“I’ll start with this because I enjoyed it — a fight almost broke out yesterday during a Senate hearing. And this is Republican senator Markwayne Mullin — Markwayne is his first name. Markwayne, one word, two first names. They almost got into a fight right there in the middle of the Senate hearing. Pretty great stuff.
“I totally unironically think that we would be a better, healthier country if physical fights broke out in Congress every once in a while. It would certainly make C-SPAN a lot more interesting to watch. And, look, this — this used to be pretty common back in the day. I mean, these guys used to come to blows kind of frequently.
“Before the Civil War there was an infamous case where a guy was, a senator, I believe it was, was beat unconscious with a cane. And, you know, that didn’t work out particularly well in the end because there was a civil war, but it — still, it’s the way disputes were settled back in those days.
“And here’s why I think it’s healthy because, first of all, it shows that they actually care, that they’re really passionate, like they’re getting angry. Politicians don’t fight like this anymore because they agree too much on everything. They pretend that they don’t agree, but they actually agree. They don’t take the issues that seriously anyways, so they don’t really take it personally. You know, it’s all a show.
“And also, look, historically, it’s always been understood that men should have outlets to settle a beef physically in a fair and honorable way. That’s why dueling was common and acceptable for hundreds of years, both in this country — well, in this country not for hundreds of years, but hundreds of years across the — the Western world and beyond, and for a brief time in this country as well.” – Extremist Daily Wire podcaster Matt Walsh.