Colorado Rep. Ken Buck Announces Retirement, Plans to Challenge GOP's Trump-Supporting Direction

Buck, known for his criticism of Trump's election fraud claims and GOP's fixation on "retribution and vengeance", to continue his term before departing Congress and plans on challenging his party's direction, marking a shift from his time in the House Freedom Caucus.

• Following his decision to not seek reelection, Colorado Rep. Ken Buck has criticized fellow Republicans for being 'obsessively fixated on retribution and vengeance for contrived injustices of the past.'
• Buck, who hails from the House Freedom Caucus, has gained national prominence for his opposition to Donald Trump’s false claims about the 2020 presidential election and his allies who amplify such claims.
• He has resisted the 'populist flavor in the party' that has increased with Trump's influence and has critically viewed the impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden as baseless.
• Buck also proposed drastic budget reductions, strict sanctions against TikTok, and cuts for educational material that teaches the centrality of slavery to the nation’s founding. He was among the eight Republicans who voted to remove Rep. Kevin McCarthy as speaker, accusing him of failing to fulfill his promise to cut spending.
• Despite his retirement, Buck expects to remain a prominent opposition figure within the GOP during his final months in office. He plans to challenge his party's direction, marking a shift from his time as a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus.

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