Trump slams ‘ineffective Super RINO’ Ken Buck after he announces retirement from Congress

Former President Donald Trump slammed Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) as an “ineffective Super RINO” after the Colorado Republican announced he would not be running for reelection in 2024.

Trump hailed Buck’s announcement as “good news for the country” and claimed that the congressman was “auditioning for a job” at CNN or MSNBC in a post on Truth Social on late Wednesday night.

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“Good news for the Country! Congressman Ken Buck of Colorado, a weak and ineffective Super RINO if there ever was one, announced today that he won’t be running again, which is a great thing for the Republican Party. He knew long ago he could never win against MAGA, so now he is, like some past and present, auditioning for a job at Fake News CNN, MSDNC, or some other Country-destroying Leftwing Outlet. They can have him, and watch their Ratings go down still further, if that’s even possible!”

Buck announced he would not be seeking another term in Congress while speaking on MSNBC on Thursday. He cited the House GOP’s insistence that the 2020 election was stolen and narratives about the Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021, as reasons for not running again.

“I always have been disappointed with our inability in Congress to deal with major issues and I’m also disappointed that the Republican Party continues to rely on this lie that the 2020 election was stolen and rely on the Jan. 6 narrative and the political prisoners from Jan. 6 and other things,” Buck said.

“If we’re going to solve difficult problems, we’ve got to deal with some very unpleasant truths or lies and make sure we project to the public what the truth is,” he added.

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Buck signed on to the December 2020 amicus brief to the Supreme Court challenging the electoral processes of Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin for the presidential election that year but later voted to certify the 2020 election during a special session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021. He was also one of eight Republicans to vote to oust Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) from the speakership last month.

The Colorado Republican was one of two House Republicans to announce they would not be seeking another term, with House Appropriations Chairwoman Kay Granger (R-TX) also announcing on Wednesday that she would not run for reelection in 2024.