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By Brad Reed
Published March 08, 2023
Teamsters President Sean O'Brien on Wednesday got into a heated discussion with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) over the senator's history as a businessman.
During a hearing before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions, Mullin accused O'Brien of sponging off workers by forcing them to pay union dues to fund his salary.
This sparked an angry exchange between the two men, with O'Brien telling Mullin he was "out of line," which prompted Mullin to tell O'Brien to "shut your mouth" as committee chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) tried to call for order.
https://www.rawstory.com/markwayne-mullin-sean-obrien-video/
spooky3
(34,300 posts)Ray Bruns
(4,022 posts)think youre man enough.
Kennah
(14,115 posts)Dustlawyer
(10,493 posts)jaxexpat
(6,700 posts)getting his primary education from a teamster.
Caliman73
(11,690 posts)"I kept my salary down to $50,000 dollars" Why do Republicans lie about easily acquired information? Well, because they can, because the people who actually vote for them in their Red states or districts WANT to be lied to.
Mullin shows earnings of 651,000 in 2015 and no less than $200,000 in following years. I am sure that he would say that the earnings aren't "salary" technically, but that is exactly what a "Greedy CEO" would say, like if Jeff Bezos says, "I pay myself a salary of $1.00" Yeah okay, but you make $5 Billion a year in stock options and own 4 private jets... point is you are calling a person who actually works for their salary, "sponging" while you as a "landlord" actually do nothing to earn the money you make. Without workers, without actual labor, Mullin would be worth NOTHING.
republianmushroom
(13,045 posts)NNadir
(33,368 posts)Lonestarblue
(9,874 posts)and not find an honest person.
1WorldHope
(675 posts)Rebl2
(13,301 posts)Should have told told Mullin to go home and look in the mirror, thats who is sponging off the American people.
Hekate
(90,189 posts)paleotn
(17,778 posts)Benefiting from the union without actually paying into it. Typical garbage. Republicans have no morality.
Xavier Breath
(3,524 posts)and pounded it on Mullin until he learned some manners. Not that I'd ever truly advocate any violence, of course.