It’d be a shame if republicans lose their majority before the elections. Though, democrats would probably be entirely unprepared to take advantage of it.
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I don't buy it. Ken "Dipshit" Buck is one of the reasons Congress is dysfunctional. And he already announced that he wasn't running for reelection. He could literally phone it in for the next 9 months, and holding a special election doesn't do him or his party any good.
Maybe they used kompromat to get him to do something he didn't want to do, and he thinks they won't expose him if he resigns? It will be interesting if Boebert resigns to try to win the special election, because then her district will have to hold a special election, too.
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God struck him blind for playing with himself
For all his posturing against the horror that is the GOP (which he helped make), anyone else wonder if there's some scandal pushing him out? Knowing the GOP....
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What a shambling shitshow the House GOP is.
I guess he couldn't get ahold of him, so he left a voice message on his phone.
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Buck's reason for leaving seems stupid to me (paraphrasing) "I believe our election system is broken so I want to join a group to fix it".
Dude, you're in the legislature!! Introduce legislation changing it!
I mean, this is darkly foreshadowing to me. I don't understand how he could have more subversive influence outside of Congress than in, but I'm sure something is fucky.
My guess is that he sees a massive loss for the GOP coming up and figured it was smarted to leave now then get crushed in the landslide.
Of course, it could be something completely outside politics, but I know how I'd bet.
In general totally agree. That particular quote is odd however. Probably there to pique interest with folks just as it did me.
Edit I'm a fucking idiot guy.i replied to wrote "(paraphrasing)"
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He was elected by that system! They're as dumb as a pocket full of lint.
Man is also a member of the party responsible for the dysfunction, don't forget that.
Exactly. This may just open the door for yet another idiot, making things worse for all of us. They need to fix gerrymandering.
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Freedom Caucus member as well
In a week he will have freedom from congress!
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And the Republican lead in Congress grows more needle thin by the day.
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One less Freedom Caucus member. Good.
I remember when #GetTheBuckOutOfColorado was trending in 2016. Glad he's finally gone.
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“It is the worst year of the nine years and three months that I’ve been in Congress,” Buck elaborated to CNN, describing the current iteration of the lower chamber as “dysfunctional” and the “worst year in 40, 50 years.”
“Instead of having decorum, instead of operating in a professional manner, this place has just devolved into this bickering and nonsense and not really doing the job for the American people.”
They buried the lead, as do most American media outlets. Who gives a shit about what Mike "Accountability Partner for his" Johnson thinks? The MAGAt party is collapsing. Report on that!
FYI, because I learned this the same way: It's buried the lede. As in the first sentence of the article.
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Most if not all media outlets have factored the competitiveness of the presidential horse race into their bottom dollar. The media are the main ones propping them up at this point.
When I saw Mike Johnson and 'resignation' in the same sentence I got a little excited but it was just Ken Buck, which I'd heard reported earlier that didn't beat around the bush.
I had to reread that headline a few times.
The first way I read it was that Mike Johnson was surprised that he was resigning. Which could be an entertaining conspiracy.
Local clown claims to be surprised that his fellow clowns can't maintain decorum
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