Markwayne Mullin Says He Doesn’t Wear Seatbelt in D.C. Because He Fears Being Carjacked

KILMEADE: “Nobody is safe in the best neighborhoods a block from the White House.”
MULLIN: “Well, Brian, even with the fact that they’re not prosecuting crimes, homicide rates in Washington, D.C. is the largest and by far the highest of any other large city in the nation. If you look at car theft only, if Washington, D.C. was a state, Washington, D.C. would be three times higher than any other state. And we’re talking about a city. We’re comparing it to full states. And, by the way, I’m not joking when I say this, I drive around in Washington, D.C. in my jeep — and, yes, I do drive myself — and I don’t buckle up. The reason why I don’t buckle up, and people can say whatever they want to, they can raise their eyebrows at me again, is because of carjacking. I don’t want to be stuck in my vehicle when I need to exit in a hurry because I have a seat belt around me. I wear my seat belt all the time, but in Washington, D.C. I do not because it is so prevalent of carjacking, and I don’t want the same thing happen to me that’s happened to a lot of people that work on the Hill.”