DENVER (KDVR) — U.S. Rep. Ken Buck answered questions after he joined the remainder of his celebration in confirming new Home Speaker Mike Johnson.
Johnson, a Louisiana Republican, beforehand voted to not certify the 2020 presidential election and signed on to assist a lawsuit asking the U.S. Supreme Courtroom to invalidate President Joe Biden’s wins in 4 states.
Buck voiced his assist for the brand new Home speaker this week on “Colorado Level of View.”
Buck on Johnson, Jordan and demise threats
The Republican’s favorable vote got here after he determined to not vote for U.S. Reps. Jim Jordan or Steve Scalise once they ran for the speakership, saying they’d not publicly supported the election outcomes.
Now, Buck stated what Johnson and Jordan did are “two various things.”
“Mike (Johnson) took the difficulty and introduced it to the U.S. Supreme Courtroom and stated this election was determined unfairly. For these causes, the U.S. Supreme Courtroom denied that attraction, and we moved on at that time,” Buck stated.
Buck then stated Jordan “labored with President Trump to convey folks from the mall as much as the Capitol to speak to different members. He was form of the focus of the decertification effort.”
Buck made the designation that Johnson was the “focus of the attraction effort,” including that “going via the courts is all the time applicable when difficult an election.”
Is political local weather ‘the brand new regular?’
Buck confronted backlash for his vote in opposition to Jordan as speaker, even receiving demise threats. He addressed the difficulty, saying it’s regarding however “might very properly be the brand new regular.”
Watch the total interview with Congressman Ken Buck on “Colorado Level of View” on Sunday at 7:30 a.m. on Colorado’s Very Personal Channel 2.