Sen. Markwayne Mullin challenges Teamsters leader to a fight. Bernie Sanders intervenes
A congressional hearing devolved into an angry confrontation between a senator and a witness on Tuesday after Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma challenged Teamsters president Sean O’Brien to a fight. (Nov. 14)
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Dr. Strangelove: "Gentlemen, gentlemen!! ! You can't fight here... this is the War Room."
Look at the glee in the eyes of the guy over the shoulder of O’Brian. He wasn’t thinking he was going to enjoy this hearing so much.
@Moredread25
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for reminding me to look at the audience. All of their reactions are great.
@matt3024
6 ай бұрын
No he was thinking that he hadn't realized 0:02 we had such brain dead morons in our Senate!
@gerben2559
6 ай бұрын
Fkcing brilliant, well spotted lol
@garychin5321
6 ай бұрын
Muscle-Bound Body Proud Idiots with reading ages of 08 In-Charge of entire States in the U.S......A total Clown Show! Like Trump! See the prophetic comedy movie... IDIOCRACY Clip - State of the Union (2006) Terry Crews. Just can't take them seriously anymore....
@npico798
5 ай бұрын
😂😂😂😂
Larry David has no time for these fools.
@spartan7717
6 ай бұрын
Sanders was the piece de resistance!!
@hyoyoon
6 ай бұрын
"I am sick and tired of this nonsense!"
@TankUSA
6 ай бұрын
😂
@ChinaGlazeGirl
6 ай бұрын
😅😂😅😂😅😂
A perfect example of why Bernie is a great leader and civil servant. Class and dignity and respect for the position. Not many like him. Agree with him or not he is a man of integrity.
Mullin should be kicked out of Congress.
@johnswof
6 ай бұрын
At the least the junior senator from Oklahoma, my home, should be censured by a vote of the US Senate.
@wilmabearden939
6 ай бұрын
SO LETS NOT VOTE FOR A 2ND TERM.
Inch by inch towards Idiocracy.
@terrancebettencourt-in7xg
6 ай бұрын
That movie was a head of it's time
@Zerofrust
6 ай бұрын
What are you talking about? We are already there...
@Bridgeburner4477
6 ай бұрын
on the republicunt side? , yes. Fortunately the Democratic Party is here to clean up their messes as usual.
@mandoz5441
6 ай бұрын
GOP is already there
@dave9497
6 ай бұрын
@@mandoz5441sit down
And Tim Burchett accuses 'bully' Kevin McCarthy of elbowing him as tempers erupt in Congress, oh the horro.
Thank you, once again, for being a voice of reason.
Senator Mullin's very deep in his feelings 🤣 What a child
Sanders , the voice of reason .
@fredgarvinMP
6 ай бұрын
Sanders buckles like a belt.
@dagnabbit6187
3 ай бұрын
@@fredgarvinMP You MAGAS simply don’t understand the concept of statesmanship. I doubt if you could even spell it .
@indiasupportstrumpwwg1wga927
3 ай бұрын
@@dagnabbit6187ole Bernie is a threat to democracy. You know it.
That senator is very easily triggered.
@CancunMimosa
6 ай бұрын
he so pathetic; type of person that holds on to every possible internet comment directed at them. He talks about keyboard warriors so much, because he’s projecting his sad existence
@superbwater78
6 ай бұрын
Shows weakness honestly.
@japark85
6 ай бұрын
Roid rage.
@user-jh8ud5fz1y
5 ай бұрын
@@superbwater78 For sure. A lack of basic decorum, too.
@r.i.parthurmorgan5168
3 ай бұрын
@@superbwater78lmao he’s a trained fighter. Do yo homework
markwayne inherited his wealth. Became CEO of his daddy's company after senior got sick when junior was 20 years old.
@terrencesimons7781
6 ай бұрын
spoilt brat Trumper immitator
@donnaparrish7638
Ай бұрын
And now he’s an insider trader in DC. How about that after years of mullin plumbing dumping raw sewage into creeks here in Oklahoma?
