NPR Reporter Observed Ex-Speaker Kevin McCarthy Physically Assault GOP Rep Who Voted Him Out

By New York Post. Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was accused Tuesday of elbowing one of the eight Republicans who voted to strip him of the gavel last month.

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) told CNN that McCarthy (R-Calif.) hit him with a “clean shot to the kidneys” as the former speaker walked past Burchett following a House Republican conference meeting.

NPR reporter Claudia Grisales, who was talking with Burchett at the time, tweeted that the impact almost knocked the 59-year-old Tennessean into her.

“Why’d you elbow me in the back, Kevin?” Burchett yelled after the former speaker, according to audio of the exchange. “Hey Kevin, you got any guts!? Jerk.”

Burchett then chased after the-58-year-old McCarthy, who denied he’d done anything untoward.

This is wild.

McCarthy resorting to pushing people in the halls.

What a weak, pathetic, husk of a man. https://t.co/ssx8OJFki1

— Matt Gaetz (@mattgaetz) November 14, 2023

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‘I Myself Have Been a Victim’: Gaetz Files Complaint Against McCarthy After ‘Sucker Punch’

By Raw Story. Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) on Tuesday filed an ethics complaint against Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) after he allegedly jabbed his elbow into another member of Congress.

Gaetz explained in a letter to the Ethics Committee that Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) accused McCarthy of elbowing him earlier on Tuesday. Punchbowl News first reported the letter.

“This assault was witnessed by numerous people, including Claudia Griseles of NPR, who was interviewing Rep. Burchett at the time,” Gaetz wrote. “Rep. Burchett has described the attack as a ‘sucker punch’ and ‘a clean shot to the kidney.'”

“Needless to say, this incident deserves immediate and swift investigation by the Ethics Committee,” he continued. “I myself have been a victim of outrageous conduct on the House floor as well, but nothing like an open and public assault on a Member, committed by another Member. The rot starts at the top.”

“I request the House Committee on Ethics to proceed immediately with an investigation into the facts of today’s incident, including interviewing, under oath, the alleged assailant and assailee, and any witnesses.”

NEW: Gaetz files an ethics complaint against McCarthy over Burchett shove pic.twitter.com/s6U8cHsTPX

— Mica Soellner (@MicaSoellnerDC) November 14, 2023