Republican Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado, a hardline conservative who has clashed with his own party at times, said on Tuesday that he will leave Congress before the end of his term.
He’d already said he wouldn’t sell reelection. If he was really tired of the inability to get things done in Congress, and really wanted to represent the people who elected him, he’d stay til the end of his term, working across party lines to try to get things done or at least break down the perception of hard-line politics.
Instead, he’s walking off the job because he wants to put space between himself and this wreck of a Congress.
Wreck of a congress that he helped create. The uselessness of our legislative branch is mostly due to Republican maliciousness. He broke the toy and now he’s mad it’s broken so he’s going home.
In recent months, Buck has become a fierce critic of Trump and MAGA Republicans: “I am not going to lie on behalf of my presidential candidate, on behalf of my party.” said Buck recently.
He’d already said he wouldn’t sell reelection. If he was really tired of the inability to get things done in Congress, and really wanted to represent the people who elected him, he’d stay til the end of his term, working across party lines to try to get things done or at least break down the perception of hard-line politics.
Instead, he’s walking off the job because he wants to put space between himself and this wreck of a Congress.
Wreck of a congress that he helped create. The uselessness of our legislative branch is mostly due to Republican maliciousness. He broke the toy and now he’s mad it’s broken so he’s going home.
In recent months, Buck has become a fierce critic of Trump and MAGA Republicans: “I am not going to lie on behalf of my presidential candidate, on behalf of my party.” said Buck recently.
"I am not going to lie on behalf of my party*
Then don’t? Work with the people who want to get things done.
Just leaving is cowardice or laziness. Maybe both.