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Sen. Markwayne Mullin blamed “political correctness” for the uproar over his attempt to fight a witness during a Senate hearing.

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[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 122 points 7 months ago

What sort of pathetic man-child have the people of Oklahoma sent to represent them?

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 64 points 7 months ago

ha, he is exactly what he represents in the conservative party.

[-] thesprongler@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

One named Markwayne, apparently.

[-] RubberStuntBaby@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago

They elected an MMA guy to beat up people that disagree with them.

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[-] Buffaloaf@lemmy.world 116 points 7 months ago

“I don’t think there was a single day that we were playing sports where we didn’t drop the gloves or, you know, have a brief interlude of, you know, throwing fists and it would be all be over,” Hannity said, asking Mullin when society had become so “woke” that fist-fights are no longer an acceptable solution to conflict.

Hannity is so full of shit, trying to act tough as always. Meanwhile, he STILL hasn't been waterboarded like he said he would.

[-] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 42 points 7 months ago

asking Mullin when society had become so “woke” that fist-fights are no longer an acceptable solution to conflict.

For most of us that happened in elementary school.

[-] downhomechunk@midwest.social 15 points 7 months ago

I remember when Mancow got waterboarded on the air. He completely changed his tune and said it was cruel. Even a broken clock is right twice per day I guess.

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[-] lingh0e@sh.itjust.works 71 points 7 months ago

But god fucking forbid Fetterman wears a fucking hoodie.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 17 points 7 months ago

That would give him an unfair advantage in a fight!

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Tbf the hoodie has +3 STR

[-] charonn0@startrek.website 66 points 7 months ago

Mullin has been going on a media tour in the wake of the near-altercation. During an interview with Sean Hannity, the Fox News host reminisced to Mullin about his rough and tumble youth. “I don’t think there was a single day that we were playing sports where we didn’t drop the gloves or, you know, have a brief interlude of, you know, throwing fists and it would be all be over,”

"Emotionally stunted manchild" would have been more succinct.

[-] RagingRobot@lemmy.world 25 points 7 months ago

He didn't go a day without fighting as a kid? Wtf is wrong with him. That's psychotic. I had maybe 2 or 3 fights during my entire childhood lol. Maybe he's just an asshole

[-] whereisk@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

He's lying, and playing that "back in my day we weren't snowflakes like those liberals are today" card that plays well with fox news audiences.

Doesn't have to be remotely true, just has to paint a picture that confirms the bias.

Of course when push came to shove to actually confront someone to protect people he hid like a little bitch behind the chairs..

..and now he was waiting for someone to hold him back from his bravado - it ended up being Bernie who couldn't hold back a feisty kitten if he tried.

But it's ok this guy learned how to act tough convincingly in wrestling - so he went on the media circus.

[-] JustZ@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

He's playing the terrorist support card. He's telling his dumbass supporters it's okay to use violence against union members. And they will do it.

The next time teamsters are striking, see if one of those dumb fucks that love this guy doesn't try and drive their car through them or do a mass shooting or stab a five year old fifty times.

These are Republicans and as they say, "we are all domestic terrorists."

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[-] Snapperhead@lemmy.world 53 points 7 months ago

WTAF is the thought process here? Fight the witness. Hmmmmm

[-] RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 15 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Cocaine is a powerful drug

[-] teft@startrek.website 11 points 7 months ago

Steroids and trt more likely.

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[-] inclementimmigrant@lemmy.world 37 points 7 months ago

"If only daddy didn't hold me back!".

Pathetic middle school snowflake.

[-] IanSomnia@lemmy.world 36 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Even if violence was an acceptable form of conflict resolution, if you want to have a fist fight over twitter beef do it on your own time. Not while you're actively performing your job that we the people pay you to do.

[-] Fisk400@feddit.nu 24 points 7 months ago

After a quick google, It appears that after 1902 was the point where the Senate got too woke to tolerate a fist fight.

[-] Cylusthevirus@kbin.social 23 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Thomas Jefferson had enough of this shit in 1801. He wrote an entire manual about it.

Why does Markwayne hate the founding fathers?

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[-] kromem@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago

"We can be two consenting adults and do it right here."

"Get your butt up"

"I bite. And I don't care where I bite."

Quite the Freudian word selection.

