Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday afternoon denied he sucker-punched Rep. Burchett.
GOP Rep. Tim Burchett (TN) on Tuesday claimed McCarthy shoved and sucker-punched him.
Recall, that Burchett was one of the GOP lawmakers who voted McCarthy out.
“Well, I was doing an interview with Claudia from NPR….and I got elbowed in the back and it kind of caught me off-guard because it was a clean shot to the kidneys and I turned back and there was Kevin…and I chased after him of course,” Burchett told CNN’s Manu Raju.
Burchett continued, “He’s a bully with a $17 million security detail.”
Rep. Burchett said he is still in pain from the sucker-punch to the kidneys.
“I just don’t expect a guy who was at one time three steps away from the White House to hit you with a sucker punch in the hallway,” Burchett said comparing McCarthy to a kid who would throw a rock and then go “hide behind his mama’s skirt.”
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Rep. Tim Burchett claims on CNN that Kevin McCarthy hit him from behind with “a clean shot to the kidneys” and calls him “a bully” pic.twitter.com/CCLQvNuWHw
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) November 14, 2023
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