Far-right GOP senator admits he 'had full intentions' of assaulting Teamsters president during hearing

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vermont) was determined to prevent a fistfight when far-right Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma) and Teamsters President Sean O'Brien almost came to blows during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee (HELP) hearing on Tuesday, November 14.

Mullin was still angry with O'Brien because of a June 21 tweet in which the Teamsters president called him a "clown and fraud" and urged him to "quit the tough guy act." And Mullin, during the hearing, told O'Brien, "You want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here…. Well, stand your butt up then."

But a frustrated Sanders told Mullin, "You're a United States senator. Sit down."

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Mullin, a Donald Trump supporter, hasn't apologized for his behavior — which he continued to defend during a CNN appearance the following day.

CNN's Dana Bash asked Mullin if he had any "regrets," to which the MAGA senator responded, "No, I really don't."

Mullin told Bash, "What happens all the time is you got these keyboard warriors that's going to go out there and run their mouth, and then, they don't ever have to face the consequences…. And I remind people, I'm a guy from Oklahoma first. And there's consequences for doing some of this. I get there's people on social media that will do this constantly. I'll never see them. This guy, I did. And this wasn't his first time."

Bash played a clip of Sen. Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) saying that Mullin's behavior set a bad example. The CNN host asked Mullin if he "actually thought" he would "come to blows" with O'Brien during the HELP hearing, and he responded, "I had full intentions of doing that. Absolutely."

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