'Shut your mouth': Senator confronts labor leader in heated exchange over union intimidation

Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin of Oklahoma told a witness to “shut your mouth” during a heated exchange at a Senate hearing on Wednesday.
The witness, general president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Sean O’Brien, went toe-to-toe with Mullin at the hearing before the Senate Health, Labor, Education and Pensions Committee. The panel’s chairman, Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders, had to intervene multiple times to get the questioning back on track. #cnn #News

[jeffperteet]

Hid his money well, triggered him so hard

[yourbigheadcousin]

"I wanna make very clear, before I pick a fight with this union leader, that I don't hate unions."
Also, dude who started with "absolutely nothing" inherited his daddy's successful plumbing shop.

[TheLocustGrub]

I'm a UPS driver and I make DOUBLE what my FedEx counterpart makes per hour ... I would gladly pay double union dues just to keep my hourly wage let alone my healthcare and retirement benefits

[chrispowers]

He kept his salary to 50k a year. Meanwhile the rest of the company profits went into his bank account. The money still came in but the union guy was right. He hid it.

[charlesgallagher]

“Right to work” is the right to be fired for no reason.

[e.obrien]

Ass a retire Union worker, teamsters I am so thankful that my union negotiated good pay starting in 1982 till the day I retire. Thank you teamsters.

[JasonBoyce]

“Please don’t make the assumption that I’m anti-union”
*Proceeds to scream at the union representative and tell him to shut his mouth*

[cadmean-reader]

"I want to make it very clear: I'm not against union"; before that sentence even gets finished, I'm already sensing a huge "but" coming our way

[guslakis]

“you mean you hid money”, cooked him like bacon right there!

[mariar]

@5:23: "This may show YOUR behavior here - stay on the issue!" Love Bernie Sanders!

[RightWingSnowFlake]

"I kept my salary down at about 50k" then realized he let it slip out and got hammered 😂

[justinkosuk]

Mullin is anything but a tough guy.

Also, inheriting your father's business isn't starting from below nothing.

[alanmott-smith]

1:00 - Unions are the best protection for us employees. Mullin is lying, of course.

[leonardgilbreath]

I was union for over 30 years and my employer tried for years to get rid of the unions brought in third-party services to help try to get rid of the unions and it failed so I know what it's like to work under threatening conditions.

[kpepperl]

This union boss isn't afraid of this GQP senator... He saw right through him and said out loud what everyone was thinking when the senator said he paid himself 50k. Senator got burned!

[nigelsenchez]

There is no way in hell he payed his non union employees more than union with better benefits. Something smells fishy.

[marvink]

When a person starts off a statement that I started from nothing you know he’s full of it. None of us in this world start from nothing. We all owe what we have to those who preceded us, and paved the way for the knowledge and things that allow us to prosper in this world.

[fj.sanabria]

"I am not afraid of physical confrontation. i even look forward to it" He is the problem.

[dangates]

I really dislike it when people ask a question and then keep interrupting and talking over the person trying to answer.

[bobtrask]

You asked a question...now let him answer