@skeeler3sk
9 күн бұрын
Maybe he could pay back some of that ppp loan that he voted for forgiveness for himself since he sold his business and most likely made plenty of money from the sale. He'd probably rather let the tax payers foot the bill.
And they say women are too "emotional" to lead 🙄
@Intruder98
Ай бұрын
They are
Real men know that bluff and bluster are not manly attributes.
I'm from Oklahoma and the senator is an embarrassment he should resign
@squibbelsmcjohnson
6 ай бұрын
Maybe people should vote better.. Won't happen though
@hockeymikey
6 ай бұрын
Nah, he's based.
@petebradt
6 ай бұрын
@@squibbelsmcjohnson Not in *low-IQ Oklahoma.*
@-Nyght-Burner-
6 ай бұрын
@@hockeymikey Mark Wayne Mullin is worth around 32 million dollars yeah that's real based
@hockeymikey
6 ай бұрын
@@-Nyght-Burner- Okay? Why do I care about his net worth?
Oklahoma where the BAG OF WIND comes sweeping down the plain.
If you ever wondered what Bernie Sanders would be like as a 3rd grade teacher, here it is!
where can I find a link to the full hearing? I kinda want to know what was actually discussed regarding working conditions in America.
I Love reading the comments from the people who do not grasp how foolish Mullens was for doing this.
Mullin challenges the guy to a fight in the middle of a crowded Senate Hearing room? That’s poser stuff, any grown man should recognize that.
@Brian-ek6no
6 ай бұрын
Simp
@tnthompson81
6 ай бұрын
Keep voting Biden!
@japark85
6 ай бұрын
Might just be me, but taking on a Teamster boss named O’Brien sounds like a bad plan.
@vexxcon8125
6 ай бұрын
@@japark85Sen Mullin is literally a MMA fighter.
@japark85
6 ай бұрын
@@vexxcon8125 And… ? He should know that fighting is only acceptable in the appropriate time and location. Threatening to fight someone while on the job will get you fired from most businesses and institutions. My guess is that he got too many concussions doing MMA to know the difference.
You may disagree with Sanders on many things, but no one can question his integrity and how consistent he has been for decades.
@tuckerslaughter2662
6 ай бұрын
Boooo. Let them fight.
@ronpetersen2317
6 ай бұрын
He handled this situation quite well as absurd as it was
@totallydougie9386
6 ай бұрын
@@ruthlewis8097 Not super familiar with that. Why don't you tell us about tell us about it so we can fact check it.
@warfarenotwarfair5655
6 ай бұрын
@@ronpetersen2317GenX baby! Millennials and GenZ are super soft and protected by feminine HR apparatuses. They wouldn't last two seconds in my generation without all of the institutional padding 🤣
@ent1311
6 ай бұрын
@@ruthlewis8097 "lakefront Mansion" in the middle of nowhere for less money then my studio condo. Stop being a twerp and trying to make it seem like he is corrupt by purposely omitting information to push an agenda.
That senator from ok is an insecure child.
@donnaparrish7638
Ай бұрын
You aren’t wrong but he’s becoming great at insider trading!
Go Bernie
Bernie's decorum is the kind we need.
Definitely not our BEST & BRIGHTEST. How sad the United States 🇺🇸 has this level of people at the highest office. I feel like I’m back in 3rd grade. What a sad disgrace 💔
He ls letting you know point blank he does not support labor. You fill his pockets he will be 100% business. It is what it is.
And I thought I had it bad because Tommy Tuberville is my senator. Shameful behavior.
Looks like the senator there is about to find out where Jimmy Hoffa is buried!
The GQP is STILL a raging dumpster fire. Sad.
@markmcloughlin2751
6 ай бұрын
@@PeterGazinya-dv1xi Lame redhat, sad.
@wildcardartsent
3 ай бұрын
GQP?
