Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a former MMA fighter, had challenged the president of the Teamsters union, Sean O’Brien, but Sanders shut them both down.
So this was at the bottom of the article where McConnell weighs in “this is why congress shouldn’t run for 5 weeks straight, things get weird.” Wtf, what about everyone else in the world that works 52 weeks straight. Just another example of how out of touch some representatives are.
It’s a jungle out there
It makes me wonder how we keep from goin’ under
Sometimes
I’m surprised he didn’t say 2 weeks with all of his long pause time jumps.
He didn’t say “two weeks”, but it might have taken him two weeks to say it.
The mean age of the senate is 65.3 years old.
What about the nice age?
What the fuck is going on in America.
Can you please not elect the school yard bully who possibly has an acquired brain injury from the time they were a cage fighter?
The problem is these people are voted in by states who comprise of residents who have brain injuries, misogynistic views, extremist ideals, and/or a myriad of other skewed thoughts.
So unfortunately we get stuck with the consequences of other state’s resident’s decisions
The real problem is over 50% of the voting age population just doesn’t vote
Most recent election in Suffolk County, NY - 1.1M eligible voters. 277K votes cast. Barely a 25% voter turnout. Source: https://www.elections.ny.gov/EnrollmentCounty.html https://projects.newsday.com/voters-guide/results/long-island-voters-guide-november-7-2023-general-election
67% of eligible voters voted in 2020
2022 turnout was 46%. The last time a midterm election was over 50% was in the 1910s.
I live in Oklahoma, and this is most of the answer.
The reason for that is it’s intentionally difficult to vote if you have a job. A lot of managers won’t give you time even if they are supposed to. The polling places are typically churches, or old folks homes. My polling place is a nursing home, and every time I vote, there is a line of people who can barely remember their own name getting ready to vote, and it’s easy for them because they live there.
And what make you think that 50% would vote the way you want them to? Remember that people are fucking retarded. End of thought.
The problem is you’re lying.
In the last congressional election voter turnout was 46%. The last time a midterm was higher than 50% was in the 1910s.
You said people won’t vote, you can’t pick and choose when they do vote in higher numbers than you’re saying in presidential elections.
So I didn’t make the comment that you initially replied to. I was only offering some data that showed there are a lot of national elections where voter turnout was less than half. It’s true that presidential elections have a higher turnout than midterm but all of the house and ⅓ of the Senate are voted on in every midterm. They’re incredibly important and it’s a fact that less than half of eligible Americans turn out for those elections.
“Jerry Springer Goes To Congress” is what happened. Republican strategists know full well that most blue collar people who vote Republican are stupid, hateful, and eat this trashy shit up with a spoon. It’s intentional.
Ironically, Jerry Springer was a pretty good mayor in Cincinnati, but he was also an idiot who got caught when he wrote a prostitute a check.
Our school systems have failed us and we are finally seeing the results.
On top of that christian nationalists have taken over the republican party.
This is your daily reminder to vote responsibly.
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Also, lots and lots of lead exposure.
American legislatures are surprisingly civil historically speaking when compared to other legislatures. We’ve had TWO incidents of legislative violence (Sumner slavery incident and 6 January incident). Meanwhile, in Britain, Parliament devolves into a shouting fest every week during Prime Minister’s Questions and don’t forget how happy Parliament was to send people they didn’t like to the gallows in the past. The French legislature did the same.
Taiwan’s legislature turns into a free-for-all fistfight whenever the government presents a controversial bill. Japan’s National Diet members will literally eat the paper to prevent a bill’s passage.
We’ve had TWO incidents of legislative violence (Sumner slavery incident and 6 January incident).
I mean I guess it depends on your definition of “legislative violence”, but I feel like you are forgetting a certain “states rights” incident here…
Meanwhile, in Britain, Parliament devolves into a shouting fest every week during Prime Minister’s Questions
Does it?
Yeah, there’re even YouTube videos about it that get hundreds of thousands of views on the regular. How many channels that feature Congress Cam can boast the same?
We have several cable channels that live stream the US Congress called C-SPAN (1-3). They’ve existed since the 90s. I think they’re also on YouTube, but I’m not sure.
People put it on to fall asleep.
