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

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      Theyā€™ve both talked about having a mutual fight before, so this really isnā€™t anything new, this time it was just in person.

      The incident ended with them agreeing to go get coffee together.

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        Youā€™re giving the senator way too much credit. After Sanders got the Senator to sit his crybaby ass back down and act like an adult, the Teamster rep quipped that his idea of ā€œsettling thisā€ would be discussing it over coffee like adults. The Senator then responded - flustered - that heā€™d do that, in an attempt to save face after having embarrassed himself. The teamster, sitting calmly and still smiling, said, ā€œYeah, sure, ok. Letā€™s grab coffee and discuss this,ā€ is the most drippingly sarcastic tone ever uttered by man and still smiling, because he knew he won and made Senator Chucklefuck look like a total nutjobā€” who responded, btw, with, ā€œYeah, yeahā€¦ coffee.ā€

        Senator Markwayne Gacy isnā€™t having coffee with anyone.

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          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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            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.