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Mike Johnson Completely Blindsided by Resignation in His Own Party (newrepublic.com)

submitted 7 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

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House Speaker Mike Johnson had no idea Representative Ken Buck is quitting, as the GOP is in complete shambles.

Representative Ken Buck took to social media to announce his near-immediate leave from Congress, resigning so fast that even his party leaders were caught off guard by the decision.

“Today, I am announcing that I will depart Congress at the end of next week,” Buck said in a statement on Tuesday. “I look forward to staying involved in our political process, as well as spending more time in Colorado with my family.”

The less-than-two-weeks notice took practically everybody by surprise, including (or maybe especially) House Speaker Mike Johnson.

“I was surprised by Ken’s announcement,” Johnson told a crush of reporters inside the Capitol building. “I look forward to talking to him about that.”

“I didn’t know,” he added.

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[-] TallonMetroid@lemmy.world 170 points 7 months ago

Man is also a member of the party responsible for the dysfunction, don't forget that.

[-] negativenull@lemmy.world 69 points 7 months ago

Freedom Caucus member as well

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 41 points 7 months ago

lmao, the dude was the dysfunction!

[-] Sculptor9157@sh.itjust.works 18 points 7 months ago

The dysfunction was coming from inside the House the whole time!

[-] snooggums@midwest.social 6 points 7 months ago

In a week he will have freedom from congress!

[-] Tylerdurdon@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Exactly. This may just open the door for yet another idiot, making things worse for all of us. They need to fix gerrymandering.

[-] Jaysyn@kbin.social 15 points 7 months ago

Good news, 4 states will have new, fairer maps this upcoming election cycle.

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