Republican Representative Ken Buck surprised everyone Tuesday announcing that he would vacate his seat on March 22, well ahead of his previously announced retirement date.
How is fellow Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert taking the news? She thinks it’s a plot against her by the “uniparty.”
The United Party is trying to do everything they can to stop my candidacy, to rig the election in Colorado, and that’s the latest news from yesterday. Ken Buck’s announcement yesterday was a gift to the united party. The establishment concocted a seedy, behind-the-scenes deal to try to rig an election – one I won by 25 points – by forcing an unnecessary special election. When ? The same day as the primary election in Colorado. And it will confuse voters, and it will result in a lame-duck congressman from day one and leave the 4th District without representation for over three months. This is absolutely unacceptable. I think it’s selfish.
male East leaving Congress and his departure will require a special election for someone to serve out the remainder of their term. This leaves open up the very real possibility that whoever is nominated to run for this seat might be able to rally the field against Boebert in the Republican primary.
Boebert, who currently represents Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District, decided to up and move in order to run in the much redder 4th Congressional District. She is one of ten Republicans vying for this seat in the primary.
But it’s unlikely that Buck has accelerated his plan to leave Congress because he is part of an infamous “one-party” of deep state schemers who have conspired to deny Boebert another term in Congress. According to Buck, he’s jumping ship because Congress is a disaster.
“This is the worst year in the nine years and three months I’ve been in Congress, and after talking to former members, it’s the worst year in 40 or 50 years to be in Congress. he told CNN Tuesday.
“This place has just devolved into bickering and nonsense and not really doing the job for the American people,” he added.
Quarrels and nonsense? God, I can’t imagine what he’s talking about.