{"id":123704,"date":"2024-03-13T04:16:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-13T04:16:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/13\/gop-rep-ken-buck-says-the-republican-party-has-become-a-joke-and-hes-getting-the-f-k-out\/"},"modified":"2024-03-13T04:16:18","modified_gmt":"2024-03-13T04:16:18","slug":"gop-rep-ken-buck-says-the-republican-party-has-become-a-joke-and-hes-getting-the-f-k-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/13\/gop-rep-ken-buck-says-the-republican-party-has-become-a-joke-and-hes-getting-the-f-k-out\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep. Ken Buck Says the Republican Party Has Become a Joke and He\u2019s Getting the F&#8211;k Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"has-dropcap\">Republican lawmaker <strong>Ken Buck<\/strong> introduced final November that he wouldn&#8217;t search reelection and would go away Congress on the finish of the yr. But apparently his GOP colleagues have turn into so insupportable that he\u2019s determined he can\u2019t waste one other second of his life in Washington and is getting out of there simply as quickly as he can pack up his workplace.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Buck stated he would go away Congress on the finish of subsequent week slightly than stick out the remaining time on his time period. While the Colorado consultant saved issues cordial in his <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepKenBuck\/status\/1767610261781827904\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepKenBuck\/status\/1767610261781827904&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepKenBuck\/status\/1767610261781827904\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">official assertion<\/a>, he let it&#8217;s recognized how he\u00a0<em>actually<\/em>\u00a0feels in interviews with reporters. Speaking to CNN\u2019s <strong>Dana Bash<\/strong> about dysfunction on Capitol Hill, Buck <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/03\/12\/politics\/ken-buck-leaving-congress-early\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stated<\/a>, \u201cIt is the worst year of the nine years and three months that I\u2019ve been in Congress and having talked to former members, it\u2019s the worst year in 40, 50 years to be in Congress.\u2026 This place has just devolved into this bickering and nonsense and not really doing the job for the American people.\u201d Specifically referring to his fellow Republicans, Buck <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaxAlemany\/status\/1767628034754945262\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaxAlemany\/status\/1767628034754945262&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JaxAlemany\/status\/1767628034754945262\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stated<\/a>, \u201cWe\u2019ve taken impeachment, and we\u2019ve made it a social media issue as opposed to a constitutional concept\u2014this place keeps going downhill, and I don&#8217;t need to spend more time here.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Buck has lengthy criticized the House GOP for making an attempt to question <strong>Joe Biden<\/strong> and Homeland Security secretary <strong>Alejandro Mayorkas<\/strong>\u2014the latter of whom they <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/02\/13\/us\/mayorkas-impeachment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">simply barely<\/a> impeached final month\u2014saying his colleagues had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/12\/politics\/ken-buck-impeachment-stance\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no authentic foundation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/gop-rep-ken-buck-confronts-newsmax-host-demanding-mayorkas-impeachment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">for doing so<\/a>. In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=L6KbBpHHNqM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">a video<\/a> saying his retirement in November, he lambasted his colleagues for spreading the lie that the 2020 election was stolen and that January 6 wasn\u2019t a shameful day on this nation\u2019s historical past, saying, \u201cToo many Republican leaders are lying to America, claiming that the 2020 election was stolen, describing January 6 as an unguided tour of the Capitol, and asserting that the ensuing prosecutions are a weaponization of our justice system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Buck\u2019s departure will go away the GOP with a razor-thin majority within the House. Given that he determined to flame Republicans on the way in which out the door, you might need anticipated him to present GOP House chief <strong>Mike Johnson<\/strong> a heads-up about his plans. And he did! It was only a very, very small heads-up:<\/p>\n<div aria-label=\"social media post\" class=\"TwitterEmbedContainer-ggEzfU fHwbKp\">\n<div class=\"MessageBannerWrapper-krrtvl eYObke ConsentBannerWrapper-bMdLtU WTFWJ\" data-testid=\"message-banner\">\n<div class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ MessageBannerContent-gLUJfX iUEiRd jyISiS hloGrW\">\n<h4 class=\"ConsentBannerTitle-lgaGAH gOfech\">X content material<\/h4>\n<p>This content material can be seen on the positioning it <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Olivia_Beavers\/status\/1767621546728726611\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Opens in a new window\" class=\"BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ BaseLink-eNWuiM ConsentBannerLink-dJZMSz iUEiRd jyISiS joAuXZ\">originates<\/a> from.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"paywall\"><strong>Kennedy\/Rodgers 2024?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">According to <em>The New York Times<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/03\/12\/us\/politics\/rfk-jr-aaron-rodgers-jesse-ventura.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it may occur<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"BlockquoteEmbedWrapper-sc-SdiGL kMAUQf paywall blockquote-embed\">\n<div class=\"BlockquoteEmbedContent-esRbGs fyBRiV blockquote-embed__content\">\n<p><strong>Robert F. Kennedy Jr.<\/strong> has just lately approached the NFL quarterback <strong>Aaron Rodgers<\/strong> and the previous Minnesota governor {and professional} wrestler <strong>Jesse Ventura<\/strong> about serving as his operating mate on an impartial presidential ticket, and each have welcomed the overtures, two individuals acquainted with the discussions stated. Mr. Kennedy confirmed on Tuesday that the 2 males had been on the high of his checklist. It will not be clear if both has been formally supplied the submit, nonetheless, and Mr. Kennedy remains to be contemplating a shortlist of potential candidates,\u00a0the individuals acquainted with the discussions stated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Republican lawmaker Ken Buck introduced final November that he wouldn&#8217;t search reelection and would go away Congress on the finish of the yr. But apparently his GOP colleagues have turn into so insupportable that he\u2019s determined he can\u2019t waste one other second of his life in Washington and is getting out of there simply [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":123706,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-123704","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrity-gossip"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/123706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}