Colorado House Republican Ken Buck has hinted the GOP could suffer more resignations after announcing he will step down at the end of the week, further shrinking his party’s already wafer thin majority in the chamber.
When asked by Axios whether he was coming under pressure from colleagues over his decision to resign, Buck replied: “I think it’s the next three people that leave that they’re going to be worried about.”
When they have been spinning their wheels for over a year and not getting anything done. It is no wonder that there would be resignations, I mean if the Republican majority can’t get anything done, may as well give it to the democrats to move the ball.
Dude shocked me with his resignation… Republicans are seriously scrapping for votes now!
Are…are they giving up the majority? Three more resignations makes Hakeem Jeffries speaker.
I hope it’s true.
2024 so far has just been non-stop entertainment with Trump and the GOP imploding.
[Non-American here:] can anyone explain how this works, only recently just getting familiar with the US Politics, how do you fix the gap or should i say holes left behind by these resignations?
Organized criminal organization formally known as the republican party.
Likely being forced out by the new RNC leadership. Gotta push out some incumbents before November to line up some more loyalists
Haha, let’s hope so. The current Republican congress takes the prize for the most dysfunctional and disorganized in history. No agenda, no leadership, no focus on the issues that matter most to the American people. With Buck’s departure, they now have a majority of ONE single vote in the House.
The biggest problem is that the number of house seats is capped. It should be Increased to match the growing population.
My favorite thing is that he not only blindsided Johnson with a voicemail 🤣… but he is totally making Boebert’s life difficult because she can’t run in the special election to replace him without giving up her current seat. That means another person who wins the special will have the advantage in the regular in November. 🤣
By retiring early he’s giving his successor an incumbent advantage. Smart.
The article says he wants to change the process of how candidates are picked.
What it doesn’t say is that he’s aiming to be a power broker. Starting with his successor. The FU to Boebert is a sweet bonus.
Colorado House Republican Ken Buck has hinted the GOP could suffer more resignations after announcing he will step down at the end of the week, further shrinking his party’s already wafer thin majority in the chamber.
When asked by Axios whether he was coming under pressure from colleagues over his decision to resign, Buck replied: “I think it’s the next three people that leave that they’re going to be worried about.”
We are witnessing the implosion of the Republican Party. The cult of Trump has gone from being a wing of the GOP to being in full control. There is no interest in governing or policy, it is now 💯% about money, revenge, and power.
If trump plans to delay certifications and throw the election back to the states, he needs control of the House. Maybe Buck is saying that with just a few more people of conscience leaving, it would be enough to give control of the House and then we can stop their coup and restore democracy.
Imagine if this ultra conservative turns out to be the one who saved us at the last minute?
I bet the sacking of the RNC and him standing to lose money was way more important than ‘decorum’.
I suspect Buck makes the claim that others will follow precisely for the same reason.
Trump said bend the knee or your campaign won’t get funded. Eventually they’ll find some un-vetted swamp monster to fill the vacuum.
They know the fix is in to steal this election by having the speaker refuse to sit newly elected incoming democrats creating a situation where electors are kicked back to state legislatures which are overwhelmingly republican. Maybe they don’t wanna be part of this scheme and are retiring so a democrat speaker is in place to prevent another disruption in the peaceful transfer of power.
I mean at this point if you’re a moderate Republican your career in the GOP is over.
Save some dignity, retire and give the dems a small window of time to try and do something to save your democracy.
Of fucking defect to the dems. At this point the Republican Party is a warm corpse.
MAGA Reps: It’s my way or the highway!
Buck: Ok. I think I’ll go take that drive now. Anyone else want to join me?
I believe what’s going on is a messy internal power struggle but one within siloed political camps. Lara Trump takeover of the RNC and generally Trump’s control of the party has isolated and demeaned the “reasonable” quotient of the party and they just don’t want to do the job anymore. This sends a powerful message for 2024 – if Trump is re-elected, there could be Dems in both houses there to effectively curtail all of his policy agenda. If Biden wins, it might be a knockout – and would (hopefully) force Trump to be booted off from the mainstream Republican platform.
As my Maga Pee,paw says.. no one wants to work anymore.
Resigning is pointless. A group of them need to switch parties so they can give Dems the majority.
He wasn’t a moderate he was tea party. He just didn’t 100% back Trump every time.
Under their new grift regime that is the same as a communist.
The GOP is accomplishing nothing with their majority, and state parties are going bankrupt and their leader is about to raid the national party treasury to pay his legal costs. I wonder if they see an upside to fundraising if they become the minority and just rage about democrats until November.
I respect this 🫡
Be true to the constitution and do what is right.
Resignation is the only right thing if you’re a Republican atm. It’s bad for GOP but the party has been overrun by lunatics.
If I was a republican I couldn’t support the GOP in its current state.
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By James Bickerton – US News Reporter:
Colorado House Republican Ken Buck has hinted the GOP could suffer more resignations after announcing he will step down at the end of the week, further shrinking his party’s already wafer thin majority in the chamber.
