Conservatives like Ken Buck are critical to making our two-party system viable. His speaking out reflects common values like integrity, honesty and courage. But if Republicans tank his primary in f…
Dominic Coleman of Granada High School, right, explains about the history of Camp Amache to U.S. Rep. Ken Buck at the site in Granada, Colorado, on Thursday, May 6, 2021. Camp Amache would become a national historic site under bipartisan legislation introduced by Buck and Democratic U.S. Rep. Joe Neguse.
Strike two: In December of 2020, Buck, along with 125 of his other Republican colleagues signed onto an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, which the Supreme Court declined to hear on the basis that Texas lacked standing to challenge the results of another state. Buck, however, voted to certify the 2020 election results and was not one of the 147 House Republicans who objected.
But it turns out that speaking the truth and having integrity — even if you are one of its most conservative members — is a dangerous place to be in the Republican Party today as they will not hesitate to eat their own if they don’t participate in their Kabuki theater. Buck is a member of the House Freedom Caucus, an ultra-conservative group of Republican members of Congress. His voting record authenticates his core conservative values. The Conservative Political Action Committee’s rankings for conservative voting records gave him the 2022 Award for Conservative Excellence for a 90% or higher ranking. Heritage Action for America, which fights for conservative policies in Washington DC, gave Buck a 99% lifetime score. And, he wasn’t anti-Trump.
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