The Burchett-McCarthy Feud Gets Even Weirder
Rep. Tim Burchett claims he’s forgiven Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) for allegedly shoving him on Tuesday—but the Tennessee Republican’s appearance on Newsmax the very next day suggests their beef is only getting more bizarre.
Burchett, one of eight Republicans who voted to oust McCarthy as speaker of the House, accused McCarthy of delivering a “clean shot to the kidneys” when the pair passed one another in a hallway on Tuesday, an incident witnessed by National Public Radio reporter Claudia Grisales.
McCarthy denied shoving Burchett, a response that prompted Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) to tell CNN that “Kevin McCarthy and lying are like peanut butter and jelly.”