Reading about the Bobo-Empty G Congressional Cage Match & it's got me thinking of other wild shenanigans that've happened on the floor of the US Congress over the years.
Like in 1798, when CT Rep. Roger Griswold threw hands at VT Rep. Matthew Lyon over their clashing anti/federalist views. https://connecticuthistory.org/roger-griswold-starts-a-brawl-in-congress-today-in-history/
Griswold whacked Lyon with his cane; Lyon promptly grabbed a pair of fireplace tongs and whacked back. Somewhere in there Lyon launched a spitwad of tobacco at Griswold. Good times, man, good times.
Then there was the time pro-slavery SC Rep. Preston Brooks marched onto the Senate floor to wail on anti-slavery MS Sen. Charles "Slavery's a Harlot" Sumner with his cane, beating him into unconsciousness. Brooks was eventually censured & left Congress, but not before countless Southerners showed him their support by sending him more canes. Sumner recovered & served another 18 years in Congress. https://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/The_Caning_of_Senator_Charles_Sumner.htm
Not long afterwards, an argument that started with insults & harsh words thrown by Reps. Galusha Grow & Lawrence Branch turned into a flat-out rumble on the chamber floor, with a number of representatives joining in with fervor. https://books.google.com/books
Dangit, doesn't seem I've figured out how to make links work consistently yet.
If the link has any ?something=thing&somethingelse=otherthing part to it, and you need that part for the link to work, you may need to add /nosanitize to the post. That info geta stripped out otherwise because it often contains tracking information.
@misterfive Oh right on, thank you. Where do I add the nosanitize bit? In the link somewhere, or in the post?
In the post. Best on its own line. I think most people put it right after the link.
(I may have the wrong.slash, I haven't used it in a while, but flip it if tht one doesn't work)