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what do you know about ken buck? guest: interesting lawmaker, highly quotable on capitol hill. that is why we enjoyed him so much, sad to see him go. he has spoken out against his own party on a number of occasions. he was opposed to challenging the results of the 2020 election. he does not believe there are impeachable offenses that president biden has committed. he says that is a large part of the reason why he is resigning from congress on friday, early. had already told us he was not going to run for reelection in 2024, but now he is resigning early, leaving the house majority in an even more dir situation with this two-seat majority. and so, ken buck is a rare person who speaks out against his party, in a party that largely walks in lockstep with former president trump. and we are not sure where he will end up after congress but it could be as a pundit. probably not in any elected office typetion. he says he will not run as a third-party candidate for president. we can rule that out and check that off the list.
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congressman ken buck, republican of colorado, who already had announced this term would be his last. now says he is leaving congress next week. it's just that awful has exited cnn let's learn many house republicans don't even want to be in the same room with each other these days, plus inside the minds of trump supporters were with him in 2016, with him in 2020 but now say no more what they reveal should send a warning for the biden campaign. and leading this hour grim news confirmed by israeli defense forces earlier today a dual american and israeli citizen who we've told you about in the past a young man, 19 years old, named itay. can it turns out he was killed by hamas terrorists on october 7, he was only 19 at the time of his murder until this news, he was believed to be among the more than 100 people still being held hostage by hamas. regular viewers of the lead know we've spoken to e ties parents on a number of occasions. he was the second of three sons he was a former boy scout. he was a fierce basketball player or especially computer basketball. here's how his father, rubi de
congressman ken buck, republican of colorado, who already had announced this term would be his last. now says he is leaving congress next week. it's just that awful has exited cnn let's learn many house republicans don't even want to be in the same room with each other these days, plus inside the minds of trump supporters were with him in 2016, with him in 2020 but now say no more what they reveal should send a warning for the biden campaign. and leading this hour grim news confirmed by israeli...
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breaking news about ken buck. chad. >> that's right, john. ken buck, the republican congressman from colorado has announced he will resign from the house of representatives at the end of next week. we knew he was going to step down at the end of this congress here. this is going to squeeze this margin for house republicans more and more here. these will be the numbers when ken buck steps down at the end of next week. down to 431 members, 218 republicans to 213 democrats. as i always say, it's about the math. right now republicans can only lose two votes on their side and still pass a bill because a tie vote that goes down automatically by rule. still a two-vote margin for ken buck and the republicans, he is going to step aside at the end of next week, increase the headaches for house speaker mike johnson. keep in mind they have to fund the government again at the end of next week, more spending bills to move through the house and the senate to keep the government open, two-thirds of all federal spending and have to do it with a tighter margin
breaking news about ken buck. chad. >> that's right, john. ken buck, the republican congressman from colorado has announced he will resign from the house of representatives at the end of next week. we knew he was going to step down at the end of this congress here. this is going to squeeze this margin for house republicans more and more here. these will be the numbers when ken buck steps down at the end of next week. down to 431 members, 218 republicans to 213 democrats. as i always say,...
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ken buck is i'm out of here. in his district but now she'll stay in and run for his district and it's a whole mess there. but he is leaving them in a lerch. he blind sided the current speaker of the house, didn't tell him. he's done. he's fed up. i don't think he cares if it means they give up a seat in colorado. to your point, what the rnc would normally be able to help with that is that. trying to make sure they don't lose one of those two seats. now they don't have any money. trump will use it all. >> you know, i was listening to ken buck and listening to what he was just played. i get why ken buck is completely dysfunctional, all of us with eyes can see it's completely dysfunctional. but the problem is who sent those reps there? right? who voted for those reps. it's republican primary voters that put lauren boebert in office, that put green from georgia in office, that put all these people -- they're sitting there not because they just showed up artificially. they're sitting there because of republican primar
ken buck is i'm out of here. in his district but now she'll stay in and run for his district and it's a whole mess there. but he is leaving them in a lerch. he blind sided the current speaker of the house, didn't tell him. he's done. he's fed up. i don't think he cares if it means they give up a seat in colorado. to your point, what the rnc would normally be able to help with that is that. trying to make sure they don't lose one of those two seats. now they don't have any money. trump will use...
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i have concerns with someone like ken buck leaves. disagree on many things, he is a man of character and integrity. he literally said, you have no case for impeachment. this is a sham. you are lying to your base and i will not be part of this. we need those people on the republican side with moral clarity. i get very concerned when we lose members like ken buck. i had to hope that eventually, this fever will break and republicans will understand it does not serve them to lie repeatedly to their base. it will catch up with them. that is exactly what we thought this past week in judiciary. the case for impeachment against the president has completely collapsed. they have no evidence to. they are just trying to find any way to distract their base and the fact they do not have what they promised them. >> maybe the fever breaks congresswoman, in november when the voters go to the ballot box and say enough is enough. congresswoman becca balint, thank you for sharing your insight. >>> president biden and donald trump all secured enough deleg
i have concerns with someone like ken buck leaves. disagree on many things, he is a man of character and integrity. he literally said, you have no case for impeachment. this is a sham. you are lying to your base and i will not be part of this. we need those people on the republican side with moral clarity. i get very concerned when we lose members like ken buck. i had to hope that eventually, this fever will break and republicans will understand it does not serve them to lie repeatedly to their...
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. >> ken buck, who has been on the program on a number of occasions and who has sometimes broken with his party of republicans, is just talking about the fact that this hearing is a symbol of the dysfunction in washington and although we knew he was not going to run for re-election, he has just put out a statement. what does it say, julie? >> reporter: yeah, exactly. he put out a statement, chris, this is really notable. this makes republicans' margins even smaller. i'm a journalist. not that good at math so we'll calculate later, but they were tight. he wrote in part it has been an honor to serve the people of colorado's fourth district. he said today i'm announcing i will depart congress at the end of next week. i look forward to staying involved in our political process as well as spending more time in colorado with my family. he had broken with his party as you mentioned on key votes including the impeachment of mayorkas causing it to fail. he said before he would be retiring but this is news that he is leaving at the end of next week. he has yet to talk in the hearing behind me,
. >> ken buck, who has been on the program on a number of occasions and who has sometimes broken with his party of republicans, is just talking about the fact that this hearing is a symbol of the dysfunction in washington and although we knew he was not going to run for re-election, he has just put out a statement. what does it say, julie? >> reporter: yeah, exactly. he put out a statement, chris, this is really notable. this makes republicans' margins even smaller. i'm a...
