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.

  • @Wogi
    41•10 months ago

    FYI, because I learned this the same way: It’s buried the lede. As in the first sentence of the article.

    • @chase_what_matters
      21•10 months ago

      I’m sorry to be this way, but both are acceptable. Lede has never been formally or universally adopted, and is more a remnant of an industry effort toward low-context clarity due to the word being a homonym. There are countless records of journalists using the traditional spelling when using in the context of writing an article.

      Again, I hate myself for being like this.

      • @bitchkat
        15•10 months ago

        There is absolutely nothing wrong with being pedantic. In my case, it bugs me really bad that people say 110/220 for USA mains voltage. The standard has been 120/240 volts but there is a tolerance on both sides so the older 110/220 are still within specs. But the tolerance is defined from the nominal values of 120/240.

        • @Podunk
          7•10 months ago

          I work with electricity constantly, and never could figure out the discrepancy. I do see 115 quite a bit on elecronics as well. Tbh it always confused me. I guess i learned something today.

          • @bitchkat
            2•9 months ago

            Devices probably designed to work with both 110 and 120 mains?

        • @[email protected]English
          3•10 months ago

          That is unless it’s a system that is wye three phase, in which case it’s 120/208… While we’re being pedantic.