GOP Sen. Says He Could Have Beat Up Hearing Witness if Not for ‘Political Correctness’

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin blamed “political correctness” for the uproar over his attempt to fight a witness during a Senate hearing.

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Political correctness. This guy inherently implies that following the law and not committing crimes is too woke. Bros, is it gay to not commit an assault and battery at least once a day?

What a clown.

Hell yeah that's gay! In the best possible way. -meant as a statement that would likely irk this new generation of right wing politicians.

It isn't super helpful that I think this way, but I get a kick out of idiots having the bravado to say this kind of stuff without having any inkling that they are the problem.

Just roll around in a chain link hexagon with another mostly naked dude for a few hours. It’ll straighten you right out.

Man... Being a cis white male is too hard these days. Maybe I should transition or something.

How is this not a form of witness tampering? Are congressional witnesses allowed to be threatened for their participation in a hearing?

Wouldn't this also meet the requirements for "Obstructing an official proceeding"?

I've not really followed this story, but is anybody talking about impeachment and / or criminal charges for this behavior?

It's the GOP. They alternatively hate the concept of a state when it's not them in power, and want a religious-military caliphate-style government when it is them in power.

The concept of witness tampering is just taking non-believers out back and shooting them, it's just another point on the daily docket.

Yeah sure, you got talked down by an 82 year old grandpa. That's even weaker than having your friends "hold you back."

Glad we're in an age where violence is generally discouraged.

“Generally,” except for the honorable statesmen that represent the general public in matters of diplomacy and legislation. Bet it helps military spending though.

He’s still talking? After committing the most embarrassing spectacle I’ve ever seen in the senate. I guess it’s a good thing he’s a republican and incapable of feeling embarrassment or shame.

This was so dumb. It was entertaining to watch Bernie break it up tho.

"Sit Down! You are a United States Senator!"

Damn, I thought you were going to say he came in with a steel chair.

I wish.

"This is my committee!" While jumping from the bench into the gallery

He'd break a hip tho, irl.

He'd break a hip tho, irl.

For sure.

Ol' markwayne's.

(Also what the ever-loving fuck kind of a name is that?)

dont worry senator, I believe you when you say you want to physically assault union leaders. I'll throw it onto the pile of derangements

Someone whose first name is two first names smashed together should never be allowed a position of authority.

That's definitely a serial killer sort of name.

At least his parents were intelligent enough to know that folk with Wayne as a middle name grow up to be serial killers. So they smashed it into his first name.

What a child. The correct response to a grown adult asking for a fist-fight is to laugh in their face and mock them for their temper tantrum.

Let him. And then put him behind bars for aggravated assault and witness intimidation.

I completely lost it when he started talking about how he'd bite.

Like he's trying to be a macho man and "do things the manly way" then he comes back with "but I'll bend the rules if it helps me"

I doubt Oklahoma is embarrassed by this idiot. I’m sure they’ll re-elect him.

I don’t think he’ll be re-elected. It was a fake win since he was replacing a more legitimate (albeit still not good republican) long standing senator in a special case.

He’s objectively the worst person in the Senate. He owned a business here that was successful and had a much better reputation but has now revealed himself as a stain.

I think Oklahoma may actually swing slightly D soon-ish. We had a D governor not long ago who was well liked. Joy got 42% of the vote in 2022.

I get it. It's hard to not get your hopes up, sometimes. But Oklahoma is DEEP red. I used to live in NW AR, and my in-laws live in Tulsa. I think your hope is misplaced.

I had that same feeling at one time. But now there is a marijuana dispensary on every street corner. Something is changing.

Yeah this is what people not here don't understand.

I lived in Los Angeles for ten years and moved to OKC.

There are more dispensaries in OKC alone then I saw in all of SoCal, it's that dense. And now the mushroom lobbying is going in full force. Alcohol laws went from strict like Utah to very liberal in the span of a decade. It's about 5 years away from being less than 50% white people as a population. Even the abortion ban drama was short-lived--Oklahoma's state supreme court struck down all the anti-abortion legislation less than a year after Stitt signed it. They jacked around and brought back an older law, but it will eventually get reviewed again, most likely. More than half the state is in favor of legal abortion, which will eventually be reflected.

Eh, it’s the largest weed producing state in the country and also is likely to be one of the early mushroom states. Stitt in all his idiocy just sanctioned a massive market where psilocybin spore kits were sold by the pallet load.

There is a lot more shadow wealth here that will make aggressive “progressive” choices because it’s profitable. The same is not true in any of the Deep South. The last time I was in Oxford, Mississippi, Uber was outlawed and there was 11:30pm legally enforced last call.

OKC growth rate is very high; it is the place that will tip the scale ultimately.

Your current governor just came out in favor of cockfighting. Don’t be surprised when this guy gets re-elected.

The fastest growing counties, which also have the largest and densest populations, all voted handily Blue the last election: 55-42, 52-45, and 49-48. I don’t think that trend will see a sudden reversal.

Markwayne

If he'd been named Mar'kwayne, he'd never have been elected.

He should be replaced by Martok.

... well, that might be worse.

Mar’kwayne brings dishonor to his house and will not ascend to the halls of Sto’vo’kor

Martok will pave the road to Gre'thor with his ashes! Unfortunately it doesn't help our issues of decorum in Congress :/

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Unbelievable that we now have a party of, "why can't I hit people?"

He knows the guy who caned Sumner was charged with and convicted of assault, right?

Man. I have zero doubt I could mop the floor with this fuck nut. I don’t normally fantasize about such things, but could y’all imagine how good it would feel to get ahold of one of these “tough” guys for just a few min. I already know what would happen. The second they saw what was about to really happen, that the person they are talking to has no intention of talking back and is making their way towards them, they will crawfish fast as fuck. I’ve seen it a million times.

Isn't this the MMA guy though? I don't think they fuck around. I'm pretty sure he just has brain damage and seriously thinks violence is an acceptable response to petty disagreement...

Doesn't take much to be an "MMA Guy." It's not like he's a champion or anything. Dude has <10 minutes total fight time, 15+ years ago.

He had no shot in this potential fight

Maybe if mma stands for Mediocre mental agility.

someone got hit in the head too many times

Ok even taking that argument at face value which is more than it deserves, is he implying he should not be politically correct in politics?

Is that a big boy in the senate? Who's a big boy, yes he is!

I like Colbert's Bernie on this issue.

Nice to see the republicans are still voting for the best candidates post trump. Dems need to get off their collective lazy asses and get to the voting booths.