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that is congressman ken buck from colorado. party's unfounded debacle of an impeachment inquiry that has turned up no evidence of wrongdoing of the president. white house still have had enough. white house counsel's letter write to you today because it is clear that the house republican impeachment is over. the house majority ought to work with the president on our economy, our national security and other important priorities on behalf of the american people, not continued to waste time on political stunts like this. he continues, quote, the house majority has reportedly collected more than 100,000 pages of records, interviewed dossens of witnesses and held multiple public hearings but none of the evident has demonstrated that the president did anything wrong. in fact, it has shown the opposite of what house republicans have claimed. in response, speaker johnson said, quote, the white house doesn't get to decide how impeachment gets resolved. that is for congress to decide. but, congress has done with their inquiry so far, othe
that is congressman ken buck from colorado. party's unfounded debacle of an impeachment inquiry that has turned up no evidence of wrongdoing of the president. white house still have had enough. white house counsel's letter write to you today because it is clear that the house republican impeachment is over. the house majority ought to work with the president on our economy, our national security and other important priorities on behalf of the american people, not continued to waste time on...
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you had control of the house and look. >> i mean, first of all, i'm a fan of ken buck's, and i thinks. >> here's the deal and it's happening all over the country. 435 house seats, and only 20 are in play. what that means is that they're almost all really, really democrat or really, really republican. now second problem, division is pure profit. unity's a loser, and clicks and money, it all works together. the two top grossing probably members of the house or the senate is aoc and marjorie taylor greene because division is pure profit, and there is no real majority. there's no real majority. i mean, you have eight or ten people that run around the capitol and cause chaos for the speaker, and last thing, the speaker rules just create a very weak speaker. that rule. all of that together create this is chaos. >> martha: -- >> jonathan: mariana, it was extraordinary to see mike johnson do something that would normally be totally ordinary. the republicans don't control much right now. he got some wins. there were some losses obviously. how real is the threat to his speakership? >> well, it
you had control of the house and look. >> i mean, first of all, i'm a fan of ken buck's, and i thinks. >> here's the deal and it's happening all over the country. 435 house seats, and only 20 are in play. what that means is that they're almost all really, really democrat or really, really republican. now second problem, division is pure profit. unity's a loser, and clicks and money, it all works together. the two top grossing probably members of the house or the senate is aoc and...
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. >> and also, melanie, you just caught up with colorado republican can congressman ken buck, who is retiring from congress. he he was going to serve out the rest of his term, but he's just saying he's leaving at the end of this week. some of his republican colleagues are not exactly giving him the kindest farewell. >> no, that's right. the house freedom caucus, which is an ultra conservative group kicked him out of the group. group last night. this according to ken buck, now, a source close to the groups that the reason is because of attendance issues that's something they're trying to crack down on. they said ken buck has not been attending meetings regularly and that's why they chose to boot him, but it's no doubt also have to do with the fact that ken buck has booked his party on a number of key issues, including impeachment. he's been openly critical of donald trump. he had called the certified that 2020 election, so he's often been at odds with the freedom caucus and now he is only days away from him resigning early from congress and move that some republicans believe was desig
. >> and also, melanie, you just caught up with colorado republican can congressman ken buck, who is retiring from congress. he he was going to serve out the rest of his term, but he's just saying he's leaving at the end of this week. some of his republican colleagues are not exactly giving him the kindest farewell. >> no, that's right. the house freedom caucus, which is an ultra conservative group kicked him out of the group. group last night. this according to ken buck, now, a...
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so i understand why ken buck is frustrated. he's also frustrated because we're breaking every single solitary norm here. he talked a lot about how we're using impeachment no longer as a constitutional tool that it is that we're using it as a marketing and pr and political tool. and every day we continue to break a new norm here and we just continue to break, break congress and the world. the world is watching. so look, i understand what he's doing, why he's leaving, he's he's had enough of it. but look, republicans are doing everything they can to hand that speaker gavel to leader jeffries by continuing to resign >> cosmic jared >> moskowitz, i do appreciate your time this morning. thank you so much. >> thank you. appreciate it >> okay. i mean, hearing congressman say to you, john, a congressman saying this is an awful place that was pretty stark. this is an awful place. how do you really feel exactly? cars moscow, it's not one to mince words ever it's great stuff. >> any moment now, >> the father of the michigan school shooter
so i understand why ken buck is frustrated. he's also frustrated because we're breaking every single solitary norm here. he talked a lot about how we're using impeachment no longer as a constitutional tool that it is that we're using it as a marketing and pr and political tool. and every day we continue to break a new norm here and we just continue to break, break congress and the world. the world is watching. so look, i understand what he's doing, why he's leaving, he's he's had enough of it....
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>> when you think of people like ken buck calling it quits this week, what do you make of the rush, ofers fleeing before the end of their term? >> well, i think it's a mixed bag year because of course, it's good to have people who are willing to stand up, even for the mildest amount of you know, sanity here, in terms of what he did by trying to play his hand so that lauren boebert went able to immediately take over his seat but the sad part of this is for every ken buck who speaks out against his party or their unwillingness to actually do the work of governing, for every met romney or liz cheney or adam kinzinger, they will speak out for the moment, they will be a thorn in their own parties side and then they will be replaced by somebody, who is going to tell the party line. so that's the bad part about this. we can apply these people but at the end of the day, you know, the republican party will become more and more homogenous and that will be worse for democracy at the end of the day. >> he's absolutely right about this. the part of the problem is that in fact you do have the reason
>> when you think of people like ken buck calling it quits this week, what do you make of the rush, ofers fleeing before the end of their term? >> well, i think it's a mixed bag year because of course, it's good to have people who are willing to stand up, even for the mildest amount of you know, sanity here, in terms of what he did by trying to play his hand so that lauren boebert went able to immediately take over his seat but the sad part of this is for every ken buck who speaks...
