Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a former MMA fighter, had challenged the president of the Teamsters union, Sean O'Brien, but Sanders shut them both down.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a former MMA fighter, had challenged the president of the Teamsters union, Sean O’Brien, but Sanders shut them both down.

  • AutoTL;DRBEnglish
    3•1 year ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    WASHINGTON — Tensions erupted on Capitol Hill on Tuesday after a fistfight nearly broke out in a Senate hearing and one Republican congressman accused former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy of assaulting him.

    At a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, an argument almost turned into a fistfight between GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma and the president of the Teamsters union, Sean O’Brien.

    At the time, they discussed engaging in an MMA fight for charity after they had gotten into a heated back-and-forth at a previous congressional hearing.

    Mullin read aloud O’Brien’s original tweet during the hearing Tuesday, which said: "Greedy CEO who pretends like he’s self made.

    Burchett said he believes it was intentional, telling reporters: "Oh it was 100% on purpose, ma’am, what are the chances … 435 members of Congress, eight of us voted against him.

    Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., who spearheaded the push to oust McCarthy, filed a complaint to the House Ethics Committee about the incident.

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    • @NevermindNoMind
      6•1 year ago

      Poor boy, you got confused and included the separate incident today when McCarthy kidney punched Rep. Tim Burchett (one of the 8 Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy) in the hall in front of a reporter. Not your fault not, too many fights on the hill for you to keep track of.