Mullin then rose from his seat and moved to take off his wedding ring.
At that point senator Bernie Sanders, who was chairing the hearing with union presidents, said to Mullin: “You’re a US senator, sit down.”
Mullin, a former professional mixed martial arts fighter, later in the hearing again challenged O’Brien to fight for charity in April next year.
O’Brien rejected the offer.
“It should never come to that,” O’Brien told Reuters.
“We’re not 12 years old. We have fights we have to take on. My cage fight is with corporate America and that’s the way it is going to stay.”
O’Brien said he is willing to sit down with Mullin over coffee or a beer.
“In Oklahoma if you run your mouth you get called out. Period,” Mullin said on the social media platform X after the hearing.
House Speaker Mike Johnson said he hoped the upcoming Thanksgiving break would give lawmakers a chance to…
