Markwayne Mullin credits Trump for mending fences with Teamsters President Sean O’Brien

Published February 19, 2025 2:03pm ET



Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) and International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien have made up after coming to blows during a Senate hearing in 2023 in an effort to prop up President Donald Trump’s pick for labor secretary, Lori Chavez-DeRemer.

During a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing in November 2023, Mullin challenged O’Brien to a fight in response to insults hurled by O’Brien on X. 

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