Senator says he was joking about using violence against journalists

(NewsNation) — Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., suggested in a video posted this weekend that a lot "less false stories" would be written by journalists if they got into physical altercations with politicians.Mullin later said he was joking after The Oklahoman wrote a story about his remarks.
"Thanks for watching my videos. Imagine being a newspaper *this* out of touch with Oklahoma," he wrote on X, sharing a picture of a map of the state with every county shaded red. Trump pushes back on t