Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade Mocks Rep. Burchett for Prayer in Testy Interview

In a heated segment on Fox News, host Brian Kilmeade appeared to mock Representative Tim Burchett (R-TN-02) for praying about his vote to remove former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA-20).

The following is a transcript of the interaction:

Kilmeade: You’re happy following [Rep.] Matt Gaetz? Is that your leader?

Burchett: I’m not following Matt Gaetz. I made my own decision. I didn’t ask Matt for his approval.

Kilmeade: But if Matt Gaetz didn’t challenge, you weren’t going to challenge.

Burchett: I believe I would have.

Kilmeade: Oh, come on. Please. You’re praying about it one minute, [and] the next minute you’re going to lead an insurgency?

Burchett: So you don’t think that praying about it is important? Is that what you’re saying? Because that’s what you’re saying to America.

Kilmeade: One minute you’re praying about how you’re going to vote with Matt Gaetz, the next minute you’re gonna lead an insurgency?

Burchett: Listen, you’ve got a predetermined answer to everything. I prayed about it.

Kilmeade: No, I have an opinion of what’s going on.

Kinglsey Cortes of the Center for Renewing America called the segment “disgusting behavior from Murdoch News,” referencing Rupert Murdoch, who owns the network.

Burchett is one of eight Republicans who voted in favor of Gaetz’s resolution to remove McCarthy from the speakership, which has been the subject of great controversy in Washington.

Burchett explained his reasoning for the vote in a video he posted to X, formerly known as Twitter, which boiled down to government spending.

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“My thought process is like this,” Burchett said. “Kevin McCarthy is my friend, and I’d hate to lose him as a friend, but I had a choice between that and my conscience. And my conscience tells me that we’re $33 trillion in debt, we took off the whole month of August knowing that September was going to come around – it does every year – the end of our budgetary year, our fiscal year, and there’s no urgency, and then we just for a continued resolution.”

“We’re kicking the can 45 days down the road, and then we’ll be right up against the Thanksgiving holiday, and then we’ll put in an omnibus which is a big bill, more spending, more grease, more lobbyists and more special interests,” he said. “The big boys will stay in power. And at some point, we just have to say enough is enough. I hate losing Kevin as a friend. But I worry about losing our country. And in all sincerity, we are rapidly approaching that point.”

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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Pete on X / Twitter.
Photo “Brian Kilmeade and Tim Burchett” by Fox News. 

 

 

 

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20 Thoughts to “Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade Mocks Rep. Burchett for Prayer in Testy Interview”

  1. CCW

    You go Tim! D2 is my district. Killmeade will do fine at his new assignment for MSNBC.

  2. GregSchmitty

    Oh the poor military! It can barely scrape up enough to send another $10 billion to the Ukranian money laundering operation! I’m so scared!

  3. Randall Davidson

    Hannity was complaining about not funding the military. Nobody wants to defund the military. Just leave the Confederate States out of it and don’t spend money on changing names, or removing monuments. Thanks……also DONE with fox news….

  4. Teddy

    Tim may have just contributed to handing the power in the house back to the Democrats. Gaetz is a spoiled brat. Bad move, Tim. And yes I am a conservative.

  5. David Blackwell RN, BSN, CCM

    Fauxy News is part of the ‘Racket.’ They helped cover up 9/11. They reported early on about Israeli involvement, and then shhhhhhh. I haven’t watched it since.

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