Republican Senator Markwayne Milquetoast Mullin came into the day with a chip on his shoulder and every intention of embarrassing Teamster President Sean O’Brien by trying to shame him over his salary. It didn’t turn out well for Mullin.
O’Brien stood his ground and gave as good as he got and then some:
This sparked an angry exchange between the two men, with O’Brien telling Mullin he was “out of line,” which prompted Mullin to tell O’Brien to “shut your mouth” as committee chairman Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) tried to call for order.
O’Brien would soon take more shots at Mullin, as he informed the senator that his job was “holding greedy CEOs like yourself accountable.”
“You’re calling me a greedy CEO?” an incredulous Mullin asked him.
“Don’t attack my salary, I’ll attack yours,” O’Brien shot back before demanding that Mullin tell the Senate what he paid himself as CEO of multiple home maintenance-related businesses in Oklahoma.
Mullin tried to make the claim that he kept his own salary low to reinvest it in his company. O’Brien sent Mullin reeling by retorting with the accusation that Mullin just hid the money.
This left Mullin a sputtering, mealy-mouthed doofus, trying to cry to Bernie Sanders about the mean, old union thug.
Needless to say, Sanders was not very sympathetic.
I dare say that I think I am going to thoroughly enjoy this new era of labor.
