Bernie Sanders stops GOP senator from fighting teamster president at hearing: 'You're a United States senator!'
Bernie Sanders stops GOP senator from fighting teamster president at hearing: 'You're a United States senator!'
The almost-skirmish was snuffed out, however, before it could even begin by the 82-year-old senator.
where Teamsters President Sean O'Brien
He was a union man. I wonder if this guy knows his descendant ends up being the most important man in starfleet history.
I would pay hilarious amounts of money to watch fuckin Mark Wayne get his shit stomped in the Senate
Anybody giving odds on this? I'd like to put $50 on the teamster. I would love to see someone put that election-denying, Chuck Norris wannabe on the mat.
The politician who declared “I’m not Rambo” after his much-ridiculed attempt to enter Afghanistan in the company of a private US security team, boasts on his website a 5-0 record as a professional mixed martial arts fighter.
The official record of his short-lived career suggests a different story: a total of three wins, two against the same opponent, and cumulative fight time of less than 10 minutes in under three rounds.
Yes, he can absolutely kick my ass, but he is still one of the biggest pussies I have seen. Being tough and strong also includes your mind. It is through might that the weak and stupid shall rise to power.
This conduct is unbecoming of a senator!
Now a member of the House of Representatives and now governor of Montana? Feel free to physically assault people with zero consequences.
nobody is rushing to condemn this like they all rushed to pass a law banning hoodies though.
so much for the civility argument.
Mullin, what a giant pathetic ass snowflake.
Dude thinks he's Senator Armstrong from Metal Gear Rising.
Come on Bernie, this is pathetic. You should know better than to try to appeal to a Republican's non-existent sense of decency!
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Casual Sanders W
Don't they know you're supposed to take it outside or wait for after class. You don't just throw down in the middle of the room.
GOP Senator: "Uh, so?"
Yeah I'd love nothing more than to see someone floor a stupid GOP senator. God damn it, Bernie!
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Sen. Bernie Sanders stopped a fight from breaking out in the middle of a Senate committee meeting on Tuesday when a Republican senator stood up from his chair to fistfight a labor leader who was testifying.
The incident occurred during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions hearing titled "Standing Up Against Corporate Greed; How Unions are Improving the Lives of Working Families," where Teamsters President Sean O'Brien and other labor leaders were scheduled to speak.
During the hearing, Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma read aloud a post O'Brien previously made to X, formerly known as Twitter, where he called the Republican senator a "Greedy CEO who pretends like he's self made."
In June, Mullin drafted his response to O'Brien's comments onto X, challenging him to an "MMA fight for charity," though the brawl never actually took place.
After reading out the post on Tuesday, Mullins responded to the criticism in person, particularly to the claim that he was pretending to be self-made.
The almost-brawl comes approximately eight months after a previous committee hearing in March where O'Brien accused Mullin of being a "greedy CEO" who "hid money."
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Good for Bernie Sanders. Glad to see from him.
I'd rather it happened. A republican senator in jail for assault & battery is a good fucking start.
The Counter Points thoughts on this issue.
Video shows the full conversation and a bunch of background/history.
They can duel outside the committee hearing if they want.
Let them brawl. The rich greedy fucks need to know that we will fight for this. Their safety is not gauranteed.
Pathetic
