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Welcome to the Bongino Brief. I'm Dan Bongino. This is a huge story because folks, a Joe, I need you to flag this one, please. Jim, flag this one in advance. 11:05, 38 seconds on what is it? March 13th. I know I'm right. Congressman Ken Buck, who is a awful Republican and really has been a terrible representative. The guy turned from a tea party guy into a total disappointment. I mean, really, I'm not sure if this guy is just straight up dumb or what. So Congressman Ken Buck, who was going to leave Congress, decided to give a double-barrel middle finger to the entire country because him leaving is going to affect the buffer majority we had substantially. We're going to be down sooner or later to two, maybe a one-seat majority in the House, depending on what happens up in New York. This is a total mess right now.

Ken Buck has decided now he's going to leave now, at the end of what is it, next week, he's out, he's gone.

He's basically saying, See you.

I'm gone.

I'm going to leave the fourth Congressional district in Colorado open. Now, here's a statement. Thank you. Tony, congressman Ken Buck. Statement. I'm a moron screwing over the... It should say that, but it doesn't say that exactly. At the end of next week, he's scheduled to leave. Ladies and gentlemen, this is a huge story. I think You think there's something bigger going on here?

Why do I think that?

Thank you. I was waiting for you to say that. Because as Tony sent over this morning, we were putting together the show. Look at this Newsweek article.

You think it's a conspiracy theory? I'm only quoting Ken Buck himself, who apparently hates Republicans so much. He left Congress early to screw you over right before an election in November. They elected this jerkwad to do a job.

Ken Buck teases more Republican resignations are coming. When asked by Axios if he was under pressure from colleagues over his decision to resign, Buck replied, Listen to this. I think it's the next three people that leave that they're going to be worried about. Ladies and gentlemen, if three people leave and New York doesn't work out, who's going to be the speaker? Anyone know? Yeah. His name is Hakeem Jeffrey. Hey, and he's a Democrat. Yeah. That's how that works.

No, I'm serious.

Now, wouldn't that be interesting if right before a presidential election, where a group of never Trump Republicans who hate Donald Trump strategically leave their seats in Congress to make sure Speaker Hakeem Jeffrey, a radical far-left Democrat, gets one of these? What is this for those listening on audio? Joe, what am I holding up here? Yes, say gavel.

It's a gravel, yeah. Gravel.

Your head will be gravel after he gets the gavel. He gets the gavel.

Wouldn't that be fascinating? All of the investigations right before the election that are being run by House Judiciary and elsewhere.

But remember, the chair of those committees would change as the Democrats took back the majority.

Oh, that's a conspiracy theory. I'm just listening to what Ken Buck's saying, folks. Did he not say It's in Newsweek. So apparently he knows. Either Ken Buck's a liar or Ken Buck is telling you the truth, and there are three more Republican goons getting ready to leave, which could throw the house into complete turmoil, and you could have Speaker Jeffrey throwing out all these elections, throwing out all these cases against the Bidons right before the November election as the chair of each committee changes. Oh, that's right. You're not hearing that elsewhere. Are people missing this? But what's the bigger story?

In chatsters, anyone in the chat know?

What's the bigger story here?

Folks, the election certification process.

Remember January sixth The Nancy Pelosi, the National Guard. Oh, yeah. So Hakeem Jeffrey's on this year's January sixth certification process, whatever date happens this year, the certification process It could be run by Hakeem Jeffrey's.

Ken Buck is screwing you over like you have no idea.

And the thing everyone should be asking right now is, does somebody have something on these guys? I don't know about Ken Buck, but these other people he says are thinking about leaving. Is there some like honeypot operation going on or something? Because this is awfully weird that they can't have Trump in office, and all of a sudden, the house is is a hair's length away from flipping a Hakeem Jeffrey who will destroy every investigation at the Biden crime family, and on the certification day, would be controlling the house again, just like Pelosi did on January sixth. Nobody thinks this is a little weird?

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Let me throw another curve ball at you.

Lauren Boebert, who's been pretty good to the conservative conservative Movement.

I've had her on my show. I like Lauren Boebert.

Lauren Boebert is moving districts to run in where?

Follow me here. The fourth.

But then that's the district Ken Buck is now leaving his seating.

Yes, Yes.

So what does that have to do with Lauren Boebert? The establishment doesn't like Lauren Boebert. Matter of fact, they hate Lauren Boebert. Lauren Boebert has been a pretty good ally to President Trump. So conveniently, the election, which has to be held, folks in the chat, if I'm losing you, Joe, if I'm losing you, stop me. The primary for the new fourth Congressional district, the primary that Lauren Boebert is in because she's moving districts now, is likely going to be right around the same time, maybe the same day, as the election, special election, to replace Ken Buck. But damn, That means Lauren Boebert can't run in both. She can't be the general election, special election candidate to replace Buck and then be the primary candidate for the November election for Congress in the Fort because she'd have to leave her seat to run in a special. Yes. Dan, that sounds like they're trying to ice Lauren Boebert out of the seat. Yes.

Now I get it. Leading up to that, I was a little confused as to where you were going.

Folks, what do I tell you about politicians? Chatsters, help everyone out here, please. What do I tell you about politicians? They hate you.

You Do you understand they hate you now?

I don't say this to drive division.

I say it because if you think these people even a little bit like you, you're crazy. They don't like you at all. Matter of fact, they don't even unlike you. They hate your guts. That's what I'm talking about. I'm talking about Ken Buck and a bunch of swampy Republicans have a three-fold strategy here. Get Speaker Hakeem Jeffrey in there, throw out the Biden stuff, be in charge on certification day, and ice Lauren Boebert out of the seat. No, No one put that together yesterday. I didn't see it anywhere. What do you think? Ken Buck just resigned by accident? This is a huge story. Huge. Because it's not about Ken Buck. It's about Trump. You watch Joe Flagdon.

Watch as this comes out over the next few days. Got it, boys.

I'm not ever going to waste your time here. If you want bullshit from the media, go listen to the left-wing media. Everything they tell you is B-freaking-S.

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