State Rep. Richard Holtorf (R-Akron) appeared on several local conservative radio shows over the weekend, discussing the launch of his committee to explore challenging U.S. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) in the 2024 Republican primary.
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Tancredo: Buck Is Becoming the ‘Liz Cheney’ of Colorado
Former Congressman Tom Tancredo has identified a new thorn in the side of the Colorado Republican Party and perhaps it takes one to know one.
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Buck Poised To Vote for Government Shutdown If His Demands for Spending Cuts Aren’t Met
The “only way” Colorado Congressman Ken Buck will cast a vote to avoid a government shutdown: Cut federal discretionary spending to 2019 levels.
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The State of Our Union Is in Need of Professional Diagnosis
On Tuesday, I had the distinct honor of accompanying my wife, who also happens to be my new congresswoman, to President Biden’s State of the Union address. Congressman Jason Crow, an Army Ranger, brought Richard Fierro, himself an Army veteran and Colorado Springs beer magnate who heroically stopped the anti-LGBTQ hate-fueled shooting spree at Club Q last November. Rep. Joe Neguse brought Ellen Mahoney, who lost her husband Kevin in yet another numbingly routine mass shooting in Colorado in 2021. Even Rep. Lauren Boebert had the good sense to bring luminous Colorado Mesa University President John Marshall as her guest for the evening. I, whom the Colorado Sun described as a “political consultant,” felt pretty underqualified to be sitting alongside these Colorado heroes.
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Boebert Introduces Legislation to Stop Abortions for Immigrants
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-CO) has introduced legislation to ban taxpayer-funded abortions for undocumented immigrants, according to a news release. This legislation comes after guidance from the Biden administration last month that was designed to ensure access to reproductive health care for unaccompanied minors.
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Buck Votes Against Own Gun Safety Bill, Says He Didn’t Read it Closely Enough
Congressman Ken Buck, who has campaigned for nearly two decades on his pro-gun stance, finally found a gun safety bill he could support, at least until it came time to vote for it.
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Buck Calls Jan. 6 Committee Investigation a ‘Nothingburger’
Buck When asked Friday on a conservative radio show how often he’s asked about the U.S. House Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, Colorado Congressman Ken Buck called it a “nothingburger.”
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Explaining Extremists’ Wins at Assembly, Buck Says Republicans are ‘Mad…Not Rational’
Following Saturday’s chaotic and combative GOP state assembly in Colorado Springs, Congressman Ken Buck (R-Colorado) said the GOP delegates who choose far-right extremist candidates “are not making rational decisions,” but rather are angry about “American weakness.”
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Congressman Wants To ‘Welcome’ Legitimate Asylum Seekers; Misinterprets Data on Why Backlog Exists
At a Jan 20 congressional hearing on immigration law, U.S. Rep. Ken Buck (R-CO) alleged that immigration courts have been overwhelmed by a large number of false or invalid asylum claims.
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Stop posing with guns. It makes you look weak.
Glorification of firearms helps create a culture that allows routine slaughter It’s not hard to find photos of each one of the three Republicans in Colorado’s congressional delegation posing with guns.