Markwayne Mullin discovered at least 200,000 non-citizens registered to vote across four states.
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The Rob Carson ShowSep 7, 2026
Mullin, as DHS Secretary, did publicly claim about 250,000 potential noncitizens registered to vote across four states, which is consistent with the claim's 200,000+ magnitude. However, fact-checkers and authorities rejected that figure: FactCheck.org and PolitiFact found it unreliable, and in Nevada DHS's own list of 15,903 shrank to 185 people, all of whom Nevada officials found to be U.S. citizens.
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… In other words, exactly what they did the last time that failed. And so, the only thing they can do is import illegal voters, load them up with government largesse. We now know Mark Wayne Mullen discovered at least 200 some thousand people in just four states, illegals registered to vote. And Marley Hornet, let me ask you this: what do you register to vote to do? What is that all about? Is it official? What is that? I don't even understand. I think it's to go to the mall. I think that's is that it? …
The Rob Carson Show · · from the transcriptPost →What we found
Contradicts. Nevada's figure fell from DHS's claimed 15,903 potential noncitizens to a list of 185, and Nevada officials found all 185 were U.S. citizens eligible to vote.[4][5][7][8][9]
Contradicts. FactCheck.org and PolitiFact found the 250,000 figure unsubstantiated and likely highly inaccurate, since DHS did not explain its methodology and past DHS-derived lists proved unreliable.[1][10]
Contradicts. Reuters reported that DHS offered no evidence to corroborate its tallies and did not detail the criteria used, and that Nevada's top election official rejected the numbers as speculative and unsupported.[2]
Contradicts. A Senate letter to Mullin said the 250,000 claim was made without evidence and has been refuted by states and other administration officials, and that DHS acknowledged the numbers were inflated.[4]
Supports. DHS and Mullin publicly stated that over 250,000 potential non-citizens were illegally registered to vote in four states, with state-by-state figures of 190,832, 35,152, 15,903 and 14,576, so the claimed figure was made.[6][7]
Context. The post's wording, 'at least 200 some thousand people in just four states', matches the 250,000 figure DHS publicized, so the extraction does not add a new figure. The claim's 'discovered' framing is the disputed part, since the numbers were not substantiated.[3][6]
Sources
10 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 3 primary, 1 tier 1, 1 tier 2, 2 not rated
- 1FactChecking Trump's Election Security Speechfactcheck.org · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2DHS threatens states with fines, charges over election ...reuters.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 3Supreme Court lets Trump administration use revamped federal voter eligibility database for nowapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: context
- 41 September 25, 2026 The Honorable Markwayne Mullin ...hsgac.senate.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 5[PDF] October 22, 2026 The Honorable Markwayne Mullin Secretary U.S. ...democrats-judiciary.house.gov · primary source · cited for: contradicts
- 6DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin Sends Letters to Secretaries of State Warning About Non-Citizens on Voter Rollsdhs.gov · primary source · cited for: supports, context
- 7American Oversight sues over Markwayne Mullin's voter ...thehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 8Trump officials touted a voter fraud bombshell. Their data hasn’t proved it | CNN Politicscnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: contradicts
- 9Inside the Trump administration's lists of alleged noncitizen ...edition.cnn.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 10PolitiFact | Fact-checking the Trump administration’s count ...api.politifact.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
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