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ken buck. now gallagher. how did this land in the capitol today? many prom members resigning. gallagher was pegged a rising star in the party. he's just turned 40 years old recently. and he's decided he had enough. his one vote was on impeaching alejandro mayorkas. he didn't think that was a good idea. but other than that, he's voted with the team. not someone bucking the party lines or making demands of the party. that was a particularly shocking situation that gallagher is leaving. kind of a reminder that institutionalists in the party are not very happy these days. >> let me just note that mike gallagher and buck, along with tom mcclintock were two of the three. right? so people who were eyeing the exits were like, nonsense. >> first of all. my understanding, according to wisconsin law, there would be no special. if he left earlier, like april second. waiting until april 19th, means the seat stays open the rest of the year and republicans can't get that back? >> yeah thrafplt does seem to be the situation here now. which makes it even harder for
ken buck. now gallagher. how did this land in the capitol today? many prom members resigning. gallagher was pegged a rising star in the party. he's just turned 40 years old recently. and he's decided he had enough. his one vote was on impeaching alejandro mayorkas. he didn't think that was a good idea. but other than that, he's voted with the team. not someone bucking the party lines or making demands of the party. that was a particularly shocking situation that gallagher is leaving. kind of a...
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colorado congressman ken buck is getting out in just a matter days and that surprised house leadership. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram tells us what that means now for the g.o.p. good evening, chad. >> bret, the house g.o.p. majority dwindling. buck was already retiring but decided to quit at the end of next week. he was one of three republicans who opposed impeaching homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. >> take impeachment social media issue as opposed to an do constitutional concept. [inaudible] and i don't need to spend my time here. >> when buck is gone, the house breakdown will be 218 republicans to 213 democrats. the g.o.p. can only lose two votes. the house majority shrinks again next month if democrats win a special election in western new york. buck underscored his exasperation with congress. at today's hearing with special counsel robert hur. >> one side thinks you are trying to get president trump elected and the other side thinks you are trying to get president biden elected but when both sides attack you, my admonition is welcome to congress. >>
colorado congressman ken buck is getting out in just a matter days and that surprised house leadership. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram tells us what that means now for the g.o.p. good evening, chad. >> bret, the house g.o.p. majority dwindling. buck was already retiring but decided to quit at the end of next week. he was one of three republicans who opposed impeaching homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. >> take impeachment social media issue as opposed...
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ken buck, mike gallagher.greene told me on sunday morning futures that she thinks the house should expel the wisconsin congressman mike gallagher before his planned resignation next month because if he leaves on the schedule that he wants to leave, you won't be able to have a special election. if he leaves now, gallagher's district could select a new representative before november's election. tennessee congressman tim burchett talked about gallagher's decision to leave when he wants to leave and eliminating any chance for a special l ex. here -- special election. here's tim burchett with me yesterday. it feels like some of your colleagues are saying screw you, i'm out of here. >> that's exactly what they're saying. i would hope mike would immediately resign, because if he's going to leave we could immediately have a special election. so i hope there's no skulldugery afoot. this looks bad. maria: do you think this is his retaliation against you and your quote, unquote, squad who fired kevin mccarthy. >> i heard
ken buck, mike gallagher.greene told me on sunday morning futures that she thinks the house should expel the wisconsin congressman mike gallagher before his planned resignation next month because if he leaves on the schedule that he wants to leave, you won't be able to have a special election. if he leaves now, gallagher's district could select a new representative before november's election. tennessee congressman tim burchett talked about gallagher's decision to leave when he wants to leave...
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here's the balance of power as it stands now with ken buck out.ll awaiting mike gallagher to leave, but here we are, 218-213. republicans can only lose 2. but on april 119th when gallagher leaves, they can only lose 1. i mean, jeff, who would want to lead this small majority? >> it's amazing, aishah. they started at 2232. let's go back a little bit -- 222. they kicked out george santos. i don't believe they should have kicked out santos. end then mccarthy leaves. ken buck leaves. now mike gallagher is leaving. so 217 is not a majority of 435. 218 is. so we've got some special elections coming up. i think these people that leave during the middle of a term should be forced to pay for the special elections. now, gallagher did it in a way where they're not going to be able to hold a special in wisconsin, so that seat's going to remain vacant until the end of the term, and those individuals will not have representation in congress. that is just atrocious. i'm hearing rumors there could be another republican leaving before the end of the term. they mig
here's the balance of power as it stands now with ken buck out.ll awaiting mike gallagher to leave, but here we are, 218-213. republicans can only lose 2. but on april 119th when gallagher leaves, they can only lose 1. i mean, jeff, who would want to lead this small majority? >> it's amazing, aishah. they started at 2232. let's go back a little bit -- 222. they kicked out george santos. i don't believe they should have kicked out santos. end then mccarthy leaves. ken buck leaves. now mike...
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. >> i can't let you go without playing audio from ken buck, colorado representative who's not runninggoing to lie on behalf of my presidential candidate, on behalf of my party and, i'm very sad that others in my party have taken the position that as long as we get the white house, it doesn't really matter what we say. >> republican ken buck saying that's a big reason for why he's not going to stay in congress. >> what a patriotic thing to say, right. i mean, not to say something that's completely nonpolitical here, but, you know, 12 years ago or so, i deployed to aversion. i was an infantry platoon there. you think about what the young service members, many of whom are in harm's way today or people just like them, they think about the politics they want, the politics they deserve, the politics that puts the country first. what unfortunately we're seeing from the republican party today is not a political ideology, but it's obstructionism. they actually don't want to solve anything as it relates to the border. they want to just press on what they believe is a weakness. it's not governin
. >> i can't let you go without playing audio from ken buck, colorado representative who's not runninggoing to lie on behalf of my presidential candidate, on behalf of my party and, i'm very sad that others in my party have taken the position that as long as we get the white house, it doesn't really matter what we say. >> republican ken buck saying that's a big reason for why he's not going to stay in congress. >> what a patriotic thing to say, right. i mean, not to say...
