“The Republican senator who challenged a union leader to a fight in the middle of a hearing has defended the threat as a representation of “Oklahoma values”.
“Senator Markwayne Mullin, a former local MMA fighter, nearly came to blows with Teamsters president Sean O’Brien on Tuesday afternoon.
“”If I didn’t do that, people in Oklahoma would be pretty upset at me,” Mr Mullin later told Fox News.”
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