Tempers flared on Capitol Hill Tuesday as a pair of GOP politicians nearly got into separate physical altercations.

First, footage going viral online shows the moment Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R) called out the president of the Teamsters union for reportedly sending him threatening emails.

Mullin, a former mixed martial arts fighter, read messages allegedly sent to him by Teamsters General President Sean O’Brien and challenged him to a fight right then and there.

Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) and Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien challenged each other to a physical fight during the Senate HELP Committee with Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) having to step in.

Sanders repeatedly attempted to break them up: “You’re a United States… pic.twitter.com/2OFC3eDTZr

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“Sir, this is a time, this is a place. You want to run your mouth, we can be two consenting adults, we can finish it here,” Mullin told O’Brien.

The Teamsters head responded, “OK, that’s fine. Perfect.”

“You want to do it now?” Mullin asked. “Stand your butt up then.”  

O’Brien replied by saying Mullin should stand up and Independent Senator Bernie Sanders (Vt.) interrupted, saying, “Hold it. No, no, no, sit down. Sit down! You’re a United States senator, sit down!”

Mullin went on to challenge O’Brien to a cage match fight where proceeds could be donated to charity, but Sanders grabbed the microphone and stopped the senator from speaking. 

Mullin also confronted O’Brien back in March, accusing some union members of using intimidation tactics against him and his plumbing business.

FLASHBACK: SEN. MULLIN VS. TEAMSTER BOSS: ROUND ONE

Today isn’t the first @SenMullin vs. @TeamsterSOB dust-up. The heated feud started in a March 2023 hearing, when Mullin accused unions of using physical intimidation on his plumbing company, and told Mullin:

“Sir, you don’t… https://t.co/AG42Iadmxq pic.twitter.com/u1EGoj2wWB

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In another Tuesday altercation, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) reportedly elbowed Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) in a Capitol Hill hallway.

NPR Congressional Correspondent Claudia Grisales claimed she witnessed McCarthy shove Burchett, who then chased down the House Speaker.

Have NEVER seen this on Capitol Hill:

While talking to @RepTimBurchett after the GOP conference meeting, former @SpeakerMcCarthy walked by with his detail and McCarthy shoved Burchett. Burchett lunged towards me. I thought it was a joke, it was not. And a chase ensued…

— Claudia Grisales (@cgrisales) November 14, 2023

“Hey Kevin, why’d you walk behind me and elbow me in the back?” Burchett asked McCarthy.

Burchett also told Grisales he wouldn’t be following up with McCarthy over the spat and said he is “disappointed in him.”

@RepTimBurchett yelled after catching up to McCarthy, "Hey Kevin, why'd you walk behind me and elbow me in the back?"

KM: "I didn't elbow you in the back."

Burchett: "You got no guts, you did so, …the reporter said it right there, what kind of chicken move is that…"

— Claudia Grisales (@cgrisales) November 14, 2023

Burchett reiterates he hasn't talked to McCarthy since he voted against him.

"No, no that was it. That's it. He's got $17 million to work against me. And he's just a — he should have kept his word. I think that just showed what he's about and it's unfortunate."

— Claudia Grisales (@cgrisales) November 14, 2023

Speaking with CNN, Burchett explained McCarthy elbowed him in the back with “a clean shot to the kidneys.”

Tim Burchett describes the moment where he claims that Kevin McCarthy hit him from behind with a "clean shot to the kidney" in the halls of the Capitol after the GOP conference meeting. pic.twitter.com/lTyH6dM1cQ

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The ex-House Speaker talked with media members later Tuesday, saying he never hit or punched his colleague.

Kevin McCarthy sounds like a man who was caught red-handed hitting Tim Burchett.

"I guess our shoulders hit. I did not run and hit the guy. I did not kidney punch him."

Reporter immediately grills McCarthy over his claims. pic.twitter.com/h9HpUqfOz6

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An audio recording of the incident was released on social media.

"Why'd you elbow me in the back Kevin!? You're pathetic! What a jerk."

NPR was recording audio when Kevin McCarthy allegedly shoved Tim Burchett in the kidneys. pic.twitter.com/Lp6NiivnQg

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It’s unclear why McCarthy would elbow Burchett, but it could be related to the fact the Tennessee congressman voted against him for House Speaker.

The current American political atmosphere is extremely divided just as the elitist ruling class has planned.

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