When asked by Axios whether he was coming under pressure from colleagues over his decision to resign, Buck replied: “I think it’s the next three people that leave that they’re going to be worried about.”
Read more: [https://www.newsweek.com/ken-buck-teases-more-republican-resignations-coming-1878601](https://www.newsweek.com/ken-buck-teases-more-republican-resignations-coming-1878601)
When they have been spinning their wheels for over a year and not getting anything done. It is no wonder that there would be resignations, I mean if the Republican majority can’t get anything done, may as well give it to the democrats to move the ball.
Dude shocked me with his resignation… Republicans are seriously scrapping for votes now!
Are…are they giving up the majority? Three more resignations makes Hakeem Jeffries speaker.
I hope it’s true.
2024 so far has just been non-stop entertainment with Trump and the GOP imploding.
[Non-American here:] can anyone explain how this works, only recently just getting familiar with the US Politics, how do you fix the gap or should i say holes left behind by these resignations?
Organized criminal organization formally known as the republican party.
Likely being forced out by the new RNC leadership. Gotta push out some incumbents before November to line up some more loyalists
Haha, let’s hope so. The current Republican congress takes the prize for the most dysfunctional and disorganized in history. No agenda, no leadership, no focus on the issues that matter most to the American people. With Buck’s departure, they now have a majority of ONE single vote in the House.
The biggest problem is that the number of house seats is capped. It should be Increased to match the growing population.
My favorite thing is that he not only blindsided Johnson with a voicemail 🤣… but he is totally making Boebert’s life difficult because she can’t run in the special election to replace him without giving up her current seat. That means another person who wins the special will have the advantage in the regular in November. 🤣
By retiring early he’s giving his successor an incumbent advantage. Smart.
The article says he wants to change the process of how candidates are picked.
What it doesn’t say is that he’s aiming to be a power broker. Starting with his successor. The FU to Boebert is a sweet bonus.
Colorado House Republican Ken Buck has hinted the GOP could suffer more resignations after announcing he will step down at the end of the week, further shrinking his party’s already wafer thin majority in the chamber.
When asked by Axios whether he was coming under pressure from colleagues over his decision to resign, Buck replied: “I think it’s the next three people that leave that they’re going to be worried about.”
We are witnessing the implosion of the Republican Party. The cult of Trump has gone from being a wing of the GOP to being in full control. There is no interest in governing or policy, it is now 💯% about money, revenge, and power.
If trump plans to delay certifications and throw the election back to the states, he needs control of the House. Maybe Buck is saying that with just a few more people of conscience leaving, it would be enough to give control of the House and then we can stop their coup and restore democracy.
Imagine if this ultra conservative turns out to be the one who saved us at the last minute?
I bet the sacking of the RNC and him standing to lose money was way more important than ‘decorum’.
I suspect Buck makes the claim that others will follow precisely for the same reason.
Trump said bend the knee or your campaign won’t get funded. Eventually they’ll find some un-vetted swamp monster to fill the vacuum.
They know the fix is in to steal this election by having the speaker refuse to sit newly elected incoming democrats creating a situation where electors are kicked back to state legislatures which are overwhelmingly republican. Maybe they don’t wanna be part of this scheme and are retiring so a democrat speaker is in place to prevent another disruption in the peaceful transfer of power.
I mean at this point if you’re a moderate Republican your career in the GOP is over.
Save some dignity, retire and give the dems a small window of time to try and do something to save your democracy.
Of fucking defect to the dems. At this point the Republican Party is a warm corpse.
MAGA Reps: It’s my way or the highway!
Buck: Ok. I think I’ll go take that drive now. Anyone else want to join me?
I believe what’s going on is a messy internal power struggle but one within siloed political camps. Lara Trump takeover of the RNC and generally Trump’s control of the party has isolated and demeaned the “reasonable” quotient of the party and they just don’t want to do the job anymore. This sends a powerful message for 2024 – if Trump is re-elected, there could be Dems in both houses there to effectively curtail all of his policy agenda. If Biden wins, it might be a knockout – and would (hopefully) force Trump to be booted off from the mainstream Republican platform.
As my Maga Pee,paw says.. no one wants to work anymore.
Resigning is pointless. A group of them need to switch parties so they can give Dems the majority.
He wasn’t a moderate he was tea party. He just didn’t 100% back Trump every time.
Under their new grift regime that is the same as a communist.
The GOP is accomplishing nothing with their majority, and state parties are going bankrupt and their leader is about to raid the national party treasury to pay his legal costs. I wonder if they see an upside to fundraising if they become the minority and just rage about democrats until November.
I respect this 🫡
Be true to the constitution and do what is right.
Resignation is the only right thing if you’re a Republican atm. It’s bad for GOP but the party has been overrun by lunatics.
If I was a republican I couldn’t support the GOP in its current state.