Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a former MMA fighter, had challenged the president of the Teamsters union, Sean O’Brien, but Sanders shut them both down.

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    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.

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      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…

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      Meanwhile, in Britain, Parliament devolves into a shouting fest every week during Prime Minister’s Questions

      Does it?