This is embarrassing… when stuff like this happens those people should be removed from their seat. You clearly are not mature enough to be a senator.
Totally ridiculous. This is how our govt operates? Thank you Senator Sanders for stopping this pathetic display. This is how a US Senator conducts himself? Pretty thin skinned. What's next?....mud wrestling on the concourse?
@roglyo2
6 ай бұрын
Uhm, the other guy challenges him to a fight, threatens him... what would be a response that you wouldn't describe with negative qualifies?
@Freddiedk2010
6 ай бұрын
Ignoring it. Like a responsible adult.
@charlesdemean3055
6 ай бұрын
@@roglyo2 Ignore it.
@ttownkeith
6 ай бұрын
It's basically Thursday Night Wrestling with the bravado and pathetic showmanship.
@Brian-ek6no
6 ай бұрын
@@Freddiedk2010simp beta
Bernie is consistently the adult in the room.
Uncle Berine in the house to make sure the kids behave.
When you think you look cool, but everyone around you is cringing.
@ronpetersen2317
6 ай бұрын
Everyone around them was cringing ... this is horrible ... I want to see it go down ... but it's horrible.
A sitting US Senator... SMDH
@ronpetersen2317
6 ай бұрын
Until he stood up
They know this is a public hearing! What a fool. Senator Mullin is an embarrassment to Oklahoma and America.
As if I needed another reason to support the unions. This so-called senator is a disgrace!
Great job Bernie!!! Exactly correct on all counts. And I’m a Republican (Never did like Trump though).
@stephenszabo2361
6 ай бұрын
Do you think your better off now?
@brandenantonino23
6 ай бұрын
Trumps the best president you'll ever have
@luvitluvitbaby
6 ай бұрын
@@brandenantonino23Biden is the best president ever.
@brandenantonino23
6 ай бұрын
@@luvitluvitbaby if you believe that then you have no brains inside that skull of yours and you need to go back to school
@oofballz4328
6 ай бұрын
@@luvitluvitbaby for China
Vote for clowns, get a circus
@justme-ti1rh
6 ай бұрын
Mr sanders is the Clown
@T.efpunkt
6 ай бұрын
@@justme-ti1rh he's the adult in the room. Beating up people is the job of the executive branch, not the legislative.
@kennethfharkin
6 ай бұрын
@@T.efpunkt I can just see the guy who has lost countless flights with stairs getting in the ring.
@tonyoda9939
6 ай бұрын
Amen and the Republicans are only getting worse.
@tonyoda9939
6 ай бұрын
You are blind and seems to have no hearing. @@justme-ti1rh
Yea, Bernie! Thank u for trying to restore intelligence
Tough guy Mullin 🙄 is going to need his MMA mixed martial arts skills when the 'BROTHERHOOD' pay him a visit. Additionally, threatening his use of skills on the public is illegal.
Appallingly childish and unprofessional behavior by Senator Snowflake from Oklahoma. How embarrassing.
@donnaparrish7638
Ай бұрын
But he’s learned insider trading can make him more millions since he’s been in DC.
I freaking love Bernie!!! He's our President...well, should be...
Pathetic behavior from a US Senator. I'm a lifelong Republican by the way.
As an Oklahoman I'm ashamed of Mullins, vote him out
The joke is on us !!
I didn't want Bernie as president, but I admired him in this situation. He is the adult in the room.
@ninjanik2095
6 ай бұрын
The Democrats colluded to make sure the Senator who wants billionaires and corporations to pay the same in taxes as small businesses and working class employees. They didnt want him either. You are the same
@2200Stinger
6 ай бұрын
At no point in US history has a Jewish politician ever been in the right.
Trained MMA fighters can only fight when they or others are the victims of an attack or they are deemed to be in mortal danger.Trained martial artists are not allowed to participate in unsanctioned street fighting or even worse, participate in the attack of another member of the public.
My mother always taught me that when someone was too ignorant to figure out a way to resolve an dispute, they resorted to physical fighting. Well, I think that describes the ignorance we have running our country.
