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

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[–] FoundTheVegan@kbin.social 146 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (7 children)

"Sir, this is a time; this is a place. You want to run your mouth? We can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here."

  • Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stopped the altercation from happening, yelling at Mullin: “Stop it! No, no, sit down! You know, you’re a United States senator."

Markwayne was upset about a fuckin tweet. Shame on Oklahoma for voting him in. This is what you get from a MMA fighter, he tries to fight people. 😂

[–] aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world 116 points 11 months ago

Republicans: All Trump is guilty of is a few mean tweets.

Also Republicans: If somebody tweets something mean about me, I will fucking kill them.

[–] MNByChoice@midwest.social 40 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stopped the altercation from happening, yelling at Mullin: “Stop it! No, no, sit down! You know, you’re a United States senator."

Bernie is a treasure.

[–] joker125@lemmy.world 12 points 11 months ago

It was all bluster anyway. But good on Bernie for stopping that nonsense.

[–] Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 4 points 11 months ago

Can't be the only person who read this in Bernie's voice.

[–] Brunbrun6766@lemmy.world 34 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Ever been to Oklahoma? They don't know the word shame

[–] charliespider@lemmy.world 28 points 11 months ago

I hear they're OK with everything

[–] RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Oooh, ooh, I hope Gym Jordan, Fivehead Gaetz, Jimbob Squarehead Comer, and Margarine Traitor Greene will offer to fight me for the very mean tweets I've sent them!!!

[–] SeaJ@lemm.ee 4 points 11 months ago

Ted Cruz offered Gym Jordan to fight Ron Perlman. Ted is such a pansy he has to have a rape apologist fight his fights.

[–] HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

We can be two consenting adults.

Two consenting adults, eh? 😏 I feel like that phrasing is almost always used before the words in the privacy of their own bedroom. If Markwayne wanted to get topped that bad he should have just asked; why are bottoms like this?

#LittleManSyndrome

In a funnier but still depressing timeline we might have gotten the first congressional actual dick measuring contest 😆

[–] EpeeGnome@lemmy.fmhy.net 1 points 11 months ago

The entire episode devolved, with Mullin and O'Brien calling each other names not normally heard in committee hearings, but they did not get physical.

Sanders yelling at him was then followed by him sitting down while they just kept insulting each other. It's like when your dog wants to fight another dog, and it obeys your order to sit, but still won't stop barking aggressively,

[–] girlfreddy@lemmy.ca -3 points 11 months ago

Man-with-two-first-names syndrome.