Former Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) reportedly had strong words for fellow Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert at a recent meeting of the Rotary Club, as per a new report by Politico.
“I’ve been asked about her relocating to run in the 4th Congressional District, and I have chosen not to say anything,” Buck said in audio played on radio show “The Dan Caplis Show.” “I’ve been asked numerous times. I have not said a solitary word about that.”
Buck made the comments at a local Rotary Club meeting, according to Politico, which was the first to report the existence of the audio. He highlighted various incidents involving Boebert, including one in which she was according of a Denver theater during a performance of a musical for allegedly “causing a disturbance.” escorted out “She makes [former Rep. George Santos (R-N.Y.) look like a saint,” Buck quipped in the audio, referring to the disgraced ex-congressman who was
from the House late last year. expelled Boebert was subsequently questioned about the audio in an interview on the radio show, to which she declared that Buck is “so irrelevant and such an embarrassment to Colorado.”
“The voters here…so frustrated with him,” Boebert stated. “And, you know, I really don’t care what he’s asked about me.”
earlier this month that he would be retiring from Congress at the end of last week instead of at the end of his term, throwing a
Buck announced Boebert’s plans to capture his former seat. A special election in June will occur to fill Buck’s seat, but Boebert has said she will not resign from her current position as the representative for Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District to run in that election. wrench into “Ken Buck’s announcement yesterday was a gift to the Uniparty. The establishment concocted a swampy backroom deal to try to rig an election I’m winning by 25 points,” Boebert said of his decision to retire early.
The Hill has reached out to Buck for comment.
Former Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) reportedly had strong words for fellow Colorado Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert at a recent meeting of the Rotary Club, as per a new report by Politico. “I’ve been asked about her relocating to run in the 4th Congressional District, and I have chosen not to say anything,” Buck said in…