独立参议员伯尼·桑德斯（Bernie Sanders）与共和党参议员马克韦恩·穆林（Markwayne Mullin）周二在参议院听证会上展开激烈交锋，双方言论迅速在社交媒体上引发强烈反应。
“我们在这里提及的每个人，你们都指责我们试图做出改变，”穆林在周三举行的参议院卫生、教育、劳动和养老金委员会听证会上表示。听证会当时正在讨论奥巴马医改（Obamacare）相关问题，同时审议卡西·米恩斯（Casey Means）担任美国卫生部长的提名。
“天呐，我们居然敢改变并试图修复我们破败的体系，”穆林继续说道，”不管怎样，我刚才说得太久了。”
当穆林试图转回话题时，桑德斯打断了他，称”你确实说得太久了”。
穆林回应道：”抱歉，我没问你的意见，如果我在乎你的看法，我会问你，但我不在乎。你就是体系的一部分，是问题的根源。你坐在这里的时间比我有生之年还要长。这是你的问题，你早就该解决了。你抱怨了这么久，到底做了什么？”
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参院议员马克韦恩·穆林与伯尼·桑德斯在周三的参议院听证会上发生冲突（Getty Images）
桑德斯则以讽刺语气回应：”我决定不竞选卫生部长，你才是我决定提名的人选（暗指要穆林担任）。”
“这绝对是我们绝不会接受的，”穆林说完便转移了话题。
这段争执很快被保守派人士在社交媒体上广泛传播，包括”查理·柯克秀”（Charlie Kirk Show）执行制片人安德鲁·科尔维特（Andrew Kolvet）在X平台发文称，桑德斯对穆林”放冷箭”后，”这位八旬老人（指桑德斯）的处境不会好”。
“这就是他那些共产主义支持者无法理解的，”喜剧演员蒂姆·杨（Tim Young）在X平台表示，”伯尼在位这么久，早就该解决他们的问题了。”
[伯尼·桑德斯2025年竞选资金中私人飞机支出超55万美元，文件显示]
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俄克拉荷马州共和党参议员马克韦恩·穆林2024年11月19日在美国国会众议院共和党会议上（Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images）
“终于有人让伯尼·桑德斯认清现实了，”记者安娜·马特森（Anna Matson）在X平台评论，”他只会空谈，毫无作为。他在位时间比我活的岁数都大，却一事无成。”
“沼泽正在被抽干，”政治与体育评论员丹·达基奇（Dan Dakich）在X平台写道。
“我的天，”保守派记者埃里克·道格蒂（Eric Daughterty）在X平台惊呼，”参议员马克韦恩·穆林刚刚正面击溃了伯尼·桑德斯！”
近年来，桑德斯与穆林在参议院的冲突日益频繁。2023年，在一场桑德斯参与的对话中，穆林与国际卡车司机兄弟会主席肖恩·奥布赖恩（Sean O’Brien）险些发生肢体冲突，当时该场面一度在网络上走红。
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佛蒙特州独立参议员、参议院卫生、教育、劳动和养老金委员会排名成员伯尼·桑德斯2025年7月16日抵达华盛顿参加确认听证会（Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images）
去年12月，两人在参议院也因奥巴马医改问题发生争执。穆林在X平台上发布了这段对话，称桑德斯是”圣诞怪杰”（The Grinch），并指责这位佛蒙特州参议员”阻挠了我们的两党法案——米凯拉·奈隆给孩子一个机会法案（Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act），该法案本可给癌症患儿更多治疗选择”。
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安德鲁·马克·米勒（Andrew Mark Miller）是福克斯新闻记者，其Twitter账号为@andymarkmiller，可通过邮箱AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com提供新闻线索。
Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders and Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin were involved in a heated back and forth during a Senate hearing Tuesday that sparked immediate reactions across social media.
“Everybody we bring up here, you guys chastised for trying to make changes,” Mullin said during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing Wednesday. The committee was discussing issues with Obamacare during a hearing on the nomination of Casey Means as U.S. surgeon general.
“God forbid we change and try to fix our broken system,” Mullin continued. “Anyway, I ranted too long.”
As Mullin was attempting to return to the topic, he was cut off by Sanders, who said, “Yes, you did.”
Mullin responded, “I’m sorry. I didn’t ask your opinion on that, and if I cared about your opinion I would ask you. But I don’t care about your opinion. You’re part of the system. You’re part of the problem. You’ve been sitting here longer than I’ve even been alive. This is your problem. You should have fixed this a long time ago. You’ve been railing on it for so long. What have you been doing?”
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Senators Markwayne Mullin and Bernie Sanders clashed during a Senate hearing on Wednesday(Getty Images)
Sanders responded by sarcastically saying, “I decided not to run for surgeon general, You’re the nominee I’ve decided.”
“That is definitely something we would never accept,” Mullin said before moving on.
The exchange was quickly picked up by conservatives on social media, including from “Charlie Kirk Show” executive producer Andrew Kolvet, who wrote in a post on X that “things did not end well for the octogenarian socialist” after he took a “cheap shot” at Mullin.
“That’s what his commie supporters can’t figure out,” comedian Tim Young posted on X.”Bernie has been in office so long that he should have solved their problems by now.”
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., after visiting a meeting of the House Republican Conference at the U.S. Capitol Nov. 19, 2024.(Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“Finally,” journalist Anna Matson posted on X. “Someone put Bernie Sanders in his place. He’s all talk and no action. He’s been in office longer than I’ve been alive and he has nothing to show for it.”
“Swamp being DRAINED,” political and sports commentator Dan Dakich posted on X.
“HOLY SMOKES,” conservative journalist Eric Daughterty posted on X. “Sen. Markwayne Mullin just PUMMELED Bernie Sanders to his FACE.”
Senate clashes involving Sanders and Mullin have been increasingly common in recent years, including a viral moment in 2023 when Mullin and Teamsters President Sean O’Brien almost came to blows during an exchange Sanders was in the middle of.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, arrives for a confirmation hearing in Washington, D.C., July 16, 2025.(Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
In December, the two clashed on the Senate floor, also over Obamacare, in an exchange that Mullin posted on X in which he referred to Sanders as “The Grinch” and said the Vermont senator “blocked our bipartisan bill, the Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act, to give kids fighting cancer more treatment options.”
Fox News Digital reached out to the offices of Mullin and Sanders for comment.
Andrew Mark Miller is a reporter at Fox News. Find him on Twitter @andymarkmiller and email tips to AndrewMark.Miller@Fox.com.