Have you got an example?
https://youtu.be/9Ps88fzLMQc?si=3AVRWGoaHBqWzfTq
1.4 million views
Your definition of shouting is far removed from reality.
They’re all literally yelling at and over each other red faced and at the top of their lungs.
What on the world is your definition of shouting?
College football coaches are still good though, right?
Also no.
The people that should lead us want nothing to do with politics, and I don’t think anyone can blame them. That leaves the castle gates wide open for wackos.
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Don’t tell this guy about how often Congress devolved into fist fights, cane beatings and duels during our countries early years.
“Then stand your butt up then,” said Mullin.
“You stand your butt up,” said O’Brien.
It’s kind of funny to me that these grown men were about to have a fight in the middle of a congressional hearing over a mean tweet, but saying “ass” isn’t appropriate.
They never would have fought
I watched the video and they both kept saying they would but wouldn’t actually do it. Then both accused the other of being a thug/bully for wanting to fight but also a coward for not fighting.
Theyre the kids that act tough and pick fights in front of teachers knowing nothing can happen.
Now it might just be my bias, but I feel O’Brien was taunting trolling, while the hard-right guy was posturing. Of the two, I expect the hard-right guy to be more of the unstable child in the situation, but also agree probably not willing to actually fight. With O’Brien or however it’s spelled, I feel like getting that reaction was his win… but again probably a lot of personal bias.
I don’t think it’s bias. O’Brien was seated throughout the whole thing and was talking calmly. He wasn’t actually looking for a fight and was just letting Mullin make a fool of himself.
I agree with you. Seemed like he was egging him on the whole time.
I mean, there were duels back in the day, but I feel ya.
I really wish they let those two have a knife edge death match like off Yu Yu Hakusho. I would have paid to watch that.
They can be ejected and fined for cursing.
So much little dick, snowflake, peaked in middle school energy coming from this guy, it’s just absolutely sad.
And we somehow expect more from a cage fighter? Most of the fighters I have met were nice to a point but have super super fragile egos.
Wtf is happening
The decline of American democracy.
I mean yes, but we’ve had a man beaten to within an inch of his life on the floor of congress before so this isn’t unprecedented.
A probable boost in popularity. Wouldn’t be the first time violence elevated someone’s profile. What happened when Republican Greg Gianforte body-slammed a reporter.
Misunderstood masculinity.
Performative masculinity.
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The senator has two first names… in his first name.
What are people expecting here?
Fannybaws
Just another Republican.
I love how Bernie was the one that broke it up.
Based Bernie.
I’m sorry… Markwayne?
What kind of stupid fucking name is that.
My uncle Bubbafred could beat him up.
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These republiQans lost they damned minds.
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MMA fighters are all loose cannons. You don’t just decide that your life’s calling is to knock the piss out of another man by any means necessary. That’s psycho shit. So is threatening violence on a union president. If only Republicans understood that hatred isn’t a political ideology and doesn’t cash checks.
I dunno. My boss at my current job is a former MMA fighter and I don’t really consider him to be a “loose cannon”. He’s actually really chill. I mean, if you push him, maybe, but in general he’s a really cool and supportive guy.
If only Republicans understood that hatred isn’t a political ideology and doesn’t cash checks.
It does seem to be the undertone of other things though that do cash checks. Unfortunately.
They know their constituents eat it up. It’s theater. Thanks, Jerry Springer.
No, they are all already like that, and their constituents eat it up. It’s not a charade, they’re not playing 5D checkers or whatever, they’re literally cognitively challenged bullies and that is basically the whole Republican voting demographic.
It’s both.
I have limited experience but I had a former MMA champion as a customer and he had been childhood friends with one of my coworkers and he was super nice and respectful
The creators of Idiocracy did not have the imagination for this.
Haha, you got that right!
Uduslly this type of toxic masculinity screams closet case to me.
Yet Mullin cowardly hides under a row of seats during Jan 6.
Teamsters boss is right, the senator is a clown. Saying stupid things to get in the news.
I wish that Obrien had handled this better rather than leaning into the macho chest-beating. He could’ve really made this guy look like even more of a doofus if he’d have just been like “Sorry, are you offering to fight me on the house floor right now? I’d like to speak to someone competent”.
Idiocracy was supposed to be an absurd comedy, not a suggestion!
