{"id":2098495,"date":"2023-11-14T13:24:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-14T18:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-allegedly-shoves-fellow-republican-in-front-of-npr-reporter\/"},"modified":"2023-11-14T13:27:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-14T18:27:08","slug":"mccarthy-allegedly-shoves-fellow-republican-in-front-of-npr-reporter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-allegedly-shoves-fellow-republican-in-front-of-npr-reporter\/","title":{"rendered":"McCarthy Allegedly Shoves Fellow Republican in Front of NPR Reporter"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmccarthy-allegedly-shoves-fellow-republican-in-front-of-npr-reporter%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2098495&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Did former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy assault a member\u2063 of\u200c the House Republican caucus?<\/h2>\n<p>National Public Radio congressional correspondent \u200cClaudia Grisales indicated\u200d that she witnessed McCarthy forcefully elbow Tennessee\u2063 Rep.\u2062 Tim Burchett on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Grisales described a bizarre and unprofessional altercation after a meeting of the GOP\u2019s House caucus, in which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kevin-mccarthy-tells-cnn-2-colleagues-no-longer-congress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McCarthy<\/a> allegedly\u200d executed a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candace-owens-rips-lil-nas-xs-satan-shoes-nobody-has-the-courage-to-tell-black-america-the-truth\/\" title=\"Candace Owens Rips Lil Nas X\u2019s \u2018Satan Shoes\u2019: \u2018Nobody Has The Courage To Tell Black America The Truth\u2019\">cheap shot<\/a> on Burchett\u2063 as he was\u200d facing \u200baway from him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Have NEVER seen this on Capitol Hill:<\/p>\n<p>While talking to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepTimBurchett?\">@RepTimBurchett<\/a> \u200b after the GOP conference meeting, former <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SpeakerMcCarthy?\">@SpeakerMcCarthy<\/a> walked by with his detail and \u200bMcCarthy shoved Burchett. Burchett lunged towards me. I thought it was a joke, it was not. And a\u2064 chase ensued\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Claudia Grisales (@cgrisales) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cgrisales\/status\/1724452392811286565?\">November 14, \u200d2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Burchett was one of the eight Republicans who successfully voted to vacate McCarthy from the speaker\u2019s office last month, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/2023\/10\/04\/republicans-voted-against-mccarthy-oust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Washington Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Burchett pursued McCarthy after the alleged cheap shot \u2014\u200b verbally\u2064 challenging the former Republican leader, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald Trump\">social media posts<\/a> by Grisales.<\/p>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-container\" class=\"one-half\">\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-question\">Do you think that McCarthy \u200dshoved\u2063 Burchett?<\/div>\n<div id=\"pollFormBox\" style=\"display: none\">\n<p>\t\t<label>Yes<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<label>No<\/label><br \/>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">\n<p>\t\tCompleting \u2062this poll entitles you to The\u2063 Western Journal news\u2064 updates\u2063 free of charge via email. You\u200b may opt out at anytime. You \u200dalso agree to our\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results\" style=\"display: none\">\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-yes\" style=\"width: 70%\">\n<p>\t\t\tYes: 70%\u200b (142 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"firefly-poll-results-no\" style=\"width: 30%\">\n<p>\t\t\tNo: 30% (62 Votes)\n\t\t<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\t\tfunction ffp_getCookie(cname) {<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar \u2064name=cname + &#8220;=&#8221;;<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar\u2064 decodedCookie=decodeURIComponent(document.cookie);<br \/>\n\t\t\tvar ca=decodedCookie.split(&#8216;;&#8217;);<br \/>\n\t\t\tfor(var i=0;\u2063 i <ca.length i var c=\"ca[i];\" while if return c.substring c.length function ffp_setcookie cvalue exdays d=\"new\" date d.settime expires=\"expires=\" d.toutcstring document.cookie=\"cname\" window.ff_poll_voted=\"false;\" voted_cookie_name=\"firefly_voted_3526277\" ff_poll_submit event event.preventdefault fireflypoll=\"jQuery(\" fireflypollcontainer=\"jQuery('#firefly-poll-container');\" pollformbox=\"jQuery('#pollFormBox');\" ffp_getcookie fireflypollcontainer.addclass to assign url here as it was defined only in firefly. firefly_ajax_url=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-admin\/admin-ajax.php\" posting=\"jQuery.post(\" jquery event.target the datalayer window.datalayer=\"window.dataLayer\" window.datalayer.push