Senator and Teamsters President Who Nearly Fought On Senate Floor Tell Fox Trump Made Them ‘Break Bread’: ‘Truly Built a Friendship’
Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and Teamsters President Sean O’Brien opened up to Fox News about how President Donald Trump inspired their surprising “friendship” after the two nearly came to blows on the Senate floor.
During a November 2023 hearing, Mullin confronted O’Brien over critical tweets, one in which he said, “You know where to find me. Anyplace, Anytime cowboy.”
“Sir, this is a time, this is a place. You want to run your mouth. We can be two consenting adults. We can finish it here,” Mullin said, to which O’Brien immediately agreed.
After some back and forth, Mullin told O’Brien “stand your butt up” as the hearing descended into chaos and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) stepped in to calm the situation.
In a Thursday interview with Sean Hannity, the near-fight between Mullin and O’Brien was a distant memory. The two are now aligned to support Trump’s Labor Secretary nominee Lori Chavez-DeRemer.
Mullin explained he and O’Brien have built a real “friendship” after Trump encouraged the pair to “break bread.”
The senator explained:
“Even after President Trump and Sean O’Brien sat down and talked, one of the first phone calls he made was to me and said, ‘Hey Markwayne, I think you guys will get along. You guys need to talk because I think we got a place for the unions to come in and it starts with Sean. Why don’t you guys just sit down and break bread together?’ Sean and I broke bread together for the first time, and we have truly built a friendship ever since then.”
O’Brien said the conflict with Mullin is “in the past” as they’ve set their “differences” aside.
“We can agree to disagree on right to work. We can agree to disagree on the Pro Act, but the task at hand right now is getting Lori Chavez-DeRemer confirmed, and we’re going to work together,” he said. “Look, we did have a fight. We did have an argument, but it is what it is. It’s in the past.”
O’Brien joked he nearly pulled a hockey move on Mullin by throwing his shirt over his head and then just “start throwing.”
“He’s a big, strong, tough guy and he’s passionate about he does, and I’m passionate about what I do,” he said.
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