Video Shows GOP Lawmaker Taunting Protester

“New video footage shows there was more to the skirmish last week between a protester and Rep. Tim Burchett, which ended with the Tennessee Republican forcefully shoving the man,” Politico reports.

“Burchett characterized the encounter at the time as a heated verbal exchange that grew physical when the demonstrator got in the lawmaker’s face and ‘bumped’ him. But a recording of the incident shows that prior to the two of them coming face to face, Burchett taunted the man, saying ‘come over here.’”

“After a tense back-and-forth, the protester appeared to move away from Burchett, but the lawmaker stepped toward him again and escalated the interaction, mocking the man for ‘quivering.’”