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Bernie Sanders stops GOP senator from fighting teamster president at hearing: 'You're a United States senator!' (www.businessinsider.com)

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[-] autotldr@lemmings.world 10 points 1 year ago

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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[-] IvanOverdrive@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago

"If you want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here."

It's like the beach off scene in Barbie, but only one side was using sexual innuendo.

[-] PP_BOY_@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

"I'll beach you off right here"

-a U.S. Senator (paraphrased)

[-] xc2215x@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Good for Bernie Sanders. Glad to see from him.

[-] dynamojoe@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd rather it happened. A republican senator in jail for assault & battery is a good fucking start.

[-] CosmicCleric@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

The Counter Points thoughts on this issue.

Video shows the full conversation and a bunch of background/history.

[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 4 points 1 year ago

They can duel outside the committee hearing if they want.

[-] Caradoc879@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Let them brawl. The rich greedy fucks need to know that we will fight for this. Their safety is not gauranteed.

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