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colorado republican ken buck announcing that he's leaving congress in just a matter of days, torching party on the way out. >> what has frustrated you so much about this era of politics and this -- particularly congress, what's made it so difficult? >> you really need me to say that? you need me to explain what's so difficult about this place. this place just keeps going downhill and i don't need to spend my time here. a lot of it is personal, instead of having decorum and operating in a professional manner, this place has devolved into this bickering and nonsense. >> another congressman, chip roy, also slamming his own party for failing to act on the border. >> in 2018 we have the house, we have the sept, we have the white house, and we have a bigger majority than we have today, and we utterly failed to secure the border, totally dropped the ball. >> joining me now is jonathan capehart the host of the sunday and saturday show with jonathan capehart. and katie cay, nbc news u.s. special correspondent. my thanks to both of you for joining me. jonathan, i'd love to start with you. hello
colorado republican ken buck announcing that he's leaving congress in just a matter of days, torching party on the way out. >> what has frustrated you so much about this era of politics and this -- particularly congress, what's made it so difficult? >> you really need me to say that? you need me to explain what's so difficult about this place. this place just keeps going downhill and i don't need to spend my time here. a lot of it is personal, instead of having decorum and operating...
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i've never seen it so dysfunction shan, all you have ken buck, congressman ken buck quitting next week instead of even just sticking it out until the end of his term, he announced he was retiring because of how uncomfortable and awkward and dysfunctional and all is you're not denying that? >> well, respectfully, ken buck is one of the people that helped create some of the dysfunction by voting to remove kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. so that's kinda rich coming from him. but look at the end of the day. we have passed a lot of bills through the house. i know a lot of times the focus is on the house. chuck schumer and senate democrats who are in the majority down the hall have not passed much of anything. we have been focused on issues that impact the american people from border security with h.r.-2, which we passed in may of land this year, to energy independence, which hr one which we passed last year as well. so there's a lot that we have focused on just because as the senate chooses not to act can't put that solely on the house. obviously, we would like to get a lot more leg
i've never seen it so dysfunction shan, all you have ken buck, congressman ken buck quitting next week instead of even just sticking it out until the end of his term, he announced he was retiring because of how uncomfortable and awkward and dysfunctional and all is you're not denying that? >> well, respectfully, ken buck is one of the people that helped create some of the dysfunction by voting to remove kevin mccarthy as speaker of the house. so that's kinda rich coming from him. but look...
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what struck me about ken buck's resignation is how mad he was. he did a throw it down i'm out of here. he even imperilled lauren boebert. she is trying to switch districts to run in his district. but he made them have to have a special election. and so, this is him being done with the party. he gave mike johnson no notice and i think, i am surprised there is not more of these resignations. there has been an increasing number of people looking at the next couple of years and the fact that donald trump is the nominee and you do see some republicans walking away. especially people like mike gallagher. but i don't know how any of these republicans stay in office. anyone who is a serious legislature. what is coming has nothing to do with the party. they will be people acting at donald trump's beck and call. and, there is more and more demand for people to act like lauren boebert and very little call for people who want to do serious legislating so i think a few more people should follow ken buck out the door. and just let the democrats do things becau
what struck me about ken buck's resignation is how mad he was. he did a throw it down i'm out of here. he even imperilled lauren boebert. she is trying to switch districts to run in his district. but he made them have to have a special election. and so, this is him being done with the party. he gave mike johnson no notice and i think, i am surprised there is not more of these resignations. there has been an increasing number of people looking at the next couple of years and the fact that donald...
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and they are really the people who are talking about the liver eating duration after ken buck leaves next friday, this is what the breakdown is going to be. 218, republicans, 213 in democrats. four vacancies. so this is just an example of how the tensions are made even worse when it comes to how mike johnson, the speaker, and other members of leadership, can manage these guys and women because they have such a narrow margin, but it's almost nonexistent. it is pretty much non-existent and that is why speaker johnson isn't able to manage these guys. he's has person leader with little experience leading but he is lost control of the majority. he's not able to pass anything with republican votes. now, they have to what they do, suspend the rules and everything, even messaging bills that are supposed to be good and easy for republicans, half to can't pass unless it involves democratic votes and so it is, you have the faction of the party who's mad at people for ousting kevin mccarthy. you have the people who have no relationship with mike johnson you have someone like patrick mchenry who
and they are really the people who are talking about the liver eating duration after ken buck leaves next friday, this is what the breakdown is going to be. 218, republicans, 213 in democrats. four vacancies. so this is just an example of how the tensions are made even worse when it comes to how mike johnson, the speaker, and other members of leadership, can manage these guys and women because they have such a narrow margin, but it's almost nonexistent. it is pretty much non-existent and that...
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congressman ken buck announced he is retiring 19of next week. party breakdown, 218 to 213, republicans can only afford to lose two votes on a party line vote. what does that mean for republican primaries in the house? >> it has been difficult with divided government right now, we are not unified as we need to be. strongest thing is to stick together. every time a republican gets on the floor or in public and bash the republicans for work that speaker johnson is doing, chuck schumer, senate majority leader from new york, can rest easy knowing we're divided and they can continue to get their priorities and we cannot get ours. we will not get home runs with a two-seat majority. it will put us in jeopardy. i can't stress enough, if we don't stick together as republicans, we're last line of defense. republican in house are last line. >> carley: votes matter. you have to wonder what mike johnson's reaction was when buck told him he was retiring next week. thank you for waking up, have a great day. >> thanks, you, too. >> todd: need to go on that diet.
congressman ken buck announced he is retiring 19of next week. party breakdown, 218 to 213, republicans can only afford to lose two votes on a party line vote. what does that mean for republican primaries in the house? >> it has been difficult with divided government right now, we are not unified as we need to be. strongest thing is to stick together. every time a republican gets on the floor or in public and bash the republicans for work that speaker johnson is doing, chuck schumer,...
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and there is the ongoing impeachment inquiry at your colleague, ken buck, announced earlier this week he's going to leave at the end of the week of next week congress entirely after he had announced who's going to retire. but this abrupt leaving and was new. he told reporters quote, we've taken impeachment and made it into a social media issue as opposed to a constitutional concept. is he right? >> well, i'm not an attorney, but there's a lot workings going on behind him, bucks a good buddy of mine. he was our sitting side-by-side on january 6 when it all went down, matter of fact, we were i was the very last house member delayed the house floor on january 6, and buck was right in the mix there. so he's a he's a dear friends. so i would never question what he said because he is an attorney and he he gets it probably a little more than i do. i'm more about i'm not an attorney. i'll just leave it. >> but but there's a lot going on behind the scenes there, man, you know it lauren boebert running and met seats switching in the end of that district, this kind of puts >> her at a bad positi
and there is the ongoing impeachment inquiry at your colleague, ken buck, announced earlier this week he's going to leave at the end of the week of next week congress entirely after he had announced who's going to retire. but this abrupt leaving and was new. he told reporters quote, we've taken impeachment and made it into a social media issue as opposed to a constitutional concept. is he right? >> well, i'm not an attorney, but there's a lot workings going on behind him, bucks a good...
