{"id":2099686,"date":"2023-11-15T13:47:02","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T18:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-mullin-and-union-boss-almost-fight-each-other-during-hearing\/"},"modified":"2023-11-15T13:49:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T18:49:08","slug":"senator-mullin-and-union-boss-almost-fight-each-other-during-hearing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-mullin-and-union-boss-almost-fight-each-other-during-hearing\/","title":{"rendered":"Senator Mullin And Union Boss Almost Fight Each Other During Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenator-mullin-and-union-boss-almost-fight-each-other-during-hearing%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2099686&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(L) Sean O\u2019Brien, General \u2063President of the\u200c International Brotherhood of Teamsters, testifies during a Senate Health,\u2062 Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on unions on November 14, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images) \/ (R)\u2062 Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) speaks. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty \u2062Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Oklahoma Senator\u200c Threatens Physical Altercation \u200bwith Union Leader During Senate\u2064 Hearing<\/h2>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>11:00 AM \u2013 Wednesday, \u2063November 15, 2023<\/p>\n<p>Senator Bernie Sanders, the chairman of the Senate \u2063committee, attempted to mediate a resolution at a hearing on \u200cTuesday,\u2063 but a Republican senator got up and threatened to fight a labor \u200dleader. The meeting looked to\u200b be \u2064headed toward a\u200b physical altercation.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cSir, this is a time, this is a place. You\u200c want to run your mouth, we can \u2064be\u2064 two \u200dconsenting\u2063 adults and we can \u2063finish it \u2064here,\u201d\u200d Senator Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) told Teamsters President Sean O\u2019Brien during a Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing after \u200dreading a tweet in which\u00a0O\u2019Brien said\u00a0he could take the senator \u201cany time\u201d or\u2064 \u201cany place.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cOK, that\u2019s\u2063 fine, perfect,\u201d O\u2019Brien said in response.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYou want to do it now?\u201d Mullin then \u2063asked.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI would love to\u2064 do it right now,\u201d O\u2019Brien said, which prompted Mullin to respond,\u2062 \u201cWell, stand your butt up \u200cthen.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYou stand your butt up, big guy,\u201d O\u2019Brien asserted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-shocked-gina-carano-fought-back-as-her-movie-deal-with-daily-wire-goes-viral\/\" title=\"Media Shocked Gina Carano Fought Back As Her Movie Deal With Daily Wire Goes Viral\">mixed martial arts fighter<\/a>, Mullin, then got up from \u200chis chair and appeared determined to walk over to where the Teamsters president was\u2063 seated.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cStop it, hold it, no, no, sit \u200cdown,\u201d declared Vermont\u2063 Senator Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.), attempting to calm the two down. \u201cYou\u2019re a United States senator. \u2064Sit down.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After\u2062 Mullin sat down, O\u2019Brien \u200band Mullin each\u200c asked Sanders for permission to continue \u2062speaking to \u2064each other, however, Sanders\u200c turned down the request.<\/p>\n<p>The pair\u2062 then kept\u2063 going back and forth for a few minutes.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cYou challenged me to \u200da cage\u200c match, acting like \u200da 12-year-old,\u201d said O\u2019Brien after Mullin accused him of\u2063 being \u201cquiet\u201d in the\u2064 face of \u200ca challenge.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cExcuse me, hold it,\u201d \u200bSanders\u2062 said, shouting over the \u200bOklahoma senator. \u201cSen. \u2062Mullin, I have \u2063the\u200b mic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re not here to talk \u2062about physical\u2063 abuse,\u201d Sanders said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>After that, Mullin pointed fingers at\u200c O\u2019Brien and \u200dlabeled\u200b him a \u201cthug,\u201d which made O\u2019Brien refer to Mullin as \u201cdisrespectful.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sanders then interrupted once more after the \u200ctwo admitted to not respecting one \u200canother.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cHold it,\u201d Sanders said,\u2064 banging his gavel. \u201cThis is a hearing to\u2062 discuss economic issues \u2026 we\u2019re not here to talk about fights or anything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Sanders pleaded with the two\u2063 to stop their argument, but they persisted until the hearing ultimately went \u200bon to the \u2062next round of questions from other panel members.<\/p>\n<p>Since March, when O\u2019Brien\u2019s income was disparaged from that of \u2063his union members at \u200ba heated hearing by the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee,\u2064 O\u2019Brien\u2062 and Mullin\u200c have had\u200c a tense relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Sanders found himself compelled to weigh in on\u2064 that debate as well.