Though we may not know how many teamsters it takes to change a lightbulb, it only takes one to nearly turn a Senatorial hearing into a WWE-style smackdown.
Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin attempted to bring back the tried-and-true political duel during a hearing on Tuesday, challenging International Brotherhood of Teamsters president Sean O’Brien to a fight over several months-old tweets in which the union leader denounced the republican lawmaker as a “clown” and a “fraud.”
Greedy CEO who pretends like he’s self made. In reality, just a clown & fraud. Always has been, always will be. Quit the tough guy act in these senate hearings. You know where to find me. Anyplace, Anytime cowboy. #LittleManSyndrome pic.twitter.com/JNvT7IsA6m
— Sean M. O'Brien (@TeamsterSOB) June 21, 2023
“Sir, this is a time, this is a place,” Sen. Mullin said, referencing the June post in which O’Brien said he’d fight him “Anyplace, Anytime.” “You want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults, we can finish it here.”
Naturally, O’Brien obliged. “I’d love to do it right now.” he fired back. “You stand your butt up, then,” the lawmaker fired back.
“You stand your butt up, big guy,” the union higher-up countered.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) challenges Teamsters leader Sean O’Brien to a physical fight, standing up midway through a Senate HELP Committee hearing.
— The Recount (@therecount) November 14, 2023
Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT) repeatedly attempts to break them up: “You’re a United States senator.” pic.twitter.com/E4U624cDsS
Yet as the pair began preparing themselves for a Capital Hill smackdown, Mullin even appearing to remove a ring from one of his fingers, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders had enough of their bulls—t, doing his damndest to reinstate order in the committee room.
“No, no, sit down! Sit down!” the two-time Presidential candidate admonished Mullin, shooting him back to his seat. “You’re a United States Senator!”
While it’s unclear who would have won the battle sans Sanders' intervention, one thing is certain — to paraphrase Rolling Stone’s Miles Klee, we’re living in a “WWE-ass country”
WWE-ass country pic.twitter.com/A4ztsgQ9Ig
— mom said it’s my turn with the lathe of heaven (@youwouldntpost) November 14, 2023
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