Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) on Wednesday expressed his fear of being carjacked in the nation's capital, as the Trump administration ramps up its federal takeover of local law enforcement.

“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. And 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," Mullin said during an appearance on Fox News's "The Ingraham Angle."

“I don't want to be stuck in my vehicle when I need to exit in a hurry, because I got a seatbelt around me and that — and I wear my seatbelt all the time," he told host Brian Kilmeade, in a clip highlighted by Mediaite.

"But in Washington, D.C., I do not, because it is so prevalent of carjacking," the Oklahoma Republican continued. "And I don't want the same thing [to] happen to me what's happened to a lot of people that work on the hill."

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