Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) spoke to The Gateway Pundit this week about Senator and Governor-elect Marsha Blackburn’s upcoming Tennessee Senate appointment, as he has emerged as one of the top contenders for her seat.
Blackburn, the current Senator, won her race to become Tennessee’s next governor last week, and Burchett won reelection to the House. But he’s recently expressed interest in becoming the next Senator when Blackburn appoints a replacement.
Burchett told The Gateway Pundit on Wednesday he had not spoken to Blackburn about appointing him as Senator, but that he’d “like to get that opportunity.”
“I have no earthly idea,” he said when asked if he has confidence she will choose him to fill her role.
“Right now, she’s just focused, which she should be as the governor-elect. Tennessee’s a huge, huge government, but it’s not— smaller government, but it’s a lot of work, and she’ll have to— She’s laser focused right now, from what I understand, on the transition,” he said.
Asked about what he’s most excited to see from Blackburn as governor, he said, “fiscal responsibility.”
“We’re tightly– we’re a balanced budget state. I’m anxious to see her DOGE every department. It always seems we find stuff that are in there,” he said. “We’ve gotten millions of dollars, actually, when I was county mayor, so I can’t imagine what she finds in the state.”
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Previously, Burchett told The Gateway Pundit that he’s “working on” becoming the next Senator from Tennessee.
Burchett also responded to rumors that RINO Senate Leader John Thune is actively working behind the scenes to prevent Blackburn from appointing him to the seat, dismissing those reports. “I don’t think he knows who I am,” he said.
Previously, Burchett responded, telling radio host Todd Starnes that Thune’s leadership is not “what we need right now in the United States Senate.” He further said, “I love the fact that he’s not for me,” in response to the reported opposition.
“Governor-elect Blackburn’s team has announced that it’s gonna be decided in Tennessee, not in Washington, so that makes me very happy,” Burchett told The Gateway Pundit.
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