Watch: GOP lawmaker rails at 'bully' Kevin McCarthy after alleged shoving incident
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) is still upset after he was allegedly shoved in the halls of the Capitol building by former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA).
In an interview with CNN's Manu Raju, Burchett recounted the incident, which was first reported by NPR congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales, in which McCarthy walked by him and allegedly gave him a sharp elbow.
Burchett then denounced the former speaker in more personal terms.
"As I have stated many times, he is a bully with $17 million and a security detail," he said. "He is the type of guy that, when you are a kid, he would throw the rock over the fence and run home to hide behind his mama's skirt. He hit from behind, and that kind of stuff. That is not the way we handle things in East Tennessee."
McCarthy has denied elbowing Burchett, who was one of eight Republican lawmakers to vote to oust him as speaker earlier this year.
However, Burchett told Raju that he is not buying McCarthy's denial for a minute.
"Of course, as he always does, he just denies it or blames somebody else or something," said Burchett, who claimed that he was still feeling some pain in his kidneys thanks to his encounter with McCarthy.
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