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From Capitol Hill, where there were screaming matches and alleged kidney shots, it’s been quite a day.
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Although it sounds like a scene from a movie, this is just the latest in Congress’ long history of behaving like a sporadic fight club.
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Contrary to “Fight Club’s” first two rules, everyone in Congress is being very vocal about it.
What started as an uneventful day on Capitol Hill quickly turned into a chaotic version of “Fight Club.”
On Tuesday morning, an NPR reporter documented an interaction involving former Republican Reps. Kevin McCarthy and Tim Burchett.
“Have NEVER seen this on Capitol Hill,” Claudia Grisales wrote on X.
Grisales described an incident where McCarthy “shoved” Burchett, who then pursued him while chastising his actions.
Burchett later told a separate reporter he could “still feel” the kidney shot he received from McCarthy.
McCarthy denied the occurrence, asserting his physical prowess in the process.
“If I hit somebody, they would know it,” he stated. “If I kidney punched someone, they would be on the ground.”
Rep. Matt Gaetz, not a witness to the altercation, announced intentions to file a complaint against McCarthy with the House Ethics Committee, declaring, “The rot starts at the top.”
Burchett and Gaetz were both involved in the decision to surprisingly oust McCarthy from his role as speaker of the House in early October.
Elsewhere, Rep. James Comer engaged in a screaming match with Democratic Rep. Jared Moskowitz, while Sen. Bernie Sanders intervened in a potential altercation between two senators in a committee hearing.
However, unlike the original “Fight Club’s” first two rules, Capitol’s tumultuous history has been extensively documented, with examples from the 19th and 20th century demonstrating the prolonged culture of conflict.
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