Burchett described the incident as “unusual.”
“I am positive he regretted it proper after he did it,” Burchett stated. “And I’ve moved on. I’ve no revenge in direction of him.”
A McCarthy spokesman didn’t instantly reply to Politico’s request for remark.
The hallway brawl exposes tensions which were rising within the get together since Burchett and 7 different Home Republicans voted to oust McCarthy as Home speaker final month.
Burchett declined to file an ethics criticism in opposition to McCarthy on Tuesday, though Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) filed one later that night.
When requested if McCarthy ought to resign, Burchett informed CNN he “would not care what he does.”
“It would not matter. The earlier he leaves, the earlier he’ll make seven figures as a lobbyist,” Burchett informed CNN. “Let’s be trustworthy, he isn’t going again to Bakersfield… if he feels he would not have a shot at getting again to being speaker. And I believe that after the Mike Johnson commerce final night time, he will not be again.