TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Nov 14, 2023

U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett is claiming that former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy elbowed him in the back with a “sucker punch” in a hallway on Capitol Hill as lawmakers approach another deadline to keep the government funded, Knox News reports. "You don't expect a guy who was, at one time, three steps away from the White House to hit you with a sucker punch," Burchett told Knox News. McCarthy denies the incident took place. The altercation happened while Burchett was speaking with NPR reporter Claudia Grisales. Grisales said on X, formerly known as Twitter, "I thought it was a joke, it was not." Burchett was one of the "Gaetz Eight" who successfully voted to oust McCarthy from the speakership last month.