A recovering Washingtonian, I've worked for 25 years in politics, journalism, issues advocacy, communications. Opinions expressed here are strictly my own.
520,000 Coloradans voted on Super Tuesday for a candidate that various plotters against democracy tried to keep off the ballot. They narrowly failed. But we shouldn't forget. This was the greatest attempt to rig an election and disenfranchise voters in
#Colorado
history.
I have a question for Colorado's leading authority on insurrections,
@JenaGriswold
.
Do attacks on the legitimacy of the US
#SupremeCourt
and its rulings, which settle constitutional questions under our form of governance, constitute acts of insurrection?
Asking for a friend
#copolitics
Here's another interesting question. Could
@jenagriswold
be successfully sued by Colorado voters for attempted election tampering, by conspiring to keep a candidate off the ballot based on unproven criminal allegations? Yes, she's Secretary of State, but she's not
#Colorado
was once a reliable energy leader, which created good jobs, filled local/state coffers with royalty/tax revenue, and kept our rural economy diversified and thriving. But no longer. Bit by bit, under one-party D'ohmocrat rule, that's being surrendered:
Canada and the US closed the border to most traffic for 16 months during the darkest days of the COVID panic and liberals heartily approved. Now, when truckers demanding freedom do it 4 a few days, it's a "crisis"
#copolitics
#TruckersForFreedom
#hypocrisy
Didn't you last year sign a law the prohibits local governments in Colorado from cooperating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in the detention and deportation of documented criminals? Or was that another Jared Polis?
#copolitics
@GovofCO
#coleg
I hope that Republicans join Democrats in taking border security seriously and saying let’s secure the border and control the flow of immigration, rather than have the chaos that we have now. There’s an opportunity to call on Congress to take action.
It's alarming that Jena allegedly has a law degree. And it raises questions about what they are teaching, and NOT teaching, in such schools. She's not just embarrassing herself at this point; she's embarrassing Colorado. Please resign
@JenaGriswold
.
#copolitics
If Trump has never been charged with insurrection, why does Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold repeatedly call him an insurrectionist who should be disqualified from the ballot? She told me criminal charges are not necessary.
@DenverChannel
#copolitics
Eggflation. Grocery bag charges. A hike in the minimum wage, which raises the cost of doing business and translates into higher prices for products & services. A paid leave bill that takes from Peter to pay Paul.
Welcome to 2023 in Dem-controlled Colofornia
#copolitics
#coleg
Portraying
@jenagriswold
as a mere "respondent" in the scheme to kick
#Trump
off Colorado's ballot is preposterous. A mere respondent would have acted professionally, held her tongue, and let the process unfold without taking to the airwaves as an advocate. It's like saying that
@DailyCaller
America won't need soccer moms under
#socialism
. State-owned vans will take kids to state-run practices, in state-approved sports leagues with committee-approved team names like Young Pioneers and Little Octobrists. Ex-soccer moms will do socialist "work" for socialist "wages."
Those millions don't come from the Biden administration. That's OUR money, as taxpayers, which Joe is simply redirecting for partisan political purposes. Most of us don't own or want EVs, Jared. This is just another unfair handout to the relatively wealthy who do.
#copolitics
Colorado has received an $8.3 million federal grant from the Biden administration that will allow our state to repair or replace up to 363 electric vehicle charger ports in as many as 197 locations statewide and help people conveniently and quickly charge their cars.
No genuine "libertarian" would sign a bill expanding the use of photo radar machines -- which are just cash machines for local governments -- across the state:
Ergo, Jared Polis is NOT now, nor has he ever been, a libertarian
#copolitics
#coleg
@GovofCO
Let's slap this "fee" on all bicycle and e-bike purchases and registrations,
#coleg
. Bike lane improvements should be funded by the beneficiaries. In the name of roadsharing equity, let's also require that all roadsharers be licensed, undergo safety training, and carry liability
Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would add an additional fee to annual registrations of larger vehicles, such as SUVs and trucks, to fund local safety infrastructure projects for cyclists and pedestrians. via
@robharristv
Get used to it, folks. Such planned blackouts are going to start looking more like the "new normal" as Colorado travels further into the "green energy" cul-de-sac. You can thank
@GovofCO
and other green Kool-Aid drinkers, along with
#xcel
execs who jumped aboard the bandwagon.
