{"id":2030977,"date":"2023-09-13T18:19:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-13T22:19:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-ken-bucks-shot-at-mtg-over-biden-impeachment-backfires-immediately\/"},"modified":"2023-09-13T18:20:51","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T22:20:51","slug":"gop-rep-ken-bucks-shot-at-mtg-over-biden-impeachment-backfires-immediately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-ken-bucks-shot-at-mtg-over-biden-impeachment-backfires-immediately\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Rep Ken Buck&#8217;s attempt to criticize MTG over Biden impeachment backfires instantly."},"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\">26<\/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%2Fgop-rep-ken-bucks-shot-at-mtg-over-biden-impeachment-backfires-immediately%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=2030977&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--><h2>Republican Rep.\u2063 Ken Buck&#8217;s \u2062Shot at MTG Over Biden\u200b Impeachment Backfires Immediately<\/h2>\n<p>Republican Rep.\u200d Ken Buck of Colorado continues to \u200dantagonize the GOP\u2019s anti-establishment base.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, \u200cBuck \u2063slammed Republican\u200d Rep. \u200bMarjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia for \u2064her overzealous and \u201cabsurd\u201d quest to impeach President Joe Biden.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Buck\u2019s attack on Greene and especially his broader anti-impeachment stance have\u200d some Republicans contemplating punitive \u2062measures, including \u2063a possible 2024 primary challenge\u2063 to Buck\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.fivethirtyeight.com\/2018-midterm-election-forecast\/house\/colorado\/4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ethics-office-finds-substantial-reason-to-believe-republican-rep-illegally-accepted-caribbean-vacation\/\" title=\"Ethics Office Finds \u2018Substantial Reason To Believe\u2019 Republican Rep Illegally Accepted Caribbean Vacation\">deep-red seat<\/a><\/a> in Colorado\u2019s \u2064<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-red-wave-of-conservative-women-elected-to-congress\/\" title=\"The Red Wave of Conservative Women Elected to Congress\">4th congressional district<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Since 2020, Buck has drawn \u200dthe ire of the\u2062 GOP\u2019s MAGA wing for his vote\u2062 to certify the 2020 election, his criticism of former\u2062 President\u200c Donald Trump \u200band his \u200bsupport for Trump enemies \u2063such as former Republican Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/graduates-turn-backs-liz-cheney-gives-commencement-speech-one-brutal-message-cap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liz Cheney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In recent days, Buck has rankled \u200cRepublicans yet again by making the \u2062rounds on\u200d establishment media.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/newrepublic.com\/post\/175489\/ken-buck-criticize-marjorie-taylor-greene-biden-impeachment-absurd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">New Republic<\/a>, Buck appeared on \u200cMSNBC Sunday and took a\u2063 shot at Greene over impeachment.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWell, Marjorie filed articles of impeachment on President Biden before he was sworn into office\u200d \u2026 so the idea that she is now the expert on impeachment or that she is someone who should set the timing on impeachment is \u200dabsurd,\u201d Buck said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe time for impeachment is \u2064the time when there\u2019s evidence linking\u2063 President Biden \u2014 if there\u2019s evidence \u2014 \u200clinking President Biden to a high crime or misdemeanor,\u201d Buck added. \u201cThat doesn\u2019t exist right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>On Tuesday, after House Speaker Kevin McCarthy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/mccarthy-set-initiate-logical-next-step-toward-impeachment-biden-week-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> \u2062that\u200b the House would open an\u2064 impeachment inquiry, Buck appeared on\u200c CNN and delivered the same nonsensical message he gave to\u2064 MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have\u2064 not seen any evidence that \u200clinks\u2063 President \u200dBiden to Hunter Biden\u2019s activities at this\u2062 point,\u201d Buck\u200c told host Anderson Cooper. \u200dBuck added that \u200bhe would \u2064receive a briefing soon \u2062and thus implied that he\u2063 could change his mind.<\/p>\n<p>Buck also suggested that McCarthy only initiated the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/white-house-responds-mccarthys-impeachment-inquiry-trying-pit-republicans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">impeachment\u200d inquiry<\/a> in response to pressure from Trump\u2019s allies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut what he\u2019s \u2014 what Speaker McCarthy is doing \u2014 is he has President Biden on the one hand \u2014 or I\u2019m sorry, President Trump on the \u2062one hand, who is demanding\u200c that the House\u2062 open an impeachment inquiry and begin an impeachment of President Biden,\u200d and on the other hand he has spending bills \u2062that are \u2062coming \u2064up, and he needs the support \u200dof\u2062 members of the\u2064 Republican\u200c conference\u2062 to help get that continuing resolution\u2064 passed\u200b and appropriations \u200dbills,\u201d Buck said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">GOP \u2063Rep. Ken Buck:\u200d \u201cI have \u2064not\u200c seen \u2063any \u2062evidence that links \u2064President Biden to Hunter Biden\u2019s activities at this\u2063 point.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X5l67dAx2H\">pic.twitter.com\/X5l67dAx2H<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TheBlaze (@theblaze) \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theblaze\/status\/1701983595173150914?