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the same day his republican colleague, ken buck, resigned.ouse republicans can only afford to lose just one vote, just one vote to pass legislation without the support of democrats. with a 2-17-213 majority, how big of a deal is this great resignation? or, what is it telling us? >> oh, it is very significant because it is telling the country that people who went to washington to work, can't. that is why these two representatives are leaving. and just to add insult to injury, when it comes to mike gallagher's seat, they will not have a special election to fill that seat, so that seat is, in fact, md until january 1st, unlike george santos' seat, where those -- there was a chance of getting it back. when it comes to the message it is sending out to republicans, it is saying, if you are serious, don't come to washington. that is just not a good thing, because we are still a two party system, red, and we need serious people who want to solve problems. >> juanita, today, missouri and louisiana are holding presidential primaries, allowing president
the same day his republican colleague, ken buck, resigned.ouse republicans can only afford to lose just one vote, just one vote to pass legislation without the support of democrats. with a 2-17-213 majority, how big of a deal is this great resignation? or, what is it telling us? >> oh, it is very significant because it is telling the country that people who went to washington to work, can't. that is why these two representatives are leaving. and just to add insult to injury, when it comes...
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what i heard today is we just thought -- think back to ken buck's questioning. ken buck, you can tell his a former federal prosecutor. where exactly was the willfulness missing? i didn't hear a very good answer from rob hur. >> martha: all right. let's talk -- you know, agreed. when you listen to this and break it down, it comes down to this is a well-meaning elderly man with memory problems. that's the way he felt the jury would perceive this. that is an electoral question for americans about whether or not they want that in the next president, including the current president. this is democrats invoking trump comparisons today. you know what? we're going to listen to jim jordan who is responding now. let's listen live. >> underscoring the double standard that the american people exist in the justice department. >> can you talk about how this relates to the former president's investigation? >> there he goes. that was it. this is a few of the democrats invoking trump comparisons today. obviously, as i said, that case is still in front of us. let's watch. >> given
what i heard today is we just thought -- think back to ken buck's questioning. ken buck, you can tell his a former federal prosecutor. where exactly was the willfulness missing? i didn't hear a very good answer from rob hur. >> martha: all right. let's talk -- you know, agreed. when you listen to this and break it down, it comes down to this is a well-meaning elderly man with memory problems. that's the way he felt the jury would perceive this. that is an electoral question for americans...
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that is congressman ken buck from the state of pennsylvania announcing that he will be leaving congress that he's not running for re-election but leaving next friday. he was asked about him being one of the three republicans that did not want to impeach mayorkas. that surprised some people. he did say mayorkas wasn't doing a good job but he thought that was overkill. he didn't get along with donald trump and didn't like the trumpization of the party as well. bottom line, he's leaving. gerry baker of the "wall street journal," what he makes of this. what do you think, gerry? >> i mean, i think -- two things. one, it makes life more complicated for speaker johnson and the wafer thin republican majority. just two emphasizes the complete trump party, the trump takeover of the republican party. we've seen it with the rnc. the very last remaining of trump, the last remaining republicans bowing out because they see the handwriting on the wall. >> neil: i'm wonders, too, he's from colorado. i it is a pennsylvania. let's ask about the makeup of the house right now. they can't afford to lose anyo
that is congressman ken buck from the state of pennsylvania announcing that he will be leaving congress that he's not running for re-election but leaving next friday. he was asked about him being one of the three republicans that did not want to impeach mayorkas. that surprised some people. he did say mayorkas wasn't doing a good job but he thought that was overkill. he didn't get along with donald trump and didn't like the trumpization of the party as well. bottom line, he's leaving. gerry...
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we will be watching ken buck closely. host: once ran for the u.s.r the house and winning. guest: one other thing about ken buck, he has said -- i'm sorry, let's move on. host: woodbridge, virginia. we can get back to ken buck after a few more questions. tom. caller: good morning. this is tom. thank you for taking my call. c-span, you are a national treasure. i am the guy that wrote the white paper on inside the fbi terrorism strategy, spoke a couple of months ago. i was the senior collection strategist for domestic extremism at t■8■0irector of national intelligence. publish that report. recently published a 90-page timeline going back to 2009 about evidence of corruption, illegal activities, election interference. you can find that on my website. i say all of this because i will talk about the loudermilk thing in a second. you can find that on my website. the reason i'm calling today, we were talking about whether anyone will be held accountable or answer for all of the misinformation put out by the january 6 committee. ■i am doing what i call the j
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you mentioned ken buck earlier stepping down.t of the transformation we're seeing in the republican party is the ones like buck who are unable to take the chaos anymore and stepping aside, what i'm worried about is who is going to step up to replace them? who is going to be in the hall of congress, and what are they going to be willing to let trump get away with? >> panel, please stick around. after the break, how team trump is not objecting to campaigning from the courtroom. first, my friend richard louis is here with a breaking news update. >> breaking news from new jersey to tell you about. police saying a triple murder suspect is in custody after a multistate hours-long manhunt. he started this morning near philadelphia. suspect andre gordon shot and killed his stepmother and 13-year-old sister. then he drove to a nearby home where he shot and killed a woman, the mother of their two children. after that, he carjacked someone in a store parking lot, drove to nearby trenton, new jersey. there he held multiple hostages inside a
you mentioned ken buck earlier stepping down.t of the transformation we're seeing in the republican party is the ones like buck who are unable to take the chaos anymore and stepping aside, what i'm worried about is who is going to step up to replace them? who is going to be in the hall of congress, and what are they going to be willing to let trump get away with? >> panel, please stick around. after the break, how team trump is not objecting to campaigning from the courtroom. first, my...