poll vote posting.done response response.success yes_el=\"document.getElementById(\" no_el=\"document.getElementById(\" yes_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.yes\" yes_el.innerhtml=\"Yes: \" response.data.percents.yes response.data.votes.yes votes no_el.style.width=\"response.data.percents.no\" no_el.innerhtml=\"No: \" response.data.percents.no response.data.votes.no fireflypoll.remove pollformbox.hide document.getelementbyid fireflypollcontainer.removeclass else emailfield=\"document.querySelector(\" input emailfield.required=\"false;\" emailfield.style.display=\"none\" border: solid padding: margin-left: margin-right: margin-bottom: width: float: left background: border-radius: margin-top: padding-top: padding-bottom: padding-left: background-color: border-color: cursor: pointer lightgrey white-space: nowrap .firefly-poll-question font-weight: bold font-size: .firefly-poll-disclaimer max-width:><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy\u2019d you elbow \u2064me in the back, Kevin?!\u201d Burchett\u200d was reported as saying in an X post by Grisales.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/bitter-kevin-mccarthy-goes-off-republicans-gave-boot\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kevin<\/a>, you got any guts!?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Burchett\u2019s back was\u2064 to McCarthy \u2063and \u200dhis detail walking\u200b by in the hallway, then\u200c the lunge.<\/p>\n<p>Burchett responded jokingly as McCarthy kept walking, \u201cSorry Kevin didn\u2019t mean to elbow \u2013\u201d then seriously yelled, \u201cwhy\u2019d \u200cyou elbow me in the back Kevin?! Hey \u2062Kevin, \u2064you got any guts!?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Claudia Grisales (@cgrisales) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cgrisales\/status\/1724453535184551958?\">November 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>McCarthy reportedly \u2064went on to deny\u2063 that he had shoved Burchett later in the confrontation.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepTimBurchett?\">@RepTimBurchett<\/a> yelled after catching up \u2062to McCarthy, \u201cHey Kevin, why\u2019d you walk behind me and elbow me in the back?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>KM: \u201cI didn\u2019t elbow you in the back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burchett: \u201cYou\u2062 got no guts, you did so, \u2026the reporter said it right there, what kind of \u2063chicken move is that\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Claudia Grisales (@cgrisales) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cgrisales\/status\/1724455222095782116?\">November 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The sequence of events then led <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/newt-gingrich-calls-8-republicans-traitors-driven-public-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Burchett<\/a> to allegedly brand\u2062 McCarthy a \u201cpathetic man,\u201d according to Grisales.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Burchett con\u2019t: \u201cYou got no guts, you did so, \u2026the reporter said it right there, what kind of chicken \u200bmove\u2064 is that? You\u2019re pathetic man, you are so pathetic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Burchett starts to walk away from McCarthy, \u200ctells me, \u201cWhat a jerk,\u201d and then yells back, \u201cYou need security Kevin!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Claudia\u200b Grisales (@cgrisales) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cgrisales\/status\/1724456110663270569?\">November 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The row was the Tennessee representative\u2019s first interaction with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mccarthy-airs-grievances-matt-gaetz-alleged-shouting-match-gop-rep\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McCarthy<\/a> after his termination as speaker, according to the Burchett.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Burchett reiterates he hasn\u2019t talked to McCarthy since he voted against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, no that was it.\u2063 That\u2019s it. He\u2019s got $17 million to work against me. And he\u2019s just a \u2014 he should have kept his word. I think that\u200c just showed what \u200che\u2019s\u200b about and \u200dit\u2019s unfortunate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 Claudia Grisales (@cgrisales) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cgrisales\/status\/1724458478473752893?\">November 14, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/kevin-mccarthy-adds-fuel-fiery-feud-crazy-8-led-gaetz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">McCarthy\u2019s<\/a> 269-day tenure as Speaker \u200dwas the shortest in 140 years, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/edition.cnn.com\/2023\/10\/03\/politics\/house-speaker-shortest-kevin-mccarthy-dg\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u2063Californian has the distinction of being the first Speaker of the House\u200c to be\u200d removed\u200b from office in American history, \u2064according to <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2023\/10\/03\/mccarthy-becomes-first-speaker-in-history-ousted\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Roll Call<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div class=\"author_subscription_pitch\">.author_subscription_pitch p{margin:5px;}<\/p>\n<p><em><b>A Note\u2063 from Our Founder:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Silicon Valley and the \u200cBig Tech\u200d tyrants have done everything they can to \u200dput The Western Journal out of business. 