President Barack Obama visited We The Pizza today in D.C., at the same time Rep. -elect Ken Buck, and his wife, state Rep. Perry Buck, were grabbing a slice. (Ken Buck)
Republican Congressman-elect Ken Buck was eating pizza near the Capitol before catching a plane home Thursday when a flurry of activity ensued.
The Secret Service closed down We The Pizza. A motorcade pulled up. And there was President Barack Obama.
“Lost my appetite but got a great story to share,” Buck said, in an e-mail. “I hope Michelle doesn’t find out the president was eating bad food.”
Buck, the Weld County district attorney, was with his wife, state Rep. Perry Buck of Windsor. They have been in Washington all week for his .
Buck said Obama was preceded by about 20 Hispanic students.
The president was to make his case tonight for for acting alone in ordering far-reaching changes to the nation’s immigration laws that will allow nearly 5 million people now here illegally to avoid deportation, .
The executive actions, affecting many parents and young people, mark the most sweeping changes to the nation’s fractured immigration laws in nearly three decades. Republicans are expected to quickly mount legal and legislative challenges, setting the stage for a bitterly partisan fight consuming the final two years of Obama’s presidency.
