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Guys, you need to elect me to office.

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You need to elect me to office because there's
certain

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things I will not do.

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Like I will not, I will not do this.

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That incident uh and uh the ensuing
interaction between the

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two members of Congress.

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Uh she writes, I've never seen this on Capitol
before.

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This was 10 41 a.m.

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yesterday.

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While talking to Tim Burchett after the GOP
conference meeting,

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former Speaker McCarthy walked by with his
security detail, and

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McCarthy shoved Burchett.

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Burchett lunged towards me.

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I thought it was a joke, it was not, and

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a chase ensued.

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Burchett's back was to McCarthy, and his
detail was walking

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by in the hallway, and then the lunge.

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Burchett responded jokingly as McCarthy kept
walking.

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Sorry, Kevin, didn't mean to elbow.

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And then seriously, he yelled, Why'd you elbow
me in

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the back, Kevin?

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Hey, Kevin, do you have any guts?

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Burchett then looked back at me, the reporter,
and said,

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jerk, referring to McCarthy.

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I asked if he had done that before Burchett
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no.

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And that's when the chase ensued.

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Burchett took off after McCarthy and his
detail.

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I chased behind with my microphone.

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Tim Burchett yelled after catching up to
McCarthy, Hey Kevin,

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why'd you walk behind me and elbow me in the

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back?

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Kevin McCarthy saying, I didn't elbow you in
the back.

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Burchett, you got no guts.

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You did so.

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The reporter said it right there.

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What kind of chicken move is that?

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Uh Burchett uh continued, You've got no guts.

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You did so.

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The reporter said it right there.

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What kind of chicken move is that?

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You're pathetic, man.

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You are so pathetic.

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Burchett starts to walk away from McCarthy and
tells me,

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What a jerk, and then yells back, You need
security,

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Kevin.

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Burchett tells me that it's the first point of
communication

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with McCarthy since Burchett voted for
McCarthy's ouster as speaker

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back in October.

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That's just it for communication since the
ouster vote.

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He's just a jerk.

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He's just a childish little blank blank blank.

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Burchett adds, Did you just see that uh saying
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disbelief, uh, he won't follow up with
McCarthy on what

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happened.

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He's on a downhill spiral.

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He just that was pretty gutless of him, and
I'm

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disappointed in him.

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And that was uh how it played out on social

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media.

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Claudia Grosales of NPR with her series of
tweets.

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Uh by These are supposed to be adults.

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These are supposed to be adults paid for by
our

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taxpayer dollars.

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So I'm just gonna plug myself real quick
because I

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think uh I think we need better leadership in
power.