Sen. Markwayne Mullin blamed ā€œpolitical correctnessā€ for the uproar over his attempt to fight a witness during a Senate hearing.

  • eestileib@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    Meh, I thought the teamster guy came off as a scrub. Telling him to stand up and whatnot, then saying ā€œwait, you want to fight?ā€ in a fake-surprised voice.

    He was winding up a prize d-bag, yes. But he was still being a punkass about it.

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      1 year ago

      Heā€™s a union guy through and through. Iā€™m sure heā€™s seen worse at local teamster meetings

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      The Teamster dude was shit-talking the Senator the whole time. Of course he wasnā€™t going to fight himā€” itā€™s a Senate hearing, not a schoolyard, and theyā€™re not children. Everyone (but Senator Jimbob, it seems) could hear how sarcastic he was being. (Edit: watch the videoā€” itā€™s hilarious how he baits the Senator into his tantrum, but Bernie comes out as the real star just for acting like the grown-up in the room).

      The Teamster guy baited the Senator into publicly embarrassing himself, and it worked. Thatā€™s why that Teamster dude was just sitting there and smiling the whole time; he was just egging that dickbag Senator on, and he kept falling for it until Sanders shut him down.