@GirthyLee
6 ай бұрын
Yeah. Your mom forgot to mention being provoked.
@grannywarrior
6 ай бұрын
@@GirthyLee no, she covered name calling. That is what grade school children do, and those that respond have grade school mentality. If someone physically takes a swing at you, then you defend yourself. Responding to verbal "provoking" still comes down to being able to use your brain.
@roglyo2
6 ай бұрын
@@grannywarrior that was not name-calling, the other guy was literally bragging how he can and will beat the senator.
@grannywarrior
6 ай бұрын
@@roglyo2 Sorry, I did not understand that the words were physically hurting him. There is an old adage "Sticks and Stones.." if someone can not intellectually cut someone to the knees with words, his vocabulary is lacking. What I do not understand is why we have devolved from a civilized nation to people who think that brute force and physical violence proves a single thing...other than who is stronger. I would rather be smarter. But it does sicken me that we are a laughing stock to the rest of the World when we used to be admired by other countries.
@CancunMimosa
6 ай бұрын
@@roglyo2he was only responding to the ignorance produced by said senator. Little markwayne mullin is the one who can’t let the comments go - pathetic human behavior
Doesn't the Sargeant-at-Arms get involved in a situation like this?
@gobot4455
6 ай бұрын
I think that's for the House, not the Senate - as it should be the more dignified branch.
I never heard of this guy, and before I even watch the video or read the caption, i am more the one hundred percemt sure that he is a Republican.
@KingC89
6 ай бұрын
He's also a former MMA fighter
@brianherald5756
6 ай бұрын
@@KingC89🙄
@fredgarvinMP
6 ай бұрын
Because all Democrats are soft?
@balijosu
6 ай бұрын
@@fredgarvinMPBecause he has the mind of a child.
@gliderider7077
6 ай бұрын
Because he’s not a coward and stands up to a bully?
Thank You Bernie
This real patriotism right here. Standing on business, not rejecting a challenge, great merit for a senator of the strongest country
LOL LOL " hold me back hold me back " what immaturity coming from a senator. Grow up !
I don't care if the other guy slept with your wife, as an elected official you don't offer to fight someone. This is all on public record at this point. If we wanted politicians to have physical fights, we'd adopt an MMA style of government.
@johndibert5509
6 ай бұрын
Might be better off if we did
@fredgarvinMP
6 ай бұрын
Biden challenged Trump to a fight a couple years back.
@dbyrneish
6 ай бұрын
Yeah totally idiocracy
@fredgarvinMP
6 ай бұрын
@@noname-4u Now you know.
Long ago, I learned never to trust grown men with two first names (Billy Bob, Bobby Ray, etc.), much less when they are combined into one word.
When Uncle Bernie is babysitting the kids 😂
Ooooh he stood up. Somebody hold me back!!!😅 And so what if Starbucks goes on strike. Let em.
Bernie doesn't have to take off a ring or those warm knit gloves to prove his manhood or leadership
Reminds me the fight I had in my childhood at a kiddos playground 😂😂😂😂😂
@bobmcfierson2163
6 ай бұрын
So you've never been in a fight is what you are saying
@Tom.788
6 ай бұрын
MAGA. 😂
@warfarenotwarfair5655
6 ай бұрын
So basically you are a Millennial 🤣🤣. GenXers grew up fighting all over the USA.
To quote the lion from The wizard of Oz. Put them up. Put them up
I love how tough guys depend on others to break up the fight. I guess the Senator didn't have the guts to do it in the parking lot where blows could have actually been exchanged.
@vulpsturm
6 ай бұрын
Who said the bald headed, big mouth teamster didn't scurry out of the Congress like a scared rat?
@Emmadaniels100
6 ай бұрын
@@maxpower1492 No way!
@animationandnews9610
6 ай бұрын
Exactly 😂😂
@yurikalashnikov5815
6 ай бұрын
@@maxpower1492 I wholeheartedly believe that this United States senator would end up doing the state room temperature challenge if he was to try and attack a union leader. Them boys are strapped.
