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Representative Ken Buck said Tuesday on CNN’s “News Central” that he would never vote for Rep. Jim Jordan to become House Speaker.
Buck said, “I’m not going to vote for Kevin McCarthy. As Carlos also said, we have 220 members 221 members. We’re going to find somebody to agree to and move forward, even if it’s for a temporary basis. But we will find somebody so that we can get our work done.”Buck said, “Yeah, well, right now, folks are going to go into conference. There’s going to be a lot of yelling and screaming. I will go into conference after their nerves settle down a little bit.
He added, “I think what Jim Jordan needs to do is stop talking about defunding the Department of Justice. We pride ourselves on being a party of rule of law. You can’t defund the Department of Justice or defund a special council’s office in the Department of Justice and talk about the values that we share. Also, there are a number of different issues related to the election and some not related to the election.
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