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When Mullin got his chance to pose questions to the witnesses, he referenced a previous hearing in March when he and O'Brien had a heated exchange over Mullin's background as a business owner and O'Brien's salary as the union chief.
"I appreciate your demeanor today. It's quite different. But after you left here, you got pretty excited about the keyboard. In fact, you tweeted at me, one, two, three, four, five times," Mullin said, holding up printed out versions of O'Brien's posts on X. Mullin read one of O'Brien's posts aloud, in which he called Mullin a "greedy CEO," a "clown" and a "fraud."
You know where to find me. Any time, any place, cowboy.' Sir, this is a time. This is a place," Mullin said, pointing the floor in between the dais and the witness table. "If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here."
GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin challenges Teamsters president Sean O'Brien to fight at Senate hearing
The surreal moment came soon after a separate physical confrontation involving lawmakers elsewhere on Capitol Hill. After a meeting of House Republicans, GOP Rep. Tim Burchett said former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy elbowed him in the back, prompting Burchett to chase after him. McCarthy said he did not intentionally hit him.
originally posted by: BernnieJGato
if only we could get them to take that fire and fix the country.
originally posted by: BernnieJGato
reading this reminded me of reading in history class how in the olden days it wasn't uncommon for the representatives and senators to almost or did come to blows.
originally posted by: VictorVonDoom
originally posted by: BernnieJGato
reading this reminded me of reading in history class how in the olden days it wasn't uncommon for the representatives and senators to almost or did come to blows.
Make America Great Again, bring back dueling.
“The government you elect is the government you deserve.”
― Thomas Jefferson
originally posted by: VictorVonDoom
originally posted by: BernnieJGato
reading this reminded me of reading in history class how in the olden days it wasn't uncommon for the representatives and senators to almost or did come to blows.
Make America Great Again, bring back dueling.
originally posted by: Threadbarer
We're being represented by a bunch of children.