GOP Senator Challenges Union President to Charity MMA Fight After Heated Exchange
- Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin challenged Teamsters Union President Sean O'Brien to an MMA fight for charity after O'Brien insulted Mullin on social media and during a Senate hearing.
- Mullin accepted O'Brien's open challenge to fight "anyplace, anytime" and scheduled the fight for September 30th in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
- Mullin and O'Brien have frequently traded insults, including over O'Brien's high salary compared to average union members.
- Mullin, a plumbing business owner, has had negative experiences with union intimidation tactics in the past.
- The confrontation began during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing where O'Brien called Mullin a "greedy CEO."