By Zachary B. Wolfe | CNNSen. Markwayne Mullin is not ashamed of his challenge to fight a union boss during a Senate hearing Tuesday. The two tangled verbally at a previous hearing when Mullin criticized unions for trying to infiltrate his plumbing business. O’Brien later insulted Mullin on Twitter, referencing his height and suggesting he was ready for a fight with Mullin. Before he was president, Jackson once engaged in a duel with a lawyer named Charles Dickinson after a disagreement over horse racing debts, according to a Library of Congress account. Mullin argued that he, presumably as a man who can fight, is capable of standing up to O’Brien where other people cannot.

Source: CNN November 15, 2023 22:35 UTC