McCarthy elbows fellow GOP member -- GOP rifts boil over in exchange between Reps. McCarthy and Burchett

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McCarthy elbows fellow GOP member -- GOP rifts boil over in exchange between Reps. McCarthy and Burchett

Tensions among House Republicans boiled over in a physical altercation between former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and Rep. Tim Burchett, one of the members who voted to oust McCarthy from the job.

https://www.npr.org/2023/11/14/1212912482/mccarthy-burchett-elbow-house-republicansOpen link View original on kbin.social

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bus_go_fast

lemmy.world

InternetCitizen2 reply

lemmy.world

They will be blamed.

ivanafterall reply

kbin.social

Had Sen. Fetterman and his baggy clothing not been blocking the hallways, the tragic collision between Reps. Burchett and McCarthy never would have transpired.

CynicRaven reply

lemmy.world

Honestly surprised the article phrased it that it was problems within the Republican membership and not just the entire house of representatives.

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kbin.social

Capitol Hill was full of slap-happy republicans Tuesday.

https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/markwayne-mullin-fight-teamsters-president-sean-obrien-senate-hearing/