'Stand your butt up': Fistfight nearly breaks out during Senate hearing until Bernie Sanders steps in

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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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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stopped the altercation from happening, yelling at Mullin: “Stop it! No, no, sit down! You know, you’re a United States senator."

Bernie is a treasure.

It was all bluster anyway. But good on Bernie for stopping that nonsense.