'Hothead' GOP senator replacing Kristi Noem dragged on CNN: 'Do you know how sad that is?'

President Donald Trump finally fired his long-embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and panelists on "CNN This Morning" chewed over his nominee to replace her.

The 79-year-old president tapped Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), who is probably best known for challenging Teamsters President Sean O'Brien to a fight during a Senate hearing, to lead DHS after firing Noem, and the panelists argued over the Oklahoma Republican's qualifications for the cabinet role.

"It's a different vibe," said New York Times podcaster Lulu Garcia-Navarro. "So he doesn't bring a lot of that kind of baggage to it, and yes, as we've seen there, he is certainly has his own persona. I mean, if you have to break up a fistfight and Bernie Sanders is your man to kind of make you sit down, kind of interesting, I think, you know, maybe you're a bit of a hothead."

Michael Warren, senior editor at the conservative Dispatch publication, approved of Mullin's nomination.

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