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Brown<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Founder of The Western Journal<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mccarthy-allegedly-shoves-fellow-republican-front-npr-reporter\/\">McCarthy Allegedly\u200c Shoves Fellow Republican in Front of NPR \u2062Reporter<\/a> appeared \u200bfirst on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> How does Tim Burchett&#8217;s vote\u200b to remove Kevin McCarthy from the speaker&#8217;s office add\u2063 to the context of the alleged\u2063 assault?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: Allegations of Physical Assault: Did Former Speaker of the \u200dHouse Kevin McCarthy Assault a Member of the House Republican Caucus?<\/p>\n<p>Introduction<\/p>\n<p>Recent reports suggest \u2063that former \u2063Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy may have assaulted a member of the House Republican caucus during a\u200c heated\u2062 altercation.\u200c National Public Radio congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales claims to have witnessed McCarthy forcefully elbow Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett following \u2064a \u2064meeting of the\u2062 GOP&#8217;s House caucus. This article delves\u2062 into the details\u2063 surrounding the alleged incident and the background between McCarthy and Burchett, shedding light on the contentious atmosphere\u2062 within the Republican party.<\/p>\n<p>The Incident and Witness Account<\/p>\n<p>According to Claudia \u2063Grisales, she\u2063 observed a bizarre and unprofessional altercation between McCarthy and Burchett after the GOP conference meeting. Grisales states that \u200dMcCarthy walked past Burchett and intentionally shoved \u2064him,\u200c leading to a confrontation between the two. Grisales initially thought it was a joke but quickly realized the seriousness \u2062of the situation as a chase\u200d ensued.<\/p>\n<p>Background: McCarthy&#8217;s Speaker Removal and Burchett&#8217;s Response<\/p>\n<p>It is essential to note that Tim Burchett was among \u2062the eight Republicans who voted to remove Kevin McCarthy from the speaker&#8217;s office\u2064 recently,\u2064 as reported by The Washington Post. This political context adds intrigue to the alleged assault, implying a potential motive or underlying tension \u200dbetween the two individuals.<\/p>\n<p>Following the\u200d incident, Burchett reportedly pursued McCarthy, verbally challenging him about the assault. This\u2064 information is derived from social \u200cmedia\u2064 posts made by Claudia \u2063Grisales, providing some insight into Burchett&#8217;s response to the alleged hit.<\/p>\n<p>Public Opinion: Polling Results<\/p>\n<p>To gauge public sentiment regarding these allegations, \u200dan online poll has been conducted. At the time of writing, it appears that 70% of respondents believe that McCarthy shoved\u2062 Burchett, while 30%\u2062 believe otherwise. It is worth \u200bnoting \u2063that completing the poll entitles readers to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/mccarthy-allegedly-shoves-fellow-republican-in-front-of-npr-reporter\/\" title=\"McCarthy Allegedly Shoves Fellow Republican in Front of NPR Reporter\">receive free news updates<\/a> from The Western Journal via email. Readers are also given the \u2063option to opt out and are encouraged to review the website&#8217;s Privacy Policy \u2064and \u200bTerms of Use.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion<\/p>\n<p>The alleged assault of Tim\u2063 Burchett by Kevin McCarthy\u200c has created a \u2062stir within \u2063the House Republican caucus. While the \u2064incident\u200b has been witnessed and reported\u2064 by Claudia \u2063Grisales, the full extent of the altercation\u200d and its implications remain to be seen. As \u2063the Republican\u200c party continues to grapple with internal conflicts, this incident adds another layer\u2062 of complexity to an already <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/republican-debate-tim-scotts-girlfriend-revealed-on-miami-stage\/\" title=\"Republican debate: Tim Scott's girlfriend revealed on Miami stage\">tense political landscape<\/a>. Further investigation and actions may be needed to address these \u2063allegations and ensure the integrity of the party\u200c and its members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy assault a member of the House Republican caucus? National Public Radio congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales indicated that she witnessed McCarthy forcefully elbow Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett on Tuesday. 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