“I would drop him like a bag of dirt”, Burchett said of fellow Republican Mike Rodgers during Kevin McCarthy’s bid to become speaker on the 14th ballot.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R) Tennessee said he knows this because it’s obvious to him based on what he has seen: “I’ve been in this game my whole life. I’ve spent 16 years in the state legislature in TN and 8 years as county Mayor, and now I’m in my 5th year in Congress. The stakes are higher (in Congress) but the game is still the same.”
Burchett asserted that the reason why many Republicans don’t always vote for conservative bills is not because of ideology or principles, but because they are compromised:
“You know the old honeypot. The Russians do that and I’m sure Members of Congress have been caught up. Why in the world would good conservatives vote for crazy stuff like what we’ve been seeing? 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 and they’re laughing at your jokes, and you’re buying them a drink …
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“Next thing you know you’re in the motel room with them naked, and next thing you know you’re about to make a key vote, and what happens? Some well-dressed person comes up, whispers in your ear, ‘Hey man, there’s tapes out on you. Were you in a motel room on whatever with whoever? And you’re like, ‘Uh, oh.’ And they say, ‘You really ought not to be voting for this thing. And what do they do? It’s human nature.”
But wait, there’s more:
“No man or no woman is an island, and they know what to get at. If it’s women, drugs, booze, it will find you in DC and in most elected offices. And that’s what people in power and influence do.”
