Gop rep. Tim Burchett came in a physical fight with a demonstrator who encouraged him on Capitol Hill.
A demonstrator reported to bumps Burchett and responded the legislator by pushing him back.
Capitol Police interviewed the demonstrator but did not make any arrests
Politics reported:
Rep. Tim Burchett and a demonstrator came on Thursday in a physical exchange of words outside the Longworth House Office building that ended with the Tennessee Republican who pushed the man vigorously.
The scrap took place shortly after the last house voices of the week. The demonstrant accused Burchett about his position on the Israel-Hamas war and then bumped the legislator, said the Burchett office, allowing him to respond with the slider.
Capitol police officers interviewed the demonstrator after the incident. The Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
“Everyone has the right to their opinion and they can say all the filthy things they want. But they don’t have the right to bump the congress,” said Will Garrett, a spokesperson for Burchett, in a statement.
Burchett then said that the man ‘had bad breath’.
Burchett still recovers from a broken rib after a horse kicked him in the chest.
“Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) went to the hospital on Sunday with a broken rib after a horse kicked him in the chest, according to his office,” Washington’s examiner reported At the end of July.
“While he was working on his farm this weekend, Congressman Burchett was accidentally kicked by a horse. He suffered a broken rib and bruises, but did not miss a beat,” said Will Garrett, a spokesperson for Burchett, according to the researcher.
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