Posted on Nov 15, 2023
GOP rifts boil over in exchange between Reps. McCarthy and Burchett
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In a sign of how deeply divided the House Republican conference remains after weeks of infighting, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and one of the Republicans who voted to oust him had an altercation in the Capitol Tuesday.
McCarthy shoved past Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., as he was speaking with NPR's Claudia Grisales in a hallway. Burchett stumbled forward and yelled after McCarthy, "Why'd you elbow me in the back, Kevin?! Hey Kevin, you got any guts?!"
Burchett then called McCarthy a "jerk" and chased him down the hallway. When he caught up to him, he said, "What kind of chicken move is that? You're pathetic, man. You are so pathetic."
In a sign of how deeply divided the House Republican conference remains after weeks of infighting, former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and one of the Republicans who voted to oust him had an altercation in the Capitol Tuesday.
McCarthy shoved past Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., as he was speaking with NPR's Claudia Grisales in a hallway. Burchett stumbled forward and yelled after McCarthy, "Why'd you elbow me in the back, Kevin?! Hey Kevin, you got any guts?!"
Burchett then called McCarthy a "jerk" and chased him down the hallway. When he caught up to him, he said, "What kind of chicken move is that? You're pathetic, man. You are so pathetic."
GOP rifts boil over in exchange between Reps. McCarthy and Burchett
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Could you imagine if any women in any elected office assaulted each other? Or threatened each other? It would be nothing but coverage of how "unstable" they are or the number of things women get accused of. But men are angry and violent...no such descriptions.
Anger is an emotion too people.
Anger is an emotion too people.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SFC (Join to see) We'd Never Hear the End of It on Faux News If i Had been Democrat Women.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
...""Those are, you know, childish acts really, when you resort to going on social media and crossing red lines for a lot of members involving their families," Womack said.
Womack said this isn't the olden days when members of Congress could have heated fights during the day, followed by joint dinners that night.
"You know, I long for those days. That's the way it was designed, and that's the way it ought to function," he said. "But sadly, today there are too many personalities involved, and that's regretful. It gets in the way of us getting our work done."
...""Those are, you know, childish acts really, when you resort to going on social media and crossing red lines for a lot of members involving their families," Womack said.
Womack said this isn't the olden days when members of Congress could have heated fights during the day, followed by joint dinners that night.
"You know, I long for those days. That's the way it was designed, and that's the way it ought to function," he said. "But sadly, today there are too many personalities involved, and that's regretful. It gets in the way of us getting our work done."
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