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Ken Buck Teases More Republican Resignations Are Coming [View all]

Source: Newsweek

Published Mar 13, 2024 at 3:20 AM EDT | Updated Mar 13, 2024 at 6:45 AM EDT

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."

The Context

Buck's move will reduce the number of House Republicans to 218, against 213 Democrats, at a time when Speaker Mike Johnson is already struggling to impose his authority over the chamber.

Once widely seen as a conservative hardliner, Buck has more recently attracted attention for opposing his colleagues' efforts to impeach President Joe Biden and Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/ken-buck-teases-more-republican-resignations-coming-1878601

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Ken Buck Teases More Republican Resignations Are Coming [View all] BumRushDaShow Mar 13 OP

Let them all fall out in the next few weeks. I'd like to see Johnson loose the gavel to a Democrat ... marble falls Mar 13 #1

fall out? bucolic_frolic Mar 13 #5

The window? ... marble falls Mar 13 #6

Accidentally? KS Toronado Mar 13 #24

Either way, they're both on the menu. It'll be listed as unsafe cigarette smoking at any rate. Or a Ukraine drone. marble falls Mar 13 #35

It's always an accident. Captain Zero Mar 23 #63

I can fit that Republican house plurality in my VW! Omnipresent Mar 13 #2

Anyone have ideas on who those next three are? nuxvomica Mar 13 #3

very interesting. AllaN01Bear Mar 13 #7

i know several have announced they arent running again. mopinko Mar 13 #8

Mike Gallagher maybe? nuxvomica Mar 13 #9

Maybe Rosendle... 2naSalit Mar 13 #10

She just dropped out of the running for the vacancy. moreland01 Mar 13 #36

Partisan cleansing from inside Freedom Caucus bucolic_frolic Mar 13 #4

Speaker Jeffries may be here sooner than we think mcar Mar 13 #11

Oh, man, that would be amazing. tanyev Mar 13 #12

Make it so!!! sheshe2 Mar 13 #31

That would be TERRIFIC!!! calimary Mar 14 #59

Oh, please Yes! 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞👍 electric_blue68 Mar 23 #62

Don't tease us..tell us who they are! Deuxcents Mar 13 #13

I hope the DNC is looking at this closely SpankMe Mar 13 #14

I hope they do just this orangecrush Mar 13 #53

Speaker Hakeem Jeffries...love it!! PortTack Mar 13 #15

Thats all we here at the ranch have been talking about Cheezoholic Mar 13 #22

They are a train wreck.Hop aboard. sheshe2 Mar 13 #34

Absolutely!! PortTack Mar 13 #57

He fucked over Boebert. Novara Mar 13 #16

I hope so Rebl2 Mar 13 #18

Ya thinque? cilla4progress Mar 13 #20

You can be sure it was DLCWIdem Mar 13 #49

Pretty good guess. colorado_ufo Mar 13 #55

republicanoscopy- et tu Mar 13 #17

Just lay there and enjoy it, republicans! moreland01 Mar 13 #38

I'm ready for Speaker Jeffries!! cilla4progress Mar 13 #19

Shitler Jr said there is no more Republican party -- it's the MAGAt party now!! OMGWTF Mar 13 #21

I dedicate this to all and any R Congressmen who PlutosHeart Mar 13 #23

The way I see it, Boebert can't run in the special election unless she resigns first. patphil Mar 13 #25

She's done underpants Mar 13 #29

I think Rep Buck played that one well. patphil Mar 13 #30

If Buck really wanted to screw them over he could run Captain Zero Mar 23 #64

But, But, But... ProfessorGAC Mar 13 #56

Die, GOP... DIE!!! Blue Owl Mar 13 #26

Why not switch parties Traildogbob Mar 13 #27

No. Definitely not. Most notly. Hell no! Shipwack Mar 13 #37

He was a frickin Tea Bagger, for Christ's sake! moreland01 Mar 13 #39

I hear you Traildogbob Mar 13 #41

Kinda' late. It's mid-March. Grins Mar 13 #28

i saw him giving an interview this morning. padah513 Mar 13 #32

If this happens, I would bet it's to avert another coup attempt. Recently Thom Hartmann Gaugamela Mar 13 #33

Thom Hartmann, gotta love him . . . moreland01 Mar 13 #40

Except NanaCat Mar 13 #44

Dude's a conservative, but Lunabell Mar 13 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author Lasher Mar 13 #43

I've been watching the Shogun series pfitz59 Mar 13 #45

I heard it was good BumRushDaShow Mar 13 #46

I think his statement was more hypothetical than actual. ificandream Mar 13 #47

Once a (D) vacancy is filled I think in April BumRushDaShow Mar 13 #48

It would be interesting to know if they're being forced out to make room BlueKota Mar 13 #50

I don't think they are being "forced out" per se BumRushDaShow Mar 13 #51

That does make sense especially about them BlueKota Mar 13 #52

As much as they "talk a maverick game" BumRushDaShow Mar 13 #54

I wonder if the 3 are hypothetical -- a warning based on that calculation. Hermit-The-Prog Mar 22 #60

Well one of hypothetical "3" just announced today! BumRushDaShow Mar 22 #61

"...his party's already wafer thin majority in the chamber." calimary Mar 14 #58