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On May 15, 2018, Bishop and then state Senator Norby Chabert, a Democrat-turned-Republican from Houma in Terrebonne Parish engaged in a fistfight over legislative disagreement at the River Room in Baton Rouge. The two apologized for attacking each other.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/05/16/lawmakers-come-blows-b-r-bar/615455002/|title=Lawmakers come to blows|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=May 16, 2018|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref>
On May 15, 2018, Bishop and then state Senator Norby Chabert, a Democrat-turned-Republican from Houma in Terrebonne Parish engaged in a fistfight over legislative disagreement at the River Room in Baton Rouge. The two apologized for attacking each other.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenewsstar.com/story/news/2018/05/16/lawmakers-come-blows-b-r-bar/615455002/|title=Lawmakers come to blows|publisher=''The Monroe News-Star''|date=May 16, 2018|accessdate=January 31, 2020}}</ref>
===Bishop joins Democrats in choosing the House Speaker===
Though is voting record has been conservatives on many issues, Bishop joined twenty-three dissident [[Moderate Republican]]s to elect Republican [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish as House Speaker. Schexnayder defeated the more conservative Republican challenger, [[Sherman Mack]] of Livingston Parish, 60-45. Schexnayder's victory was sealed with the support of all thirty-five House Democrats, many of whom are members of the Black Caucus, two Independent legislators, and the twenty-three dissident votes, including Schexnayder's own vote. Statewide [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]], based in Bishop's Lafayette, is a long-time critic of the representative. Griffon labeled the twenty-three dissenters as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]].<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>
Though is voting record has been conservatives on many issues, Bishop joined twenty-three dissident [[Moderate Republican]]s to elect Republican [[Clay Schexnayder]] of Ascension Parish as House Speaker. Schexnayder defeated the more conservative Republican challenger, [[Sherman Mack]] of Livingston Parish, 60-45. Schexnayder's victory was sealed with the support of all thirty-five House Democrats, many of whom are members of the Black Caucus, two Independent legislators, and the twenty-three dissident votes, including Schexnayder's own vote. Statewide [[radio]] commentator [[Moon Griffon]], based in Bishop's Lafayette, is a long-time critic of the representative. Griffon labeled the twenty-three dissenters as the [[Louisiana Republican Fraud Squad|Fraud Squad]].<ref>''[[Moon Griffon|The Moon Griffon Show]],'' January 23, 2020.</ref>