All posts tagged "Fight"

A Donald Trump ally who has been floated as a press secretary hire in his potential future administration is spilling the beans on her dispute with fellow Trump ally Marjorie Taylor Greene, who many say is seeking to be V.P.

Laura Loomer, herself a failed Republican candidate, has been beefing with Greene for some time. In November, Loomer, a self-proclaimed journalist who has earned herself personal shout outs at Trump rallies, went for the jugular against the lawmaker and her new book, calling it "trash."

Loomer on Friday responded to a 2021 video of Greene saying Loomer is her "friend" and that she will "proudly defend her." But in April of this year, Greene reportedly lashed out at Trump's potential decision to hire the far-right activist to help him win back the White House in 2024....

Their tweeted barbs turned to fighting words and nearly physical blows on a vaunted Senate chamber floor.

And the gloves keep coming off.

Teamsters President Sean O'Brien continues to needle his unsuspecting nemesis in Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), a former MMA contender, after they came close to fighting during a hearing that was supposed to make promising strides on income equality. ...

The U.S. congressman was raring for fisticuffs on the House chamber carpet. Even though it didn't happen, he has no regrets.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) openly tried to throw down with Teamsters President Sean O'Brien citing a tough-talking tweet posted over the summer criticizing the lawmaker's height and daring him to duel.

"That guy continues to get away with this stuff," Mullin said during an appearance on Newsmax's "Carl Higbie Frontline” soon after their clash that momentarily turned a Senate chamber hearing into a ringside billing. "It's silly and stupid, but every now and then you need to get punched in the face." ...

CHARLESTON, South Carolina — US Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann said Wednesday she has no plans to stoop to a "mud-wrestling fight" between her and fellow arch-conservative Sarah Palin.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fighter jets escorted a United Airlines plane back to Dulles International Airport outside Washington, D.C., after a fight broke out between a pair of passengers on the flight bound for Ghana, officials said on Tuesday.

PARIS (Reuters) - Pilots wrestled with the controls of an Air France airliner for more than four minutes before it plunged into the Atlantic with its nose up, killing all 228 people on board, French investigators said on Friday.