Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) told Fox News he was nobly representing “Oklahoma values” when he challenged the Teamsters president to a fight at a U.S. Senate hearing.
Said Mullin: “What did people want me to do? If I didn’t do that, people in Oklahoma would be pretty upset at me.”
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