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Raw Story reports:
NPR congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales reports that McCarthy gave Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) a “shove” as he walked past him in the Capitol, which led to Burchett trying to confront McCarthy. “Why’d you elbow me in the back Kevin?!” said Burchett, as reported by Grisales. “Hey Kevin, you got any guts!?” As McCarthy walked away, Burchett referred to him as a “jerk” and told Grisales that he had never seen the California Republican do anything remotely like that before.
Read the full article. At this writing, Burchett is live on CNN complaining that McCarthy gave him a “clean shot to the kidneys.” Burchett says it’s “not worth it” to file an ethics complaint or assault charge against McCarthy, who is saying the incident was accidental. Give the tweets below a minute to load for the literal blow-by-blow.
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
Burchett’s back was to McCarthy and his detail walking by in the hallway, then the lunge.
Burchett responded jokingly as McCarthy kept walking, “Sorry Kevin didn’t mean to elbow –” then seriously yelled, “why’d you elbow me in the back Kevin?! Hey Kevin, you got any guts!?”
— Claudia Grisales (@cgrisales) November 14, 2023
Burchett then looked back at me and said, “jerk” referring to McCarthy. I asked if he had done that before, Burchett said “no.”
That’s when the chase ensued. Burchett took off after McCarthy and his detail. I chased behind with my mic.
— Claudia Grisales (@cgrisales) November 14, 2023
@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 con’t: “You got no guts, you did so, …the reporter said it right there, what kind of chicken move is that? You’re pathetic man, you are so pathetic.”
Burchett starts to walk away from McCarthy, tells me, “What a jerk,” and then yells back, “You need security Kevin!”
— Claudia Grisales (@cgrisales) November 14, 2023
Burchett tells me that’s the first point of “communication” with McCarthy since Burchett voted for McCarthy’s ouster as speaker last month:
“That’s just it” for communication since ouster vote, “He’s just a jerk. He’s just a childish little…”
— Claudia Grisales (@cgrisales) November 14, 2023
Burchett adds, “did you just see that?” he asks in disbelief. I’m stunned, too.
Says he won’t follow up with McCarthy on what happened, “he’s on a downhill spiral… he just, that was pretty gutless of him. I’m disappointed in his, in him.”
— 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
Rep. Burchett says Kevin McCarthy elbowed him in the kidney in a hallway.
CNN's Manu Raju says Buchett detailed, "A physical altercation in the halls of the capitol from the former speaker of the house hitting him in some pain, and saying that he hit him in the kidney." pic.twitter.com/xiCvhJY09p
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) November 14, 2023
News — Rep. Tim Burchett accuses Kevin McCarthy of a "sucker punch" to the kidneys and describes heated scene as he chased the former speaker down the hallway.
Said he's the type of the guy who as a kid would "hide behind his mama's skirt."
McCarthy denies it was intentional pic.twitter.com/fBvOUxMb5z— Manu Raju (@mkraju) November 14, 2023