▲ 153 ▼ 'Stand your butt up': Fistfight nearly breaks out during Senate hearing until Bernie Sanders steps in (www.nbcnews.com) submitted 2 years ago* by Salamendacious@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world 22 comments fedilink hide all child comments Sen. Markwayne Mullin, a former MMA fighter, had challenged the president of the Teamsters union, Sean O'Brien, but Sanders shut them both down.
[–] liquid_buffalo@lemmy.world 40 points 2 years ago (1 child) Today is another example of why Congress shouldn’t be in session for 5 weeks straight. Weird things happen. I am sorry you have to do your fucking job for more than five weeks in a row. permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago It's insane how normalized it is that the leaders of our country work half the year while pulling in salaries (and I'm just talking about their actual salaries, not the millions they make from shady shit) Meanwhile most of them would scoff and call you naive if you advocated for a 4 day work week permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitsplease@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago It's insane how normalized it is that the leaders of our country work half the year while pulling in salaries (and I'm just talking about their actual salaries, not the millions they make from shady shit) Meanwhile most of them would scoff and call you naive if you advocated for a 4 day work week permalink fedilink source parent