit and defending his account of an emotional moment at the hearing.
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