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.

  • FuglyDuck
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    88 months ago

    less useful, though. Lint can be used as a firestarter.

    • @atx_aquarian
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      8 months ago

      Well, they are doing a pretty good job burning down their own house.

      • FuglyDuck
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        38 months ago

        “Only you can prevent wildfires. Vote Democrat”

        • @grue
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          28 months ago

          Considering climate-change-induced drought, that’s not even metaphorical.

    • @hansl
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      28 months ago

      Are you insinuating that Ken Buck is inflammable?

      • FuglyDuck
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        18 months ago

        Being inflammable would give him at least one use.

        • @hansl
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          38 months ago

          Inflammable means flammable? What a country!

          • FuglyDuck
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            28 months ago

            not necessarily. it specifically means easily set on fire.

            This guy is useless, which means he sucks as a fuel source (to difficult to set on fire, too little energy returns), but is flammable enough that he can’t be used as a fire resistant material, either.