Republican Congressman Tim Burchett Opens Up About Friendship With AOC: She's a Marxist' But She's My Buddy'

"I can respect a liberal. I respect Cortez, she's my buddy. I mean, she's a Marxist. She's a friendly neighborhood Marxist, I always call her. I say stuff to her, she'll get on one of my videos while I'm walking off the floor of the House, and I'll say, 'Hey Cortez,' and she'll go, 'Hey Burchett,' and I tell people, 'Don't look at her too long, she'll steal your soul.'"

"You know, he's Jewish and I try to be a Christian, we came from Tennessee together. We were kind of, I always joked we'd go out to eat dinner at night because he was so far to the left and I was so far to the right, we met on the other side. But honestly, sometimes I just wanna scratch his eyes out, you know? But he called my mamma when my daddy died and you can't get past that."

Rep. Tim Burchett describes a friendly personal relationship with Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez despite ideological differences, calling her a 'friendly neighborhood Marxist' and joking about her 'stealing your soul.' He recounts playful exchanges on the House floor and emphasizes cross-party personal bonds. He recalls a similar friendship with Rep. Steve Cohen, noting shared Tennessee roots, joint actions like raising the speed limit, and Cohen calling his mother after his father's death. He laments the erosion of such bipartisan camaraderie in Washington, D.C. He contrasts Tennessee's culture of disagreement paired with mutual support to what he sees as Washington's loss of personal loyalty and empathy among lawmakers.

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