<\/p>\n<p>The two seemed to be getting more \u200dand more irritated as they spoke over one another, \u2064ignoring \u2063Sanders, until Mullin interrupted, \u200dsaying, \u201cSir, you\u2064 need\u200d to shut your \u2063mouth because you \u2064don\u2019t\u2064 know \u200dwhat you\u2019re \u200btalking about.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Eventually, Sanders got \u2063the two to calm down and \u2062forced Mullin\u200d to give O\u2019Brien a chance to talk.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text is-stacked-on-mobile\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><video controls src=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Sen.-Mullin.mov\"><\/video><\/figure>\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p><strong>Senator Mullin And\u2064 Union Boss Almost Fight Each Other \u2064During Hearing<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Stay informed! 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Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\t\u200d\t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Supporters of Israel \u2063took Washington D.C. \u2064by storm as the massive March For Israel rally demonstrated a show of peace through\u200c strength for Israel. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The \u2018March For Israel\u2019 says No ceasefire will stop Hamas, Marwayne \u2063Mullin almost throw down with \u200cthe Teamsters \u2062Union Boss and\u200c Mayorkas is saved \u200dby 8 Republicans.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>President \u2064Biden is losing support among Black and Hispanic voters, according \u200dto recent polling from The New York Times\/Siena College.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Inflation \u2064went up to 3.2% year-over-year, down from 3.7% in September.\u2063 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Starlink has secured a contract to offer free\u200b internet in Mexico until \u2062the end of 2026.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>U.S. lawmakers asked Apple Inc \u200bto explain \u200dthe abrupt end of political comedian Jon Stewart\u2019s television\u2063 show \u2062on its streaming service.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Elon Musk denied a report that his rocket company SpaceX was \u200bdiscussing an IPO for \u200bits <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/toyotas-camry-best-selling-car-in-us-goes-all-hybrid\/\" title=\"Toyota's Camry, top-selling car in the US, now fully hybrid.\">satellite internet business<\/a>, Starlink.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Chinese companies are buying up U.S. chipmaking equipment despite a raft of new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-mullin-and-union-boss-almost-fight-each-other-during-hearing\/\" title=\"Senator Mullin And Union Boss Almost Fight Each Other During Hearing\">export curbs\u200c aimed<\/a> at advances in the country\u2019s semiconductor industry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \u200drnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> How did \u200bthe incident affect\u2063 the focus of the hearing on\u2063 economic issues and how did Senator Sanders redirect the participants back to the \u2063intended purpose<\/h2>\n<p><span>  \u200b Oklahoma\u200c Senate Hearing<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Despite the purpose\u2062 of \u200cthe hearing being to discuss economic\u2062 issues, \u200ca tense\u2062 exchange between \u200dRepublican Senator Markwayne Mullin and Teamsters President Sean O&#8217;Brien \u200dalmost led to a physical\u200d altercation. The incident took place\u2062 during \u200da meeting of the Senate Health, Education,\u200d Labor, and\u200c Pensions \u2063Committee, chaired by \u200dSenator Bernie Sanders.<\/p>\n<p>The altercation was triggered \u2064by a tweet in which O&#8217;Brien stated that he could take on the senator &#8220;any time&#8221; or &#8220;any place.&#8221; Mullin responded by threatening to \u200cfight O&#8217;Brien,\u2064 stating, &#8220;Sir, this is a time,\u200c this is a place. You want to\u200b run your mouth, we can be\u2064 two consenting adults\u200b and we can finish it here.&#8221; O&#8217;Brien accepted\u200b the challenge, replying, &#8220;Okay, that&#8217;s\u2064 fine, perfect.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As tensions escalated, Senator \u200dSanders intervened, urging both individuals \u200cto calm down\u200c and reminding Mullin that he was a United States \u200bsenator. The \u2062committee chair denied their \u200crequest to continue speaking to each other and redirected the focus\u200c of the hearing\u2062 back to its intended purpose,\u2062 discussing economic issues.<\/p>\n<p>However, both Mullin and \u200bO&#8217;Brien continued to exchange heated remarks, accusing each\u2062 other of immaturity and disrespect. Despite Sanders&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(L) Sean O\u2019Brien, General President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on unions on November 14, 2023. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images) \/ (R) Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) speaks. 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