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ken buck, i do not understand. the fact that he's leaving early just for other reasons which are unknown to me, mike the same way. he ought to stay the term and fill it out and give his people in his state of wisconsin, his district a chance to elect somebody else. it's a republican district. maria: feels like these guys are basically walking out and giving you the finger. they're walking out and you've got a one vote majority. all mike gallagher had to do was choose a different date so you could replace him and have a special election. he didn't, intngs nailly. intentionally.>> you no who he? america. he's harming the country. they were good members. they voted conservative for the most part but you don't leave your job, leave the ship in the myof a storm. we're in a storm now. we've got issues in the country and we need their votes and the democrats are off the rails and we've got to have a checks and balances and them leaving is not helping. maria: todd piro, jump in. >> this death by a thousand cuts to the repu
ken buck, i do not understand. the fact that he's leaving early just for other reasons which are unknown to me, mike the same way. he ought to stay the term and fill it out and give his people in his state of wisconsin, his district a chance to elect somebody else. it's a republican district. maria: feels like these guys are basically walking out and giving you the finger. they're walking out and you've got a one vote majority. all mike gallagher had to do was choose a different date so you...
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on, i went and took myself out to lunch, and the few hours after ken buck announced his resignation. walking into the restaurant for his nice little lunch. people being impeached for this, that and the other, let's remember something. the department of homeland security's alejandro mayorkas was impeached by the house, yet those articles are still sitting there. they haven't been sent over to the senate. why go through the exercise if you're not going to complete the exercise? that's the end of my sermon. thank you very much for coming to the saturday show. and coming up. coming up. another complicated week in the many legal efforts to hold donald trump accountable. georgia, new york, mar-a-lago. there's so much to catch up on. we'll dig into how these new developments to determine whether trump will go on trial in these cases before the november election. stay with us. these cases befor november election. stay with us ony) oh, no problem. (man) thanks. (tony) yes, problem. you need verizon. get the new iphone 15 pro with tons of storage. so you can take all the pics! (vo) trade-in an
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gallagher's announcement came weeks after ken buck decided to leave. are they sending a message they are so angry they do not care about republicans hold the majority? is it their only way of curbing the marjorie taylor green offensive? >> they are not curbing it. they are throwing up their hands and walking away from the fight. i think that is really the macro story of the last few years in politics really in the republican party is that you are seeing what you might call team normal throw up their hands and largely walk away from the fight. donald trump and the trumpists if you will have sort of won the day when it comes to the republican party. it is not the same party that was before. i have been really struck by the fact that you have seen so many republican committee chairs leave congress. congressman gallagher had a history of being respected by democrats as well as republicans. he was working on an area where there was a surprising amount of consensus, around policy toward china. and you know, that is just not the kind of rational conversation
gallagher's announcement came weeks after ken buck decided to leave. are they sending a message they are so angry they do not care about republicans hold the majority? is it their only way of curbing the marjorie taylor green offensive? >> they are not curbing it. they are throwing up their hands and walking away from the fight. i think that is really the macro story of the last few years in politics really in the republican party is that you are seeing what you might call team normal...
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when ken buck announced he was retiring, he warned that more republicans would leave.ut mike gallagher. what you think is coming next? >> at this rate, house republicans could be in the minority by memorial day, if the resignations keep going. i don't want to speculate about who would be next. but, you have to look at those members, who have already announced that they are retiring. you have to look at that list of people, who might decide to resign early. think about it, republicans have lost about five members. mccarthy, santos, bill johnson of ohio, gallagher, and buck have all announced, or will soon be leaving. you look at kay granger of texas. she has a distinguished record, she has served a long time. she announced today that she is stepping down as chair of the house appropriations committee. she is over 80. maybe she decides to pack it in early, and there could be other members that have personal or family reasons why they need to leave, or perhaps, obviously, some might be heading to the private sector, so it's hard to say who will be next, but at this rate,
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. >> it's all about the politics says ken buck.at he does not regret leaving congress early. not even if it makes it easier for marjorie taylor greene to follow through on her motion to vacate speaker mike johnson. the gop's margin is down to two. it could soon be down to just one as wisconsin rep mike gallagher announced he's leaving too, resigning less than a month from now. joining us now, "punchbowl news" cofounder, and msnbc political contributor, jake sherman. what a mess, jake? what's happening? >> it's the mess we love, though, katy. no, i think, listen, people look at what's gone on in the house, especially over the last six to eight, you know, today is the five-month anniversary of mike johnson's speakership. since kevin mccarthy left, it's a huge mess. they have to rely on democrats for everything. the decision making is frantic and uneven and unpredictable from the top, and i think people say, listen, i could be doing something better with my life, and i think mike gallagher and ken buck said that. we have a raft of ret
. >> it's all about the politics says ken buck.at he does not regret leaving congress early. not even if it makes it easier for marjorie taylor greene to follow through on her motion to vacate speaker mike johnson. the gop's margin is down to two. it could soon be down to just one as wisconsin rep mike gallagher announced he's leaving too, resigning less than a month from now. joining us now, "punchbowl news" cofounder, and msnbc political contributor, jake sherman. what a mess,...
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and so i think ken buck is expressing that frustration. in fact, now that he's resigning, that razor thin majority is even that much thinner. maybe they can only lose two votes now, but they didn't have a functional majority to begin with. with buck gone, it won't make much of a difference. >> charlie, brenda, thank you very much. >>> ahead, what donald trump just said he'll do on day one regarding january 6th convicts. >>> and it's off to georgia. after tonight, joe biden and donald trump could clinch their nominations. what that actually means. >>> plus, he blew the whistle on boeing's safety practices and was in the middle of testifying in an explosive lawsuit against the company. then he was found dead. what happened to john barnett? we're back in 60 seconds. n barn? we're back in 60 seconds bad bo. yep, tough day at work, nice cruise will sort you right out. when i'm riding, i'm not even thinking about my painful cavity. well, you shouldn't ignore that. and every time i get stressed about having to pay my bills, i just hop on the bike
and so i think ken buck is expressing that frustration. in fact, now that he's resigning, that razor thin majority is even that much thinner. maybe they can only lose two votes now, but they didn't have a functional majority to begin with. with buck gone, it won't make much of a difference. >> charlie, brenda, thank you very much. >>> ahead, what donald trump just said he'll do on day one regarding january 6th convicts. >>> and it's off to georgia. after tonight, joe...
