▲ 624 ▼ 'Stand your butt up': Fistfight nearly breaks out during Senate hearing until Bernie Sanders steps in (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 2 years ago by Salamendacious@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 187 comments fedilink hide all child comments Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a former MMA fighter, had challenged the president of the Teamsters union, Sean O'Brien, but Sanders shut them both down.
[–] Touching_Grass@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) Should be immediate loss of position when you threaten to fight anyone in congress permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) That will take a ⅔ vote and that's not likely. Otherwise the people of Oklahoma can do it in 2027. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago But they won't. They make it absurdly easy to vote here if you're 100 years old, but if you work for a living it's difficult. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Salamendacious@lemmy.world [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) That will take a ⅔ vote and that's not likely. Otherwise the people of Oklahoma can do it in 2027. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago But they won't. They make it absurdly easy to vote here if you're 100 years old, but if you work for a living it's difficult. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago But they won't. They make it absurdly easy to vote here if you're 100 years old, but if you work for a living it's difficult. permalink fedilink source parent