'No consequences': 'The View' hosts complain Congress is never treated like a regular job

Co-hosts of "The View" addressed the fights that surfaced in Congress on Tuesday, asking why Washington D.C. isn't treated like every other place of work where people aren't allowed to behave that way.

The most notable scrap Tuesday involved Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), who threatened to start a fistfight with the president of the Teamsters union.

In other incidents, Rep. James Comer (R-KY) attacked Rep. Jared Moskowitz (D-FL), calling him a "smurf" in a knock on his height. And Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) said he was leaving the House floor when he felt someone hit him in the back and turned to see former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA). McCarthy denied he elbowed the Congressman, but NPR reporter Claudia Grisales claimed to have witnessed it.

"This is why Congress has a lower approval rating than the coronavirus," Joy Behar joked.

"What I don't understand is why Congress is never treated like a regular job," Sara Haines said. "So, if you want to start calling your co-worker names, you're probably going to HR. If you touch them in the kidney or any other place, you're probably going to get fired."

"And sued also," said Sunny Hostin.

"When your company shuts down, you're not paid," Haines continued. "Conflict of interest, fired, fired, fired. And that never happens in Congress. There are no consequences. They get a slap on the wrist, and then they go try to legislate the country. They have a big role in the country and yet they never get in trouble."

Behar noted that during government shutdowns, the members are still paid while federal workers suffer.

Hostin blamed it all on Donald Trump, saying that his threats of violence and rudeness "ripped the bandaid off" and freed Republicans to express willingness to be more violent.

"My first thought was how many times have we heard women are too emotional to lead?" said Alyssa Farah Griffin. "Did anyone ask if these men are on their periods? This is absurd. Markwayne Mullin from Oklahoma, the reason this fight engaged with the head of the Teamsters is he tweeted something nasty about him. Now it's unbecoming on both sides, but if any of us, any time we got nasty tweets...."

"I would be ..." Haines said, trailing off.

"Every single day," Hostin said.

Griffin said that this isn't the only time this has happened, recalling Rep. Don Young (R-AK), who put a knife to Speaker John Boehner's (R-OH) throat in one incident.

See the conversation with the women below or at the link here.