Team union chair, Republican lawmaker reconciliation after Senate hearing struggle
President Donald Trump helps Republican lawmakers and national coalition leaders finally squeeze their dispute after making headlines in 2023 Spit on the Senate floorIn the argument, tell each other to “stand” on their “butts”.
senator R-Okla. Markwayne Mullin and Teamsters President Sean O’Brien The November 2023 made headlines after the rep faced with the union boss in his key tweet.
Now, the two say President Trump brings them together after a call.
“Even after President Trump sat down and talked to Sean O’Brien, one of the first calls he gave me was me saying, ‘Hey Mark Wayne, I think you guys will get along. You need to talk to you. A place where a union came in, and it started with Sean. Sean and I first broke up with bread and we have really built a friendship since then,” Rep. Mark Wayne Mullin (Markwayne Mullin) told Hannity on Thursday.
The couple are now recognizing Trump nominee Lori Chavez Dreman.
“We both worked very hard to do the right thing for American workers,” Team President Sean O’Brien told Fox News. “Now, we can agree to disagree on the right to work. We can agree to disagree on the Pro Act, but the current mission is to confirm Lori Chavez-Deremer, and we will work together. There is indeed a fight.
Republican lawmakers reveal background of shouting loudly with union bosses at Senate hearing
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – July 15: Sean O’Brien, president of the International Team Brotherhood, at the Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum on July 15, 2024 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin Speech on stage one day. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (Getty Image)
The video shows Mullin speaking to the leader in the viral confrontation: “You sent me one, two, three, four, five times.” “Let me read the last thing to say. It says: ‘Greedy CEO, he pretends to be homemade.’ Sorry, when I set up my plumbing company myself, I wanted him to be on the truck. Sir, it’s an era where you want to run your mouth.
O’Brien replied that he was fine, and Mullin said, “Okay, then stand up.”
“You stand up,” O’Brien replied, causing chaos on the floor and the bystanders were interrupted.
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Republican Senator Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma spoke at a confirmation hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, January 14, 2025. Photographer: Al Drago /Bloomberg via Getty Images (Al Drago)
Mullin reflects that his new “friendship” with O’Brien represents solidarity under the commander-in-chief.
“What Sean and my friendship stands for is that President Trump goes beyond the norms of the political boundaries that the Republican Party has already proposed and puts the coalition into the same way as Bobby and Tulsi Gabbard. ”