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but it's not just ken buck who thinks it's a waste of time. this session of congress has seen more members resigned than any other session on record. it's literally unprecedented, and that makes sense. if you're not a clown, why stick around this long at the clown show? but with all these resignations also comes a glimmer of hope. maybe republicans want to be in charge that much longer, because today we saw yet another resignation announcement. the wisconsin republican congressman and rising star mike gallagher, mike gallagher only announced his resignation today. his actual last day is going to be april 19, which under wisconsin state law, it is too late in the session for his seat to be filled with a special election, meaning that gallagher's deeply red district seat will remain vacant until january, and all of this is to say that come april 20, the house republican majority will have a one-vote leave and the republican party isn't exactly the poster child of unity now. last week was supposed to be the big annual retreat for house republican
but it's not just ken buck who thinks it's a waste of time. this session of congress has seen more members resigned than any other session on record. it's literally unprecedented, and that makes sense. if you're not a clown, why stick around this long at the clown show? but with all these resignations also comes a glimmer of hope. maybe republicans want to be in charge that much longer, because today we saw yet another resignation announcement. the wisconsin republican congressman and rising...
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couple of things on -- i went and took myself out to lunch and the -- few hours after ken buck announcedo the restaurant for his nice little lunch. and but also one other thing people being impeached for this that and the other. let's remember something. the department of homeland security secretary mayorkas was ohm peached by the white house and yet the articles of impeachment are still sitting there. they have not been sent over to the senate? why go through the exercise if you are not going to complete ther and? thank you very much for coming to the saturday show. >>> and coming up, coming up, another complicated week in the many legal efforts to hold donald trump accountable. georgia, new york, mar-a-lago. there's so much to catch up on. we'll dig into how these new developments could determine whether trump will go on trial in these cases before the november election. stay with us. or t-e-d, which may need a different doctor. find a t-e-d eye specialist at isitted.com. okay everyone, our mission is to provide complete, balanced nutrition for strength and energy. yay - woo hoo! ensur
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. >> ken buck was one of them. republicans warning the house is going to look foolish if it keeps at it, ken buck was warning they were chasing what was an imagined history. writing a letter to the speaker of the house saying it's clear the investigation has found no evidence of wrongdoing, listing dozens of examples of witnesses refuting the republicans' allegations against biden. we brought this as breaking news this morning, a judge in georgia will let prosecutor fani willis stay on the trump racketeering case if she removes her boyfriend, nathan wade, from the case, or she can keep him but remove herself and her entire office from the prosecution. one of the trump allies charged in the case said willis had a conflict of interest when she hired and then paid a man with whom she was interesting an intimate relationship. it's fair to say this is a win for nobody. the judge blasted willis for the appearance of a conflict of interest, and her decisions. he called it a tremendous lapse in judgment and said she behave
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thank you, guys. >> ken buck says he was kicked out of the freedom caucus. do you know what happened there >> his attendance did gvhd on meeting? >> who's already been redesigned. so what's the difference of kicking amount? a couple of days before? he resigned? well, he had ramped up a lot of purposes. i like ken, but he was wrong to do what he did >> so instead, during his final week buck became the first republican to sign onto a democratic attempt to force a house vote on ukraine aid he spent some time with a certain senator who happened to crash our interview >> you have >> not decided >> how to watch him >> i've known him since he was a baby now he's getting hard i'm taking him with me. we have a meeting to go to hell labels ticket that the plan >> now buck later told me he was not actually planning to run on a third party ticket. that's it for inside politics sunday, you can follow me on x, formerly known as twitter at mk raju follow the show at inside politics. and if you ever, ms an episode, you can catch up wherever you get your pod gasp, just searc
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. >>> i want to bring in congressman ken buck, republican of colorado, always good to have you on thell, get your reaction to this endorsement. look, we said it was a stunning reversal. i don't think that it's an enormous surprise what mitch mcconnell decided, but what do you make of it? >> well, first of all, i think that donald trump has insulted so many people that mitch mcconnell doesn't necessarily take it personally when donald trump insults his wife, but i do think that mitch mcconnell is a team player. he's a loyal republican, and he saw his duty, he saw his job as supporting the candidate in this situation. >> you're one of many who have said there's no room for compromise in congress anymore. just yesterday kyrsten sinema cited that as a reason to bow out. let me pose a question for everyone who has said i can't get much done. i'm going to not run again. could you be jumping the gun? what if trump isn't reelected? who's going to be left from the middle and even if donald trump isn't president, is your argument that maga retains its outsized influence? >> i think if donald tr
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listen to what ken buck is saying. from colorado there because it's instructive as to the feelings in the house right now you got it, right, buddy. okay. may i pipe it on one thing? what would often comes with that last slide that you guys have is often that people despise congress as a whole. but if you ask them specifically about their member of congress they seem to approve of them more and i wonder what that looks like now, i'm not entirely sure we have all that data, but i do wonder if even that is shifting given how bad it is. >> you know, it's so funny. i do sprint spent a lot of time in the spreadsheets and i can still tell you that most of the polling, it is a little above 50%, but it's not that far. 50%. most members of congress are going to get reelected comes from this november. if they decide to run but it's just that general feeling. i think folks just being you go out there and like all my congressman, i want it would be afraid to announce that it was a congressman given the feelings that folks have towa
listen to what ken buck is saying. from colorado there because it's instructive as to the feelings in the house right now you got it, right, buddy. okay. may i pipe it on one thing? what would often comes with that last slide that you guys have is often that people despise congress as a whole. but if you ask them specifically about their member of congress they seem to approve of them more and i wonder what that looks like now, i'm not entirely sure we have all that data, but i do wonder if...
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ken buck and mike gallagher leave is going to have the 218 and magic number. republicans are going to be one short. and so if i were speaker mike johnson, if i were a chair of a republican republican chair of a committee right now, i wouldn't be sleeping too soundly. because anybody having a health crisis, anybody having a legal crisis, anybody having a family crisis could very well mean that they lose the majority >> and look, some of those dynamics within the party we saw it play out with the speaker, kevin mccarthy. and so far that dynamic has been tamped down with speaker johnson. but of course, this seems to be at least it's the first little crack that we're noticing. we will see, i want to shift to president biden on the campaign trail because look, he's also campaigning in key battleground states this week as new cnn polling and pennsylvania shows a pretty big gender divide between the candidates based on those polled biden leaves by eight points among women, trump leads by ten points. it's a menn >> michael, >> if you're looking at numbers like these,
ken buck and mike gallagher leave is going to have the 218 and magic number. republicans are going to be one short. and so if i were speaker mike johnson, if i were a chair of a republican republican chair of a committee right now, i wouldn't be sleeping too soundly. because anybody having a health crisis, anybody having a legal crisis, anybody having a family crisis could very well mean that they lose the majority >> and look, some of those dynamics within the party we saw it play out...