\">September 13, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Earlier Tuesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/09\/12\/politics\/ken-buck-impeachment-stance\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a> reported that some Republicans have \u200dgrown tired of Buck\u2019s antics. In fact, three GOP sources\u200c told CNN that Buck might face \u2063a serious primary challenge.<\/p>\n<p>Greene even suggested that Buck has no \u2062business serving on the \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/house-judiciary-committee-launches-probe-georgia-da-fani-willis-shortly-trump-arrest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Judiciary Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really don\u2019t see how we \u2062can \u200bhave a member\u200b on Judiciary\u200c that is flat \u2062out \u200brefusing to impeach,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>One Republican described Buck as fully captured by both\u2062 the \u200bestablishment\u200c and the establishment media.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEveryone\u2063 on Capitol Hill knows \u200bthat Ken Buck has given\u200b up on his work with the\u2064 Freedom Caucus, \u200bthe Foreign Affairs Committee \u2062and\u200b the\u2063 Judiciary Committee so \u200dthat he can try-out for\u2064 jobs with TV networks\u2062 or the Biden administration,\u201d \u200bthe GOP source said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe call him\u200d buckle,\u201d another \u2063Republican lawmaker said.<\/p>\n<p>In\u2063 fairness, Buck still has prominent and magnanimous GOP defenders.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou can agree to disagree,\u201d \u200dRepublican Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/chip-roy-goes-scorched-earth-tells-biden-can-go-straight-border-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chip Roy<\/a> of Texas said. \u200b\u201cWe have slightly different views about what \u2063high \u2064crimes and misdemeanors look like. I\u2019ve studied this \u2062and looked\u2062 at \u200cthe history of it, and\u200b I\u2019m more than comfortable about an impeachment inquiry. But I look forward\u2063 to\u200b talking to Ken about it in \u2063person.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buck, \u2063of course, did not tell the truth about the evidence against Biden.<\/p>\n<p>In a fiery press conference\u200b on Tuesday,\u2064 Freedom\u2062 Caucus Chair \u2064and Republican Rep. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-scott-perry-breathes-fire-reporter-tried-downplay-biden-impeachment-evidence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Scott Perry<\/a> of Pennsylvania summarized that evidence \u200bfor any fair-minded listener.<\/p>\n<p>Perry noted, for instance, that the Bidens own homes they could \u200bnot possibly afford on \u2062congressional salaries alone. Bank\u200d records, shell companies and payments from \u2064overseas interests help fill out the picture of \u200bcorruption.<\/p>\n<p>Buck\u2019s inability to see this raises questions about his own motives.<\/p>\n<p>In the 17th installment of\u2064 \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/oll.libertyfund.org\/title\/gordon-cato-s-letters-vol-1-november-5-1720-to-june-17-1721-lf-ed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cato\u2019s Letters<\/a>,\u201d published Feb. 18, 1721, the great English polemicist\u2064 John Trenchard described how\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-rep-ken-bucks-shot-at-mtg-over-biden-impeachment-backfires-immediately\/\" title=\"GOP Rep Ken Buck's attempt to criticize MTG over Biden impeachment backfires instantly.\">true political insiders treat accusations<\/a> of corruption leveled against \u200dtheir nominal\u2062 opponents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey\u2063 will \u200dnot suffer any men, who have\u2063 once\u2064 tasted of authority,\u200c though personally their enemies\u2026to be called to an account for\u2063 past crimes, though ever so enormous. They will make no such precedents for their\u200d own punishment,\u201d Trenchard \u2064wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Has Buck\u2019s immersion in D.C. politics rendered him unable\u200c to spot obvious <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fired-ukrainian-prosecutor-accuses-joe-biden-corruption-bribed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">corruption<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>Or has \u2063it made him unwilling to do\u2063 so?<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gop-rep-ken-bucks-shot-mtg-biden-impeachment-backfires-immediately\/\">GOP Rep Ken Buck&#8217;s Shot at MTG Over Biden Impeachment Backfires Immediately<\/a> appeared first\u2063 on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Republican Rep. Ken Buck of Colorado is stirring up the GOP&#8217;s anti-establishment base by criticizing Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene&#8217;s fervent and &#8220;absurd&#8221; push to impeach President Joe Biden. This has led some Republicans to consider punitive actions, including potential consequences for Buck&#8217;s opposition to impeachment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2056,"featured_media":2030978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[548],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2030977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-conservative-news-daily"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030977","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\/2056"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2030977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2030977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2030978"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2030977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2030977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2030977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}