GOP Rep. Tim Burchett (Tenn.) got into a physical altercation with a protester Thursday outside the Longworth House Office Building in Washington.

The demonstrator approached Burchett with criticism on the handling of the war in Gaza and later bumped the lawmaker.

The Tennessee representative responded to being physically accosted by pushing the person.

“Everyone has a right to their opinion, and they can say all of the filthy stuff they want. But they don’t have the right to bump the congressman,” Burchett spokesperson Will Garrett said in a statement to The Hill.

Capitol Police declined to comment on the matter but did question the protester involved, Politico reported.

Last year, Burchett introduced a resolution to reject the United Nations’s decision to place the Israeli military

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