Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) had a confrontation with an anti-Israel protester on Capitol Hill that turned physical Thursday, with the congressman standing his ground against the aggressor.
The unidentified protester — who was later questioned by Capitol Police — got in Burchett’s face outside the Longworth House Office Building in Washington, DC, to give him a piece of his mind about his stance on Israel.
As the demonstrator prattled on, he bumped the congressman with his body, which Burchett responded to with a hearty shove.
“Everyone has a right to their opinion, and they can say all of the filthy stuff they want. But they don’t have the right to bump the congressman,” Burchett spokesperson Will Garrett told The Post in a statement.
The protester was released without charges.
Burchett, 61, a staunch ally of Israel, introduced a House resolution in June rejecting the United Nations’ decision to put the Israeli Defense Force on a list of children’s rights abusers, calling it a “stunt” and a “total joke.”
The Volunteer State rep. has not shied away from dishing it out to hecklers in the past.
In March, he delivered a savage retort to a lefty agitator who approached him on the Hill to harangue him about the Signal chat leak scandal.
“Do you trust Trump’s national security team to keep our war plans top secret?” the unidentified troll asks in a viral video the Congressman posted on X.
Burchett fired back, “Do you trust your mother every night to fix your Hot Pockets and make sure your Game Boy is turned on?”
He encountered the same troll earlier that same week, who asked him if he trusted the Trump administration to keep US war plans under wraps.
“I do — but I do not trust your wardrobe adviser,” Burchett countered.
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