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“It was a clean shot to the kidneys.” —Rep. Tim Burchett on his Tuesday encounter with former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy

In October, Tennessee Rep. Tim Burchett was one of the eight Republicans who voted to “vacate” Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s speakership. It was a somewhat surprising move, given that Burchett is not a member of the attention-seeking far-right Freedom Caucus; he says the vote was a matter of principled belief in fiscal responsibility.

On Tuesday, McCarthy (allegedly) got his revenge while Burchett was speaking with NPR congressional reporter Claudia Grisales, who wrote on Twitter that McCarthy knocked Burchett toward her while passing them in a Capitol hallway. Here’s Burchett describing the incident to CNN’s Manu Raju:

Rep. Tim Burchett claims on CNN that Kevin McCarthy hit him from behind with "a........

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