House Speaker Mike Johnson had no idea Representative Ken Buck is quitting, as the GOP is in complete shambles.

House Speaker Mike Johnson had no idea Representative Ken Buck is quitting, as the GOP is in complete shambles.

Representative Ken Buck took to social media to announce his near-immediate leave from Congress, resigning so fast that even his party leaders were caught off guard by the decision.

“Today, I am announcing that I will depart Congress at the end of next week,” Buck said in a statement on Tuesday. “I look forward to staying involved in our political process, as well as spending more time in Colorado with my family.”

The less-than-two-weeks notice took practically everybody by surprise, including (or maybe especially) House Speaker Mike Johnson.

“I was surprised by Ken’s announcement,” Johnson told a crush of reporters inside the Capitol building. “I look forward to talking to him about that.”

“I didn’t know,” he added.

  • Rentlar
    65•9 months ago

    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.

    • FuglyDuckEnglish
      13•9 months ago

      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.