Every class has its clown, and in the House GOP no one has earned that reputation quite like Rep. Tim Burchett
Then Rep.-elect Tim Burchett reacts after drawing his number during the Member-elect room lottery draw on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 30, 2018. | Susan Walsh/AP Photo.
Newly-elected Rep. Tim Burchett, a Tennessee Republican, left, and Rep. Steve Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat, exchange a fist bump from opposite sides of the aisle on the first day of the 116th Congress on Jan. 3, 2019. | J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo “He has the ability to take a serious situation, lighten the room, but also make his point,” McCarthy said.media, colleagues and staff to a holiday party set to last 15 minutes, and said there would “possibly” be refreshments. The party, which did in fact last 15 minutes, featured a PB&J sandwich stand, a “charcuterie” board that was just Burchett spraying cheese whiz on Ritz crackers, and Christmas music courtesy of Texas GOP Reps. Louie Gohmert and Brian Babin strumming guitars.
Burchett went to a microphone and bashed their weekly conference meetings as a waste of time where they never learn anything. And he told Rep. Elise Stefanik , who was managing whose turn it was to speak, that if he wanted to be disrespected by a woman, he’d go home to his wife and daughter. Some appreciated the humor, while others felt that directing the comment at the top woman in Republican leadership took the joke too far.
At times, Burchett’s jokes feel absolutely random. Last year, he waltzed up to Rep. Madeleine Dean , a first-term lawmaker who was wearing a purple ribbon to raise awareness about the opioid epidemic at the time, and told her purple was his favorite color. He said he grew up sleeping in purple sheets, but then when he was 12 his mom tried to throw them away after a baby gerbil ate holes in them.
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