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and so if somebody like ken buck has a compelling argument for what can he do two weeks from now and he is freed of the responsibilities of being in congress that is going to advance some cause that he cares about. >> we're actually >> move something forward. then i'm all ears and there are many people there who say, yeah, i'm going to retire at the end of this term because this feels pointless. >> but i do think it is such a >> sad state of affairs. the people who are good and qualified, no longer view being in public service as the best way to bring about positive change in our country. because all it means is you're going to get more people trying to enter the process maybe don't have the right. they're not there for the right reasons. in reality tv speak or you wind up with thinking, okay, well, we need to a changing of the guard in washington, there too many people that have been there for too long. but then you lose institutional experience and you have a bunch of new people in there who maybe don't know how to govern. so it's this real catch-22 where i've i am very sad about a
and so if somebody like ken buck has a compelling argument for what can he do two weeks from now and he is freed of the responsibilities of being in congress that is going to advance some cause that he cares about. >> we're actually >> move something forward. then i'm all ears and there are many people there who say, yeah, i'm going to retire at the end of this term because this feels pointless. >> but i do think it is such a >> sad state of affairs. the people who are...
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colorado's ken buck announcing he will be stepping down at the end of next week buck already said he would not be running for reelection this year, but his early resignation caught some of his colleagues off guard, including house speaker mike johnson who can only afford two defections on legislation. a special election will take place on june 25th to align with the already-scheduled presidential primary >>> the white house announced a surprise new $300 million weapons package for ukraine. pentagon officials say they were able to come up with the money through savings on long had been term contracts with weapons makers, bypassing the gridlock that's kept congress from passing new ukraine aid for months >>> and russian president putin has fired his top naval commander, according to the "new york times," citing a ukrainian and western official russia has lost 15 ships in six months putin also warned in a new interview overnight that russia is ready to use nuclear weapons if there's a threat to its sovereignty. >>> this morning, a ship is on its way to gaza from cyprus, carrying nearly
colorado's ken buck announcing he will be stepping down at the end of next week buck already said he would not be running for reelection this year, but his early resignation caught some of his colleagues off guard, including house speaker mike johnson who can only afford two defections on legislation. a special election will take place on june 25th to align with the already-scheduled presidential primary >>> the white house announced a surprise new $300 million weapons package for...
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ken buck is a good man. i like, can i know ken? and he's fed up. i'm fed up. okay. i've been at an awful lot longer than he has. i've been involved in state and federal politics about 40 years but without not giving up, we're going to my daughter and i were working on americans together. how do we allow people to understand that 55% of us that live in the middle have the power to change, not one of these people running today, president biden or former president trump, come when without the center part of this guy country. >> so you're not seeking reelection, you're dropping out, you're not going to seek reelection. will you ever run for public office again? >> i don't i never wanted to say never on anything. i don't intend to. that's not my intentions. i truly believe that the people need to know the power they have, use it. make sure the character of the people you're sending here are coming here. for the country's sake and not for their own party or their own sake. make sure that we start having an led me know that term limits. i believe there's a supreme court's
ken buck is a good man. i like, can i know ken? and he's fed up. i'm fed up. okay. i've been at an awful lot longer than he has. i've been involved in state and federal politics about 40 years but without not giving up, we're going to my daughter and i were working on americans together. how do we allow people to understand that 55% of us that live in the middle have the power to change, not one of these people running today, president biden or former president trump, come when without the...
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ken buck made this announcement. remember he had already said he was going to retire, but this early resignation announcement is really a big blow to house republicans already razor-thin majority and speaker mike johnson told us that he was caught off guard and that he has given no heads-up but this big announcement was coming. now, book says that he did try to call the speaker and leave a message. so it may have been just a mutex miscommunication or misconnection there, but no doubt this is going to have implicate implicating patients for how they're going to govern right now, republicans can only afford to lose two republicans on any party-line votes. and meanwhile, this also raises questions for republicans look and lauren boebert, who was planning to run in bucks district because it's more conservative, more safe. so a lot of implications, a lot of developments here today. and of course it also let's speaks to the fact that right now it's pretty miserable to be a house republican buck talk to dana about that a li
ken buck made this announcement. remember he had already said he was going to retire, but this early resignation announcement is really a big blow to house republicans already razor-thin majority and speaker mike johnson told us that he was caught off guard and that he has given no heads-up but this big announcement was coming. now, book says that he did try to call the speaker and leave a message. so it may have been just a mutex miscommunication or misconnection there, but no doubt this is...
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ken buck leaves republicans with 218 seats and 213 for democrats as a working majority of just two voteshe belongs to the hard right freedom caucus, but he has criticized efforts to impeach president biden. an aid to ship is on its way to gaza tonight. open arms arranged the transport. >> hopefully there will be other boats and other entities. >> hezbollah had one of their most intense exchanges yet. has bullet fired more than 100 rockets into northern israel. boeing is adding extra inspections. after a door panel flew off a plane in january. the nasdaq rose 246 points. why violent crime rates in most american sittings are trending down. a former white house lawyer starts over by courting a new musical path. the u.s. surgeon general discusses teen mental health with our student reporting class. >> this is pbs newshour in the west. >> migrant crossings that the arizona-mexico border have remained high this year. in the nevada joins us. what is the situation on the arizona border where you are? amna: it is interesting, all the focus is on texas, but it has been arizona that has had one of
ken buck leaves republicans with 218 seats and 213 for democrats as a working majority of just two voteshe belongs to the hard right freedom caucus, but he has criticized efforts to impeach president biden. an aid to ship is on its way to gaza tonight. open arms arranged the transport. >> hopefully there will be other boats and other entities. >> hezbollah had one of their most intense exchanges yet. has bullet fired more than 100 rockets into northern israel. boeing is adding extra...