Tag Archives: Tim Burchett

“They’re criminals. They broke our laws. They need to suffer our punishment. Look, I don’t want Donald Trump teaching my daughter’s Sunday school class, but doggone I like him in the White House because he understands the rule of law, I feel like. If it’s a homegrown criminal, I have no problem. Now, we’re studying the laws right now. Pam …

“I hope America has some guts to follow through with this, I mean, I hope Congress does. In Congress, we’re about one flu season from being out of the majority but dadgum President Trump was elected overwhelmingly. And I think we need to honor and remember the wishes of this country. “The truth is, the DOGE stuff is written in …

“I haven’t been briefed on this, just from what I’m putting together, but we have some secret sonar. But what’s so crazy about it, like we’re hiding it from the Chinese. Well heck, Matt, the Chinese sold us the components for it. They know what’s in our sonar probably better than we do. “But when they tell me something’s moving …

“I think that the die has been cast pretty much. But as I stated I will make up my mind on Friday and I will talk to Mike, maybe President Trump even and to discuss some ideas and issues that I have. “But Mike’s been a good friend to me and there is nobody more honest that I have dealt …

The Bulwark reports: “With politicians, if you’ve used a congressional committee and you’ve lied and tried to set people up and falsely imprisoned people, then you should be held accountable,” Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.) told The Bulwark. “If they broke the law, then they should [be imprisoned],” said Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.). “Now we know that they’ve manipulated evidence, so—if …

The New York Post reports: A congressman is vowing to help unravel the mystery behind Peru’s so-called “alien mummies.” Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.), one of the foremost voices in Congress on unidentified aerial phenomena (UAPs), declared that he would help get to the bottom of those puzzling Peruvian objects and recruit top talent to do so. “I will gladly help …

The Tennessean reports: On the same day on Capitol Hill, U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett dismissed the qualifications of Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle and Vice President Kamala Harris, calling both women “DEI hires.” Burchett called Cheatle a “DEI horror story,” referring to diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives to expand opportunities for women and people of color in workplaces. He told …

“You know, it just everything you all mentioned about the rooftop. I’ve talked to a marine sniper today, SEAL sniper, former CIA operator, and they all said the same thing. How the hell did he get on top of that roof? If you look at the pictures, he didn’t go through the top of the roof. There had to be …

The Tennessee Lookout reports: Denton “Denny” Loudermill, the Kansas City-area man who was erroneously accused of being a shooter in the Chiefs rally mass shooting, has filed a defamation suit against U.S. Rep. Tim Burchett of Tennessee over his social media posts naming Loudermill. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Kansas, alleges Burchett shared photos of Loudermill on …

Kansas City’s NBC affiliate reports: Denton Loudermill is trying to clear his name after social media posts went viral that identified him as the shooter at the Chiefs Super Bowl rally. “My reaction was just like wow…they really don’t know who I am,” Loudermill said. “They got the wrong guy.” A spokesperson for the Kansas City Police Department said officers …

Newsweek reports: Representative Tim Burchett of Tennessee, a Republican, has come under fire after falsely claiming on social media that one of the shooters at the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration parade last week was “an illegal alien.” Burchett’s claim on X has been corrected on the social media platform, where readers have added context specifying the individual in …

“Why in the world would good conservatives vote for crazy stuff like what we’ve been seeing out of Congress? Here’s how it works. You’re visiting, you’re out of the country or out of town or you’re in a motel or at a bar in DC and, whatever you’re into – women, men, whatever — comes up and they’re very attractive …

The Daily Beast reports: In a letter addressed to Ethics Committee Chairman Rep. Michael Guest (R-MS), Rep. Matt Gaetz called for an “immediate and swift investigation” into the “assault” — something Burchett had declined to pursue. “This Congress has seen a substantial increase in breaches of decorum unlike anything we have seen since the pre-Civil War era,” Gatez wrote without …

Raw Story reports: NPR congressional correspondent Claudia Grisales reports that McCarthy gave Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) a “shove” as he walked past him in the Capitol, which led to Burchett trying to confront McCarthy. “Why’d you elbow me in the back Kevin?!” said Burchett, as reported by Grisales. “Hey Kevin, you got any guts!?” As McCarthy walked away, Burchett referred …

Roll Call reports: “I can show you where the people have made horrible accusations and things they were going to do to members of my family, and I couldn’t even get Capitol Hill police to respond to my phone calls about it,” Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., said Friday on CNN when discussing a voicemail left for another member’s wife. Rep. …

“It was just the fact that I publicly stated on your station, I think, this morning that I was praying about it and I had two paths to go, either go with my friend or go with my conscience, and I was praying that God would tell me what to do, which he does. “I pray for my wife, I …

“That would be something I would look strongly at ma’am. If we do away with our duty that we said we were going to do — they’re all talk about this promise that he made with Biden a year ago. “What about the promise that we made to the American public? That we were going to be responsible Americans? We …

“I have my doubts right now because I’m seeing—we need leadership, ma’am. We don’t need someone just to say we’ve got 218 votes or whatever that jumps on the train after it leaves the station. “Speaker Pelosi, I don’t agree with her ever, hardly on anything, but she was pretty successful. And the way she did it was she put …

Congress Minutes reports: An eclectic group of House lawmakers is asking Speaker Kevin McCarthy to establish a special committee with subpoena power to investigate “Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena” or UAPs, commonly known as UFOs. The bipartisan group includes Reps. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) and Jared Moskowitz (D-Fla.). “No governmental program, no matter how sensitive, can …

Fox News reports: Rep. Tim Burchett, R-Tenn., has introduced a proposal that would require biological women who identify as men to register with Selective Service in case the U.S. ever has another military draft. “If they want to be treated like men, then they need to do what other men do and register for the Selective Service and get called …