According to audio that recently aired on a Colorado talk radio station, former Rep. Ken Buck does not think highly of Rep. Lauren Boebert.
“She makes George Santos look like a saint,” Buck says in the tape heard on the “Dan Caplis Show.” Buck was alluding to the recently ejected New York Republican renowned for his numerous lies. Santos has been indicted on 23 counts, including wire fraud, identity theft, and money laundering. He’s pleaded not guilty.
Politico, the first publication to report on the audio’s existence, claims that Buck made similar comments at a Rotary Club event in response to a question about the controversial congresswoman.
“I’ve been asked about her moving across the mountains to run in the 4th congressional district, and I have not said anything,” Buck can be heard stating before referring to scandals surrounding her ex-husband and kid, as well as her famed “Beetlejuice” episode.
Buck told Politico on Friday, “I went through a list of issues that I have not responded to and that the press has asked me about.”
Boebert responded to Buck’s statements on the broadcast, stating that he is an embarrassment to Colorado and unimportant. I don’t care what he’s asking about me.
The two Colorado Republicans have lately spat over Buck’s decision to quit abruptly, prompting a special election in Colorado’s 4th district.
Boebert, facing the prospect of an expensive reelection campaign and a possible loss to a Democrat in her previous district, decided to move across the state and run in the 4th district in December, after Buck announced his retirement.
She has previously faced allegations of “carpetbagging” and a possibly difficult battle to remain in Congress.
However, Buck’s choice to resign before the end of his tenure—wwhich also reduced the House GOP majority when he left last Friday—ccomplicates her chances of remaining in office even more.
Knowing that another special election will take place in her previous seat if she wins, she has already vowed not to run for the GOP in the special election. Later on Thursday, local GOP officials plan to select another candidate, possibly one of her current primary opponents.
That means Boebert may have to compete against someone who has been appointed by the local party to serve for at least six months in Congress, placing her at a disadvantage.
