Tim Burchett Defends Vote To Oust McCarthy: 'I Followed The Rules'

Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) discusses the ongoing issue of House Republicans electing a Speaker.

Transcript

00:00 So how tense was it at that?

00:02 You know, it was open mic.

00:04 It was, um, there were some people that were venting, but nothing too over the top.

00:08 Nothing we hadn't heard before.

00:10 What were they venting about?

00:11 You know, just, hey, folks, follow the rules.

00:15 You know, that's what we did. We followed the rules.

00:18 And it mainly got onto the unifying message.

00:23 And that's what everybody was talking about, unity.

00:26 What did they detail in terms of things that you guys will be voting on in terms of raising the threshold for that?

00:32 That will be decided in conference, but I believe that was more just about we're going to vote on speakers.

00:38 So then did anyone put themselves up for majority leader or talk about majority leader position, whip, or anything like that at all?

00:45 Not in that meeting, no. It wasn't the time for it.

00:48 I think that's, that'll be decided at a later date.

00:50 Does it sound like there's going to be a vote on raising the threshold on the motion to vacate also?

00:54 That's talked, but nobody knows if we're going to do that or not.

00:57 And I think the majority would probably vote to do that, as you know.

01:02 But any of that would happen on Wednesday, right?

01:04 Correct. Correct.

01:06 All right. Thanks.

01:07 Appreciate it.

01:08 Thank you.

01:09 I'm sorry if I missed you.