{"id":1457881,"date":"2022-04-29T09:59:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T13:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1457881"},"modified":"2022-04-29T09:59:47","modified_gmt":"2022-04-29T13:59:47","slug":"they-believe-youre-a-traitor-ken-buck-delivers-a-fiery-message-from-his-district-straight-to-mayorkas-face","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-believe-youre-a-traitor-ken-buck-delivers-a-fiery-message-from-his-district-straight-to-mayorkas-face\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They Believe You\u2019re A Traitor\u2019: Ken Buck Delivers A Fiery Message From His District Straight To Mayorkas\u2019 Face"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthey-believe-youre-a-traitor-ken-buck-delivers-a-fiery-message-from-his-district-straight-to-mayorkas-face%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1457881&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><\/div>\n<p>Republican Colorado Rep. Ken Buck told Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas his constituents believe he is a \u201ctraitor\u201d and is deliberately trying to hurt the U.S., during a tense exchange Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas was testifying before the House Judiciary Committee when Buck said several of his constituents wanted Mayorkas impeached for inaction at the southern border.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany of my constituents have asked whether you will be impeached when Republicans gain control next year,\u201d Buck <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Acyn\/status\/1519709039889768449?s=20&#038;t=s6FwDvAF2I7ouorLc1afOQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a>. \u201cThey don\u2019t believe that you\u2019ve committed a high crime, and they don\u2019t believe you\u2019ve committed a misdemeanor. My constituents want you impeached because they believe you\u2019ve committed treason. They believe you\u2019re a traitor. They compare you to Benedict Arnold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSecretary Mayorkas, I was at an event this past weekend, and a lady approached me and asked me if you felt any shame for what you\u2019ve done to this country. My question for you, Secretary Mayorkas, is very simple. Would you please answer that lady\u2019s question? Are you ashamed for what you\u2019ve done to this country?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25\ud83d\udd25<\/p>\n<p>Buck: Sec. Mayorkas are you ashamed for what you have done to this country?<\/p>\n<p>Sec. Mayorkas refuses to answer the question. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gsWSlMKjpr\">pic.twitter.com\/gsWSlMKjpr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep. Ken Buck (@RepKenBuck) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepKenBuck\/status\/1519741439986515969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 28, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Mayorkas called Buck\u2019s comment \u201cprofoundly offensive.\u201d <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/28\/chip-roy-rips-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas-biden-administration-immigration-policy-house-judiciary-committee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(RELATED: \u2018This Is A Mobile Morgue\u2019: Chip Roy Rips Into Secretary Mayorkas, Biden Administration\u2019s Immigration Policy)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongressman, I have so much to say in response to what you have just said. It is so profoundly offensive on so many different levels, in so many different regards. I won\u2019t ask you for an apology.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDon\u2019t,\u201d Buck shot back.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI won\u2019t,\u201d Mayorkas continued. \u201cLet me share with you quite succinctly: I am incredibly proud of my service to this country. It is more than 20 years of service in the civilian corps, as a federal prosecutor and as a member of the Department of Homeland Security.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buck also <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepKenBuck\/status\/1519785311697571843?s=20&#038;t=s6FwDvAF2I7ouorLc1afOQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">said<\/a> his constituents believe Mayorkas is \u201cintentionally\u201d acting in bad faith with his handling of the border crisis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/27\/mayorkas-operational-control-border-lifting-title-42-katko\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mayorkas<\/a> has <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/27\/alejandro-mayorkas-biden-administration-effectively-managed-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">testified<\/a> earlier in the week the Biden Administration has \u201ceffectively managed\u201d the crisis but <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TPostMillennial\/status\/1519331702019170306?s=20&#038;t=JhHcqDPDlXK4aGpY1t0whQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">acknowledged<\/a> the administration expects \u201cmigration levels to increase\u201d once Title 42 is lifted.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/27\/arizona-title42-biden-dhs-mayorkas-migrants-border\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mayorkas<\/a> announced the DHS\u2019 plan to address the crisis and impending surge, which includes increasing personnel and transportation resources, medical support and facilities, enhancing processing efficiency, targeting drug smugglers and deterring illegal migration.<\/p>\n<p>Mayorkas is facing a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2022\/04\/26\/border-dhs-mayorkas-gop-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">impeachment<\/a> by Republicans.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Colorado Rep. Ken Buck told Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Sec. Alejandro Mayorkas his constituents believe he is a \u201ctraitor\u201d and is deliberately trying to hurt the U.S., during<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":74,"featured_media":1480972,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1457881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457881","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/74"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1457881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1457881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1480972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1457881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1457881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1457881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}