WATCH: Republican Congressman Calls On Speaker Mike Johnson to Stop ‘Lying to America’ and Denounce Stolen Election Claims

Representative Ken Buck (R-CO) called out conservatives for “lying to America” with their claims about the 2020 election, and he implored Speaker Mike Johnson to reject those untruths publicly.

Buck announced earlier this month that he would not seek re-election to Congress, and he did so by reprimanding his fellow conservatives for continuing to lie about the 2020 election and January 6th. CBS’ Margaret Brennan noted Buck would be retiring with several others when she spoke to him on Sunday for Face The Nation, and she brought up his lament that “Too many Republican leaders are lying to America.”

“Who do you have in mind when you said that?” Brennan asked.

Buck’s answer:

Everybody who thinks that the election was stolen or talks about the election being stolen is lying to America and that’s everyone that is making that argument. Everyone who makes the argument that January 6 was an unguided tour of the Capitol is lying to America. Everyone who says that the prisoners who are being prosecuted right now for their involvement in January 6, that they are somehow political prisoners or that they didn’t commit crimes, those folks are lying to America. As a Republican Party, if we’re going to offer good solid policy answers to the real challenges we face in America, we’ve got to get past the lies and we’ve got to have credibility with the American public. And I think we can do that, but we have to move forward.

Brennan noted that Buck supported Johnson’s House Speaker last month even though he’s a 2020 election denier. Buck stood by his support, acknowledging that he worked with Johnson when they tried to legally dispute the election results.

However, Buck also said, “What’s wrong is to try to stop a legal function, a legislative function like counting the votes in an election, as happened on January 6.” When Brennan asked if Johnson needs to be “more clear” on the subject, Buck answered “I hope he becomes more clear. I hope all of my Republican colleagues become more clear and recognize the fact that Joe Biden is an existential threat to this country. We need to defeat him, and we do that with someone who’s not lying to the country.”

Watch above via CBS.