@Rickyboricky
6 ай бұрын
@@yurikalashnikov5815You saw that he is from Oklahoma? He is well known as a CCW holder, and who doesn't know an Oklahoma Irishman likes to fight like Rip Wheeler...💪🍿🫠
Thanks for making OKLAHOMA look like a bunch of yahoos!!!! SMH!!!
This guy should be expelled from the US Senate immediately.
@justme-ti1rh
6 ай бұрын
I agree, Mr sanders should
@walterpierce6061
6 ай бұрын
@@justme-ti1rhYou're crazy. Bernie looks like the adult in the room.
@mapleva
6 ай бұрын
Naw, he's just a drama queen like Lauren and MTG
@bartolomeothesatyr
6 ай бұрын
We need *_legislators,_* not *_drama queens,_* @@mapleva. The only one in that room expressing a serious desire to do actual work on behalf of his constituents was Senator Sanders. All these strutting peacocks preening for the know-nothing populists got to go.
@donnaparrish7638
Ай бұрын
For insider trading.
Mullin not only lowered himself, but he lowered the dignity of his office. This is what we expect to see on WWE, not the United States Senate. We have officially transitioned from a Constitutional Republic into an Idiocracy.
@caseywest9668
6 ай бұрын
Disagree. We need more action instead of empty platitudes from corrupt officials. Like the typical democrat he ran his mouth thought it wouldn't bite him and it did. Just like were seeing everywhere in the country right now.
@dbyrneish
6 ай бұрын
@caseywest9668 so you think instead of talking and listening we should punch each other?
@ray.d.oeaux1230
6 ай бұрын
@@caseywest9668 This transcends politics. What Mullin did was utterly childish. (And if you think that this is appropriate behavior for a United States Senator to display during a Senate hearing then I'm sorry for you.)
@skyereave9454
6 ай бұрын
@@dbyrneishit would make Cspan more popular I think
@sandrasoto5053
6 ай бұрын
Oklahoma is not known for getting the best people to run the state.
What would have made this even more ridiculous is if everyone in the chamber started chanting “JERRY JERRY JERRY” like it’s the The Jerry Springer Show! 😂😂😂😂😂
a 45 year old insecure man loses emotional control and devolves into violence. hes lost his composure on the job twice already, a McDonalds cashier woulve been fired for less.
Sad to see one of our US Senators from Oklahoma (who went from being a plumber to the US Senate) act in such an amateur way.
I’m praying for Sen. Markwayne Mullin! I would like to meet him in person! I forgot he is busy!!
Well ain't that something. I would think at his age that he would have came to terms with his little PP. Maybe he should get a corvette?
@Tom.788
6 ай бұрын
Apparently, a lot of MAGAs have “small hands.”
Mullin has all the vibes of a guy at a bar wanting to pick a fight knowing very well his buddies with "hold" him back. What a poser (and what a legend Bernie is).
He stands up, ready to "fight"..and then sits down when an 80yr old man, tells him to..what a phoney! 😒
@mee091000
6 ай бұрын
I'm not Republican but even I know he only listened to Bernie out of respect and understanding. The guy is not a coward and I'm pretty sure if the two combatants here were to fight. Mullin would win because he has actually professional combat experience. Even if it is against nobodies. He's only in his 40s and is against a regular guy that seems to be in worse shape than him.
It's like a 3rd grader challenging someone in front of the teacher, knowing that the fight won't happen. If he was real, he would have done it in the parking lot with a back hand challenge slap.
@everettcalhoun8197
6 ай бұрын
3:05 at the bike rack buddy.
@jacobharris405
6 ай бұрын
Mullin has a 5-0 profession MMA record and is in the Oklahoma wrestling hall of fame. I think he is real 😂
@butteryfriedwizard2219
6 ай бұрын
@jacobharris405 I didn't say he couldn't. I said he *wouldn't* The teamsters guy looks one chicken nugget from a heart attack
Conflict should be resolved peacefully.
