I’d be very surprised if they did so. Better to decide who you want to have that seat and then run them in the special so they can start accumulating seniority.
Boebert obviously isn’t happy about the situation, she’s already bitching about it being “swampy.”
She was hoping Ken Buck would give her a hand with the job. Too bad, no happy ending for you Lauren!
I see what you did there.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing.
Adam Kinzinger on X is loving it.
There’s just something invigorating about seeing MAGA flamethrowers like Boebert and Madison Cawthorn get fucked over by the very party apparatus that they’ve shit talked for years. It’s a useful lesson – you can fuck the establishment for a while, but they can also fuck you back.
It does seem kind of on-the-nose, doesn’t it? Calculated for maximum effect.
Perhaps Representative Buck has a little bit of personal animus and clear runway to express it creatively.
There is no way it wasn’t deliberate. He actually cares about his district.
Or he hates Lauren Boebert. Which seems more likely.
Once you’re sure you’re leaving the industry, who hasn’t fantasized about really throwing that bomb into the crowd?
Buck’s really doing it. And probably loving every minute.
Like I said in the other thread, I’ve talked with him on Republican business and this is true.
Or he made a deal with power brokers who want to cancel freedom caucus while keeping their own hands clean. While I’m inclined to cast a jaundiced eye on Republicans bearing gifts, I am inclined to do a happy dance.
The old school way, and it probably is still largely true, is you live in your district, often for decades, and you want to take care of your people. There are of course other agendas like higher political ambitions and larger political ideals for the nation too. She just moved there after never having lived there because it had a better chance of getting her back in Congress. She probably doesn’t know the first thing about her new district. She’s missing the entire fucking point.
She’s not missing the point. She doesn’t give a flying fuck about the point. Represent her district? It is to laugh.
Her sole point is self aggrandizement and personal profit.
And enjoying musical theater.
Lauren says she won’t run in the special election. And she says Buck’s resignation is an “establishment stunt.”
“Aw, them grapes was probably sour, anyways!”
She literally can’t run in the special election without resigning her current seat
Awwww, Bobo haz the sads! Anyway, she thinks democracy is an establishment stunt.
Boebert makes reference to a “uniparty” which was a term I was unfamiliar with. It’s a word MAGAts have been using as an insult for Republicans who strike deals with or otherwise work with Democrats.