Ep. 577 — Ken Buck

The Axe Files with David Axelrod

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4.6 • 7.7K Ratings

🗓️ 25 April 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Former Rep. Ken Buck eludes simple classification. He grew up on the East Coast but says he felt more at home on his uncle’s Wyoming ranch as a kid. He is Princeton educated, but beelined for the Rocky Mountain West upon graduating. He is a former Freedom Caucus conservative who voted to certify the 2020 election and believes some of the charges against Donald Trump should be taken seriously. He resigned his seat in March 2024, citing the current dysfunction in Congress. Former Rep. Buck joined David to talk about his take on the Republican MAGA wing, Speaker Mike Johnson and how long he’ll hold his leadership role, attacks on the Department of Justice, his issues with the Affordable Care Act, and the importance of bipartisanship. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.2	and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. And now from the Institute of Politics at the University of Chicago and CNN audio,
0:41.4	the Axx Actsiles.
0:42.9	With your host, David Axelrod.
0:46.3	Ken Buck is a peculiarity in today's politics,
0:49.5	a right-wing conservative who gained a reputation
0:52.1	in the US House for working with
0:54.0	Democrats on issues of shared concern like reigning in the power of big tech.
0:58.3	A Freedom Caucus member who wrangled his own tribe by defying Trump and voting to certify the 2020 election.
1:05.0	One of the renegades who forced the ouster of Speaker Kevin McCarthy,
1:09.4	Buck quit the Congress a few weeks ago in part to protest its dysfunctional state. I sat down with him
1:15.1	the other day to talk about his life and career and whether the recent bipartisan
1:19.3	votes under Speaker Mike Johnson gave him hope. Here's that conversation.
1:24.0	Ken Buck, former Congressman Ken Buck,
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