{"id":81273,"date":"2023-11-15T07:28:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T07:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=81273"},"modified":"2023-11-15T07:28:02","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T07:28:02","slug":"republican-senator-challenges-teamster-to-a-fight-in-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/world-news\/republican-senator-challenges-teamster-to-a-fight-in-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Republican Senator challenges teamster to a FIGHT in hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Wild moment Republican Senator and ex-MMA fighter Markwayne Mullin challenges Teamster boss to a FIGHT in the middle of a Congressional hearing<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mullin told Sean O&#8217;Brien to stand up as he adjusted his wedding ring and looked ready to lunge during Tuesday&#8217;s wild hearing<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Senator Bernie Sanders interrupted and demanded Mullin sit down\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0Kevin McCarthy accused of elbowing and shoving colleague Tim Burchett in extraordinary scenes in Congress\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin stood up and challenged a teamster boss to a fight in chaotic scenes in Congress on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ex-MMA fighter Mullin told Sean O&#8217;Brien to stand up as he adjusted his wedding ring and looked ready to lunge during Tuesday&#8217;s wild Committee on Education, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing.<\/p>\n<p>But Senator Bernie Sanders interrupted and demanded the Oklahoma Senator sit down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The extraordinary interaction came just hours after the House was thrown into disorder when former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was accused of elbowing a colleague.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77793611-12748813-image-a-1_1699984588942.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin stood up and challenged a teamster boss to a fight in chaotic scenes in Congress on Tuesday<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77793623-12748813-image-a-9_1699984605200.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Ex-MMA fighter Mullin told Sean O&#8217;Brien to stand up as he adjusted his wedding ring and looked ready to lunge during Tuesday&#8217;s wild Committee on Education, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing<\/p>\n<p>The confrontation on the Senate side was sparked by O&#8217;Brien challenging Mullin to a fight in June on Twitter, when he called him a &#8216;clown&#8217; and a fraud.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You know where to find me. Anyplace, Anytime cowboy,&#8217; O&#8217;Brien warned.<\/p>\n<p>Mullin used his questioning to confront O&#8217;Brien and read some of the tweets.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Sir, this is a time, this is a place. You want to run your mouth? We can be two consenting adults \u2014 we can finish it here,&#8217; Mullin said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;OK, that&#8217;s fine. Perfect,&#8217; O&#8217;Brien responded.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;You want to do it right now,&#8217; Mullin hit back.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I&#8217;d love to do it right now,&#8217; O&#8217;Brien said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Well stand your butt up then,&#8217; Mullin retorted, and told O&#8217;Brien to stand up.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders then jumped in, banged the gavel and said to Mullin: &#8216;You&#8217;re a United States senator, sit down.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;This is a hearing, and God knows the American people have enough contempt for Congress let&#8217;s not&#8230;&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77793683-12748813-image-a-13_1699984693516.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The confrontation on the Senate side was sparked by Sean O&#8217;Brien (pictured) challenging Mullin to a fight in June on Twitter, when he called him a &#8216;clown&#8217; and a fraud&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77793631-12748813-The_confrontation_on_the_Senate_side_was_sparked_by_O_Brien_chal-m-11_1699984631595.jpg\" height=\"341\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>O&#8217;Brien added: &#8216;You know where to find me. Anyplace, Anytime cowboy&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/11\/14\/17\/77793649-12748813-image-a-12_1699984642326.jpg\" height=\"355\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Senator Bernie Sanders interrupted and demanded Mullin sit down<\/p>\n<p>Mullin and O&#8217;Brien then cut him off and started shouting at each other again.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday&#8217;s near-brawl is not the first time the two have almost come to blows.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During a Senate Health, Education and Labor Committee hearing in March, O&#8217;Brien accused Mullin of being a &#8216;greedy CEO.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>The senator replied: &#8216;shut your mouth.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Mullin is the freshman senator from Okalhoma. He was elected to the Senate in 2022 after serving as a House member since 2013.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12748813\/Republican-Senator-ex-MMA-fighter-Markwayne-Mullin-challenges-Teamster-boss-FIGHT-middle-Congressional-hearing.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wild moment Republican Senator and ex-MMA fighter Markwayne Mullin challenges Teamster boss to a FIGHT in the middle of a Congressional hearing Mullin told Sean O&#8217;Brien to stand up as he adjusted his wedding ring and looked ready to lunge during Tuesday&#8217;s wild hearing Senator Bernie Sanders interrupted and demanded Mullin sit down\u00a0 READ MORE:\u00a0Kevin&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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