Bernie Sanders Prevents Fight in Senate Hearing After GOP Senator Tells Teamster Boss, 'Get Your Butt Up'
A fight nearly broke out during a Senate hearing on Tuesday when Republican Sen.Markwayne Mullinseemingly challenged Teamsters PresidentSean O’Briento a fight, forcing Vermont Sen.Bernie Sandersto intervene.The incident happened around the same time that Republican Reps.Kevin McCarthyandTim Burchettreportedly got into aphysical altercationinside the U.S. Capitol.Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty, Jens Kalaene/picture alliance via GettyDuring the Senate labor committee’s Tuesday hearing, 46-year-old Mullin of Oklahoma was questioning O’Brien — a union leader with whom he’s argued before — revisiting a June tweet in which O’Brien had written to the Republican, “Quit the tough guy act in these Senate hearings....