85
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2023
85 points (94.7% liked)
politics
19107 readers
1994 users here now
Welcome to the discussion of US Politics!
Rules:
- Post only links to articles, Title must fairly describe link contents. If your title differs from the site’s, it should only be to add context or be more descriptive. Do not post entire articles in the body or in the comments.
Links must be to the original source, not an aggregator like Google Amp, MSN, or Yahoo.
Example:
- Articles must be relevant to politics. Links must be to quality and original content. Articles should be worth reading. Clickbait, stub articles, and rehosted or stolen content are not allowed. Check your source for Reliability and Bias here.
- Be civil, No violations of TOS. It’s OK to say the subject of an article is behaving like a (pejorative, pejorative). It’s NOT OK to say another USER is (pejorative). Strong language is fine, just not directed at other members. Engage in good-faith and with respect! This includes accusing another user of being a bot or paid actor. Trolling is uncivil and is grounds for removal and/or a community ban.
- No memes, trolling, or low-effort comments. Reposts, misinformation, off-topic, trolling, or offensive. Similarly, if you see posts along these lines, do not engage. Report them, block them, and live a happier life than they do. We see too many slapfights that boil down to "Mom! He's bugging me!" and "I'm not touching you!" Going forward, slapfights will result in removed comments and temp bans to cool off.
- Vote based on comment quality, not agreement. This community aims to foster discussion; please reward people for putting effort into articulating their viewpoint, even if you disagree with it.
- No hate speech, slurs, celebrating death, advocating violence, or abusive language. This will result in a ban. Usernames containing racist, or inappropriate slurs will be banned without warning
We ask that the users report any comment or post that violate the rules, to use critical thinking when reading, posting or commenting. Users that post off-topic spam, advocate violence, have multiple comments or posts removed, weaponize reports or violate the code of conduct will be banned.
All posts and comments will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis. This means that some content that violates the rules may be allowed, while other content that does not violate the rules may be removed. The moderators retain the right to remove any content and ban users.
That's all the rules!
Civic Links
• Congressional Awards Program
• Library of Congress Legislative Resources
• U.S. House of Representatives
Partnered Communities:
• News
founded 1 year ago
MODERATORS
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), the former mixed martial arts fighter who challenged a labor leader to a brawl in the middle of a Senate hearing room Tuesday, says that there’s a long history of violence in American politics, claiming in an interview: “You used to be able to cane.”
Mullin isn’t backing down or apologizing after his confrontation with Teamsters president Sean O’Brien at a Senate Health Committee hearing nearly came to blows, forcing Chairman Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to step in to break up the potential fight.
I was like, ‘I’m a guy from Oklahoma first.’ In Oklahoma, you don’t run your mouth like that and if you do run your mouth like that, you’re expected to be called out on it,” Mullin said about his heated exchange with O’Brien after the Teamsters official called the senator a “clown” and a “fraud” on Twitter.
Brooks came to his colleague’s defense by pummeling Sumner into a bloody mess, forcing him to miss work for extended periods of time over the next three years.
Brooks was later arrested and convicted of assault and fined $300 for his action, which Massachusetts Sen. Henry Wilson condemned as “brutal, murderous and cowardly.”
“You got to remember that President Andrew Jackson challenged nine guys to a duel and won nine times,” he said.
The original article contains 494 words, the summary contains 217 words. Saved 56%. I'm a bot and I'm open source!
That middle paragraph threw me for a loop, I was like, "He did what now? Why isn't that the headline?" Apparently, it skipped some context for that.
I mean, it is sort of consistent with the GQP’s intent to take America back to the 19th century, when knife fights broke out in congress.