Overview

• Politico reviewed two videos, one provided by Rep. Tim Burchett’s office, that dispute his initial self-defense description of a clash with a protester.
• The footage shows Burchett saying “come over here, weenie,” following the man, brief torso contact, and then a two-handed shove.
• Burchett’s spokesperson maintains the protester got in the congressman’s face and says Burchett removed him in self-defense.
• The encounter occurred Thursday outside the Longworth House Office Building during protests over his stance on Israel’s war in Gaza, with Burchett accusing the man of being paid by George Soros.
• U.S. Capitol Police intervened, and no charges have been publicly reported.