{"id":2202929,"date":"2024-03-20T18:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T22:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-buck-removed-from-house-freedom-caucus-days-before-retirement-from-lower-chamber\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T18:35:20","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T22:35:20","slug":"ken-buck-removed-from-house-freedom-caucus-days-before-retirement-from-lower-chamber","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ken-buck-removed-from-house-freedom-caucus-days-before-retirement-from-lower-chamber\/","title":{"rendered":"Ken Buck ousted from House Freedom Caucus shortly before stepping down from House of Representatives"},"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\">30<\/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%2Fken-buck-removed-from-house-freedom-caucus-days-before-retirement-from-lower-chamber%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=2202929&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>House Freedom\u200d Caucus Removes Rep. Ken Buck Before Retirement<\/h2>\n<blockquote>\n<p>  The House Freedom\u200b Caucus has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-red-flag-laws-result-in-66-firearm-confiscations\/\" title=\"Reports: Red flag laws result in 66 firearm confiscations\">reportedly removed<\/a> one of its\u200d members from the hardline Republican group,\u2063 just days before the lawmaker is set to retire\u2064 from Congress.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The caucus voted Tuesday night to remove Rep. Ken\u200c Buck (R-CO), according to the Hill. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/shocking-exclusive-auditors-selected-by-arizona-maricopa-county-board-of-supervisors-send-message-to-observers-f-you\/\" title=\"SHOCKING EXCLUSIVE: Auditors Selected by Arizona Maricopa County Board of Supervisors Send Message to Observers: \u201cF@#$ You\u201d\">group decided<\/a> to oust Buck\u2064 over claims the Colorado Republican has not been in <strong>\u201cgood standing\u201d<\/strong> with\u200b the\u200d caucus and has not regularly attended their\u2062 meetings in months, the\u2064 outlet reported.<\/p>\n<h3>Buck&#8217;s Reaction and Early Retirement<\/h3>\n<p>Buck confirmed his ouster to Politico on Wednesday,\u2064 saying \u2064he was informed\u2062 of the decision the night before. A representative for \u2062Buck declined to confirm the \u200bColorado Republican\u2019s\u200b removal to the Washington\u200b Examiner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM \u2062THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Buck\u2019s removal comes just days before he is \u200bset to step down from \u2062office on March \u206322, retiring early due to \u2063what he considers a dysfunctional House that has \u201cdevolved into bickering and nonsense.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Buck\u2019s\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-dems-coming-together-against-n-y-gov-andrew-cuomo\/\" title=\"GOP, Dems coming together against N.Y. Gov Andrew Cuomo\">early retirement<\/a> also contributed \u2064to his removal, according to the \u200dHill. \u2062One source told the outlet \u201che \u2062hasn\u2019t been with conservatives on several \u200dmajor issues\u201d and \u201cis leaving the conference \u2064hanging with \u2064a\u200b historically narrow margin.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Days before his retirement, Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) was ousted from the House Freedom Caucus. 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