@mee091000
6 ай бұрын
_"I accepted your challenge."_
Bernie’s like EVERYBODY SHUT UP
Wow the decorum in the Senate has become a joke. His personal opinion of you shouldn’t interfere with your job it’s called compartmentalization or is that too big a word for him? He needs to resign who challenges someone to a fight during a hearing on Economic issues that are far more important. Bernie coming in clutch it’s sad our politics have come to these d swinging matches.
He doesn't seem like he's emotionally well enough to carry out his obligations.
Mullins is such an embarrassment to my home state of Oklahoma. He is a bully and I do not like him. A few years back Mullins spoke to an elderly lady with his bully attitude at a townmeeting and I stopped liking him ever since.
@wilmabearden939
6 ай бұрын
SOUNDS LIKE U WONT VOTE FOR HIM AGAIN. NEITHE4 WILL I....1 & DONE
I'm embarrassed for the State of Oklahoma.
@bartolomeothesatyr
6 ай бұрын
I'm from Indiana, and *_I'm_* embarrassed. Petulant children with no emotional control have no business serving in the United States Senate. Senator Markwayne Mullins is an embarrassment to the entire country.
That's what comes out Oklahoma lol
My money is on the teamster fella from Boston.
Not democratic but i love how bernie handled this situation
Let them fight!!
you go Bernie!
Tough guy Mullin knew there was going to be no fight in that chamber. His tough guy act is ridiculous and beneath the office he holds. If his little fee-fees get hurt over what some witness said, he doesn't have the mentality or the intelligence to hold that office. Go back to plumbing, Jimmy Joe Bob.
@juliefulene
6 ай бұрын
Well said! Chaoticus, I couldn’t agree more. (I’m an OKIE too.)
EMBARASSMENT!!!!
Saturday Night Live needs to do a skit about this.
Senator acting like a toddler.
Mullin is a child and suffers from little man complex.
@johnswof
6 ай бұрын
Markwayne is envious of anyone who did well in school and carries a chip on his shoulder everywhere he goes.
@zinnmarx
6 ай бұрын
@@johnswof you are just as much a little boy if you think hard working wage earner are not hard workers and if you think Mullin the coward is a leader, little boy
This is “Nobody Speak” by Run the Jewels/Dj shadow brought to life!!
Let's get it on!!!!
His father named him Markwayne? Really?
@gobot4455
6 ай бұрын
Really. JimBob, BillyJoe and Elmer was already taken from other member of the family stem.
@christinedewing4577
6 ай бұрын
Lol, he's from OK, but I can't help saying that name in the most egregious deep South accent.
You get what you deserve. We never deserved Bernie. 😭
This is unacceptable behavior from a senator. Mullin should removed from Congress for this.
@tonyoda9939
6 ай бұрын
Please , and do not come back to Oklahoma as Mullins is a total embarressment to us.
@rebecca46107
6 ай бұрын
Embarrassed that he is from Oklahoma.
@bulld9646
6 ай бұрын
@@rebecca46107 embarrassed that you're from earth
@rebecca46107
6 ай бұрын
@@bulld9646 NOTW.
@petebradt
6 ай бұрын
@@tonyoda9939 YOU VOTED FOR HIM!!!
This is what are taxes pay them a check for each month what a joke
I won't be wronged. I won't be insulted. I won't be laid a hand on. I don't do these things to other people, and I require the same from them. Sean O'Brien violated that credo. He can't win a battle of wits, so he goes low and shows his true character.
This was a promo for the main event in next year's Wrestle-Mania. Mark your calendars Hulkamaniacs! Woooooo
JOHNWAYNE GRACIE has a brother who is also a republican. Who knew.
Mullin threw his chair back and hit the lady behind him.
My money is on the Irish Teamsters boss from Boston.
@valmacclinchy
6 ай бұрын
Exactly 💯