Senator Mullins Gets His Butt Up, OK Liberals Lose Their Minds
I'm a little behind the cuff on this topic, but it's worth talking about. I was scrolling through TikTok this morning and saw a hoard of shorts of Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullins and the Teamsters Union president going at it during a Senate hearing.
@msnbcSenator Markwayne Mullin challenged Teamsters President Sean O'Brien to a fight during a hearing of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions. Senator Bernie Sanders attempted to cool things down.♬ original sound - MSNBC
After most of a day peeking in at social media, as the non-political forever fan of chaos, I get the impression I'm the only person who thinks it's hilarious.
In not-so-shocking news, social media site Reddit, particularly our own Oklahoma Reddit, is full of people publicly shaming Senator Mullin for his behavior and trying to use this hilarious incident as grounds for his removal from office.
Of course, like most things do, while Reddit is overwhelmingly left-leaning, other places like Facebook and Twitter/X are swarming with an overwhelming majority of right-leaning opinions on the matter.
Equally not-so-shocking, while there are some that agree Mullin's behavior is less-than appropriate for a Senator, the vast majority are supporting his actions. You can almost hear them say, "That's what we need more of in Worshinton."
I think we're all collectively losing out on a genius way to pay down our ridiculously out-of-control national debt.
I saw this clip and instantly thought about the underwhelming boxing match between Floyd Mayweather and Connor McGregor a few years ago.
Between the two of them, they earned $410-million for forty minutes of meh boxing. The promoters got their huge payout beyond that too.
In true Ultimate Celebrity Death Match fashion, why doesn't CSPAN put together a prize-fighting type of program where politicians, pundits, and whoever else wants to throw hands gets to do so for the whole country to see?
Obviously, our elected public servants wouldn't get to keep any of the payout... they'd be doing their duty for the country. Even though $400-million a week wouldn't even dent the national debt, at least we'd be entertained.
It wouldn't even matter who loses, America would win.
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