“Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) on Tuesday accused former Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) of elbowing him as he passed in a Capitol hallway and chased after the former House leader,” The Hill reports.
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Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) stood up and tried to fight Teamsters leader Sean O’Brien at a Senate hearing after reading his tweet where O’Brien says he’d take him “any time, any place.”
Politico: “The two argued for about five minutes as Chair Bernie Sanders (I-VT) urged them to focus on the economic issues of the hearing.”
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Hours after alleged altercation, Tim Burchett says he’s still “in a little bit of pain. It was just a clean shot to the kidneys”
McCarthy, denying episode, said Burchett should then call a “trial lawyer” and said TB would know if it were intentional.
Burchett: “What is he 12?”