Tennessee Republican Congressman Tim Burchett is planning to try to block the seating of New York DSA member and congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier if she wins, which, she probably will. This is New York, after all.
Burchett takes serious issue with some comments Chevalier made about using the American flag as a napkin.
Frankly, it’s a wonder how any of them will be sworn in. How are they going to swear an oath to protect the Constitution when their own platform shows that they want to destroy it?
The New York Post reports:
Rep. Burchett planning to block NYC socialist Chevalier from Congress after she claimed to use American flag as napkin
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) plans to try to block Democratic nominee and New York socialist Darializa Avila Chevalier from taking her seat in Congress if she wins the Nov. 3 election — over her saying she used the American flag as a napkin.
Burchett told The Post he intends to make the unusual parliamentary move when the new Congress convenes in January — using a simple majority to prevent newly elected lawmakers from being seated before they take the oath of office.
“You take an oath to uphold the Constitution, and and you’re pretty much disavowing it right there. I just think we’ve lost our compass,” he said in an interview.
He cited the Chevalier’s incendiary flag comment, which he called an affront to his own family’s military service. His father was a World War II Marine, while his dad’s brother served on a Navy destroyer…
“If we vote to seat them, is one Democrat going to say no? I’m not going to vote to seat those people. Are they gonna say anything? Democrats died for this country as well as Republicans did.”
Burchett takes the honoring of the American flag very seriously, as he should.
The 48 star flag that draped over my uncles casket was presented to my Grandmother and now hangs in my office. https://t.co/yuTpnVIfdx
— Tim Burchett (@timburchett) September 28, 2026
Democrats will be outrageously outraged by this.
Rep. Burchett planning to block NYC socialist Chevalier from Congress after she claimed to use American flag as napkin https://t.co/BL8MSadtdS pic.twitter.com/kHmgW4lRq1
— New York Post (@nypost) October 3, 2026
Good on Burchett.
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