Poor guy thinks the only way it's socially acceptable to touch another man in public is if it's in the context of a fist fight.

He's itching to fight everyone because he just can't walk down Congress's halls without being carried away by the allure of a testifying witness or a fellow Senator.

Can't wait for the eventual tell all from his college roommate if he continues to have any time in the spotlight.

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[-] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 22 points 7 months ago

I don't care what martial arts you're mixing up, a teamster is gonna give you trouble.

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[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

Markwayne

The name says everything about this clown's upbringing.

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[-] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago

Conservatives lack humanity. They lack the capacity for empathy or kindness for kindess' sake. For a conservative, everything is a transaction. If they show kindness or pretend to be empathetic, they feel they have done you a favor and you should be grateful for their kindness.

If a person shows kindness to a conservative, the conservative considers the kindness to be a weakness to exploit. If the person is not someone they wish to exploit, then they identify the kindess as a favor being done for them. A conservative cannot fathom kindness existing just for kindness' sake.

When you interact with a conservative, understand that they do not see your life as valuable. They do not empathize with you as they are simply not capable of that. They see you only as a transaction.

Use caution when dealing with conservatives. They do not value humanity or living things the way a normal person does.

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[-] timewarp@lemmy.world 19 points 7 months ago

Is this Republican really bragging about being Bernie's bitch?

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[-] Reality_Suit@lemmy.one 18 points 7 months ago

What a weak minded pussy.

[-] OldWoodFrame@lemm.ee 16 points 7 months ago

Republican Senator tries to fist fight a union leader is a little too on brand. Like an Onion headline.

[-] IHeartBadCode@kbin.social 13 points 7 months ago

Acting like you have the intellectual capacity to negotiate the legislative process is, contrary to this Senator's belief, not political correctness.

[-] whatupwiththat@kbin.social 13 points 7 months ago

THIS is the GOP!

[-] ArugulaZ@kbin.social 13 points 7 months ago

Political correctness, nothing. We have laws in this country against assault, you moron. Laws you should know about, considering the fact that you're literally part of the legislative process.

Bernie Sanders was right to stop you. Hell, you should have been thrown out of the Senate entirely for your failure to act with some degree of decorum. You're a disgrace to the government.

[-] CompostMaterial@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Remember kids, if you have a psychopathic Senator trying to start a fist fight with you, kick 'em in the balls as hard as you can. It's the right thing to do.

[-] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 11 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

I'm just amazed this guy is picking a fight with a Teamster. I can get going after some pencil necked scientist but Teamsters will fuck you up and bring their friends to help.

[-] ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world 11 points 7 months ago

Letting them fistfight would be an interesting way of reducing the amount of elderly representatives.

[-] Something_Complex@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

Oh yes democracy

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[-] saltesc@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Is it because his parents gave him two first names as one?

[-] DarkGamer@kbin.social 8 points 7 months ago

Too childish to use his words to resolve conflicts.

[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 8 points 7 months ago

He seriously thought he could beat up the President of the Teamsters and would win?

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[-] HuddaBudda@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago

I think there is a problem that a sitting senator can use his position of power to call fights on people he doesn't like.

But I don't think he understands the consequences if he loses. Or that there isn't a situation where he really wins outside his ego.

Scenario 1: He loses the fight, people realize that violence solves deadlocked problems. Union Support emboldens.

Scenario 2: He wins the fight, everyone around him including the audience sees an MMA fighter beating the shit out of a union leader in 4k resolution. Union support with GOP would die in an instant. People realize that discussions don't solve problems. ------> civil unrest.

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[-] TimLovesTech@badatbeing.social 5 points 7 months ago

Looking at his Wikipedia page it seems like this has been an on going thing with these 2.

On March 8, 2023, Mullin accused Teamsters president Sean O'Brien of "intimidation" during a Senate HELP Committee hearing on the PRO Act, claiming that O'Brien was forcing union members to pay dues and alleging that union leaders had attempted to unionize his plumbing business

On June 26, 2023, Mullin challenged O'Brien to a fight for charity via Twitter in response to an earlier tweet from O'Brien.

On November 14, 2023, when O'Brien again appeared before the committee, Mullin challenged him to fight, saying, "you want to run your mouth? We can be two consenting adults, we can finish it here" and demanding that O'Brien "stand [his] butt up".

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