The George Santos Saga, Kevin McCarthy Implosion and Marjorie Taylor Greene Circus

Two physical fights, one in the House and one in the Senate, almost broke out on the same November day.

A Senate HELP Committee hearing nearly devolved into a schoolyard brawl between Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) and Sean O’Brien, the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. The two had been feuding for months, and the clash escalated when Mullin referenced a social media post where O’Brien challenged the Republican senator to a confrontation. One such post from O’Brien read: “Quit the tough guy act. … Anyplace, Anytime cowboy.”

Mullin responded by telling O’Brien, who was testifying as a witness, that they could throw down during the hearing.

“This is a time, this is a place to run your mouth. We can be two consenting adults, we can finish it here,” Mullin said. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), the committee chair, had to intervene to stop the two from coming to blows.

That same day, Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), one of the eight House Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy from the speakership, accused the Californian of elbowing him in a Capitol hallway, calling it a “clean shot to the kidneys.” McCarthy denied the allegation, claiming it was just a “tight hallway.”

NSFW evidence at Hunter Biden’s hearing