Rep. Ken Buck (R-Colo.) mocked Marjorie Taylor Greene over her poor grasp of the Constitution on Thursday.
The feud between the two Republican lawmakers began earlier this week after Buck defended the treatment of Jan. 6 defendants after the Colorado GOP wrote a letter claiming that they are being denied their constitutional rights.
Greene responded in a post on Twitter writing, “I am appalled at this factually wrong and completely out of touch letter written by Freedom Caucus member [Ken Buck] about the treatment of J6 defendants.”
Greene also said Buck does not support Donald Trump because he voted to certify the 2020 elections and knocked the Colorado lawmaker for not supporting an impeachment inquiry for President Joe Biden.
Asked about Greene’s comments in a radio interview on Thursday, Buck suggests Greene is not knowledgeable about the Constitution.
“When I was teaching law school, I learned and taught certain constitutional principles. When Marjorie Taylor Greene was teaching CrossFit, she learned a whole different set of values, evidently,” Buck said.
“Because my idea of what this country should be like is based on the Constitution, and she sees the world differently,” Buck continued. “She’s criticized me for, you know, voting to certify the election in 2020. The Constitution says Congress shall count the votes. Doesn’t say Congress may overturn an election result. It doesn’t say Congress can do whatever the heck it wants with this election. ‘Shall count the votes,’ that’s what the Constitution says. In her CrossFit class maybe they didn’t cover that.”
Buck, a member of the House Freedom Caucus, also defended his decision to not support an impeachment inquiry of Biden.
“The Constitution, also says that the impeachment of a president shall be based on treason, high crimes, and misdemeanors,” he said. “It doesn’t say it’s a political exercise and we hope the Senate does the right thing.”
“When you’ve got people who care more about their social media accounts than they do about the Constitution, we have a real problem in Congress,” Buck added.
