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

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

  • FoundTheVegan@kbin.social
    1622·
    1 year ago

    “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
      1311·
      1 year 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
      47·
      1 year ago

      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.

          • FoundTheVegan@kbin.social
            171·
            1 year ago

            The symbol that actual white nationalists still do at their rallys? Origins don’t matter in terms of how it’s actively used by groups, Whinnie the Pooh is either a loveable bear or a critique of the Chinese goverment. Mac Tonight is an McDonald’s mascot or a racist. A swastika is either Nazis or good luck to Hindus.

            All sorts of groups latch on to cultural touchstones.

          • bitwaba@lemmy.world
            2·
            1 year ago

            I remember hearing that in middle school about a decade prior to 4chan (similar to ‘the Band 311 means 3 of the 11th letter, KKK’). So my head canon is that it was a school kid joke/meme that carried over to 4chan.

    • HuntressHimbo@lemm.ee
      153·
      1 year 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.netEnglish
      1·
      1 year 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,