Sen. Markwayne Mullin blamed āpolitical correctnessā for the uproar over his attempt to fight a witness during a Senate hearing.
Sen. Markwayne Mullin blamed āpolitical correctnessā for the uproar over his attempt to fight a witness during a Senate hearing.
Meh, I thought the teamster guy came off as a scrub. Telling him to stand up and whatnot, then saying āwait, 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.
Heās a union guy through and through. Iām sure heās seen worse at local teamster meetings
The Teamster dude was shit-talking the Senator the whole time. Of course he wasnāt going to fight himā itās a Senate hearing, not a schoolyard, and theyāre not children. Everyone (but Senator Jimbob, it seems) could hear how sarcastic he was being. (Edit: watch the videoā itās 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. Thatās 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.