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If you thought the chaotic House GOP clown show was over, think again! House Republicans took a quick break from pushing their extreme MAGA agenda to resort to clown-on-clown violence as a government funding deadline nears and hardworking Americans look to their elected officials for, you know, basic governance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat on Earth is going on in the House of Commons?\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Claudia Grisales, NPR<\/a>: \u201cHave NEVER seen this on Capitol Hill: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While talking to @RepTimBurchett after the GOP conference meeting, former @SpeakerMcCarthy walked by with his detail and McCarthy shoved Burchett. Burchett lunged towards me. I thought it was a joke, it was not. And a chase ensued\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Politico<\/a>: \u201c’Clean shot to the kidney’: McCarthy accused of elbowing conservative who voted to boot him\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Hill<\/a>: \u201cBurchett accuses McCarthy of elbowing him in Capitol hallway\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Axios<\/a>: \u201cHouse Republican accuses \u2018bully\u2019 McCarthy of elbowing him in back\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fox News<\/a>: \u201cMcCarthy accused of shoving Republican who helped oust him: ‘Cheap shot from behind’\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daily Beast<\/a>: \u2018\u201cYou\u2019re Pathetic\u2019: Enraged McCarthy Reportedly Shoves GOP Colleague\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aaron Rupar<\/a>: \u201cRep. Tim Burchett claims on CNN that Kevin McCarthy hit him from behind with \u2018a clean shot to the kidneys\u2019 and calls him \u2018a bully\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Aaron Rupar<\/a>: \u201cBurchett says he’s still in pain from McCarthy hitting him and adds: \u2018I just don’t expect a guy who was at one time three steps away from the White House to hit you with a sucker punch in the hallway.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Melanie Zanona, CNN<\/a>: \u201cMcCarthy told me \u2018I didn\u2019t shove or elbow him, it’s a tight hallway.\u2019 Burchett says there \u2018was plenty of room\u2019 and doesn’t think it’s a coincidence that he was one of the 8 who voted to oust McCarthy.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Burchett<\/a>: \u201cHe\u2019s twelve.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Avlon, CNN<\/a>: \u201cIt\u2019s so pathetic and petty and ridiculous. People sometimes compare Congress to high school, this isn\u2019t high school. It\u2019s junior high. There are elementary school students who are better behaved than this.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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