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Friday, November 03, 2023

Ken Buck And Kay Granger Out!

Ken Buck is a far right Republican. However, he is not an election denier. An idiot, though!

A reminder: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) is the most laziest member of the House of Representatives. She is currently dating Right Side Broadcasting executive Brian Glenn.

Greene is one of 90 House members who are considered insufferable. The Republicans literally are hoping that she will slip up so they can expel her. They failed getting rid of Rep. George Santos (R-NY) on Wednesday.  He ain't crazy enough.

Greene is feuding with Democrats and Republicans. She went after Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX), a fellow insufferable member for not backing her censure of Democrat, Rep. Rashida  Tlaib of Michigan.

Greene also took the time to aim at Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) and Rep. Kay Granger (R-TX) who both announced their retirements.

Buck announced Wednesday he would not seek a sixth term in Congress, citing many in his party who refuse to accept the results of the 2020 presidential election and to condemn the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol.

Job stressing Republican lawmaker.

In a video message posted online, Buck said voters’ hopes that Republicans will take decisive action may be in vain, and that his party’s “insidious narratives breed widespread cynicism and erode Americans’ confidence in the rule of law.”

“Too many Republican leaders are lying to America, claiming that the 2020 election was stolen, describing Jan. 6 as an unguided tour of the Capitol and asserting that the ensuing prosecutions are a weaponization of our justice system,” Buck said.

The 64-year-old former prosecutor, who has served in Congress since 2015, was one of the eight Republicans who joined with Democrats to oust House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in early October. Buck eventually threw his support behind Rep. Mike Johnson of Louisiana for speaker, despite Johnson’s own efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election through a legal challenge.

Buck has a penchant for being a wildcard as a fiscal conservative, but he also has proven himself to be someone willing to push back against party leaders.

He spoke out against McCarthy’s launch of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, saying that House Republicans were relying on flimsy evidence. He also has pointed to concerns about the process for approving spending and complained about stopgap spending bills.

Buck’s decision not to seek reelection came the same day U.S. Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, the Republican chairwoman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, said she would not seek reelection in 2024 after nearly three decades in Congress.

Granger, who at 80 is the nation’s longest-serving GOP congresswoman, said, “It’s time for the next generation to step up and take the mantle and be a strong and fierce representative for the people.

Granger was first elected in 1996. Her district, which includes Fort Worth, is heavily Republican and is likely to remain out of reach for Democrats next yea r.

“It’s time for the next generation to step up and take the mantle and be a strong and fierce representative for the people,” Granger said in a statement.

Her decision ends a barrier-breaking career that included serving as Fort Worth’s first female mayor and Texas’ first GOP congresswoman. Her district includes a Lockheed Martin plant that builds the F-35 fighter jet, and over the years, she has been a key force in securing more military funding.

Granger was among the Republicans who opposed Rep. Jim Jordan’s bid to become House speaker. She said she will work with new Speaker Mike Johnson “to advance our conservative agenda” for the remainder of her term.

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