#Colorado
just took another big lurch leftward with the appointment of two bona fide radicals, professed socialist Tim Henandez and animal rights lawyer Manny Rutinel, to fill vacancies. No energy worker/producer, farmer, or rancher will sleep better with Rutinel in
#coleg
.
Refinery operators warn that the latest Biden fuel mandates, handed down Friday, could FURTHER RAISE
#gasprices
Incompetence alone can't explain it. Most of the disasters befalling this country under Biden are planned disasters
#copolitics
#EnergyCrisis
So, the rest of Coloradans should pay a fine for driving our vehicle of choice, the transport that best suits our needs, because a few city dwellers want to commute by bicycle? That's unfair, inequitable, and unjust.
#copolitics
#copolitics
@GovofCO
Merry Christmas to rural Colorado from the Governor of Boulder and the happy wolf wranglers at
@COParksWildlife
!
9 of the 10 wolves they released appear to be from Oregon packs with a recent history of livestock predation. They either didn't know -- or
Our government? Our government is led by YOUR President, hombre, who has done NOTHING for 3 years as a human tidal wave swept unchecked across the border. Biden and your fellow Democrats broke the border. If you're so furious, fix it.
#copolitics
#BidenBorderCrisis
It's her talking point and she's sticking to it no matter what, just like a scowling 6-year-old with her arms crossed. And she'll keep saying it even when the highest court in the land slaps her down hard. It gratifies her ego and fuels her future political ambitions -- it was
If Trump has never been charged with insurrection, why does Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold repeatedly call him an insurrectionist who should be disqualified from the ballot? She told me criminal charges are not necessary.
@DenverChannel
#copolitics
Any city/county refusing to cooperate with the detention and deportation of undocumented immigrants convicted of crimes ought to be denied federal funding.
#Denver
wants to defy federal law but collect federal funds? Forget it.
#copolitics
Colofornia's grocery bag ban doesn't do squat to "save the planet." But it serves one important purpose for social engineers, by conditioning the lemmings. 2024 will bring an SUV tax and a green turf watering ban.
#copolitics
#coleg
@govofco
#coloforniascheming
I was in
#Denver
this weekend, doing errands, seeing friends, and trying to maneuver through the total chaos on city streets. Denver's road-sharing schemes seem DESIGNED to make life miserable for motorists. And they undermine roadway safety:
#copolitics
I looked out this morning and felt a little glimmer of hope for
#Colorado
. It felt like a weight had been lifted from my shoulders. That came from knowing that the blizzard might stop legislators from cranking out more lousy new laws today.
#copolitics
#coleg
@govofco
Giving Colo's rabidly partisan Attorney General the power to police "misinformation" and "disinformation" goes beyond asking a fox to guard the henhouse. It's unconstitutional, un-American, and Orwellian.
#copolitics
#coleg
@GovofCO
The far left radical extremist Colorado Democrat Party really is declaring war on citizens.
Colorado Democrats now have a bill in the Colorado Legislature to which seeks to stifle free speech and attack the 1st Amendment.
#copolitics
#coleg
Imagine how embarrassed the Founders would be by the panic a "government shutdown" can strike in the hearts of so many Americans. The left's worship of State has turned the Spirit of '76 upside-down.
#copolitics
#ShumerShutdown
#shutdown
#tcot
#gop
Thousands of Coloradans gather peacefully to oppose the destruction of their jobs and ways of life, but what some in the media focus on is 2 mystery people, 5 of 6 blocks away, striking a pose in medical scrubs, LOL
Says volumes, right?
#copolitics
#reopencolorado
#gop
#coleg
THESE are the folks who get us through winter storms, not the wind turbine techs or solar panel polishers. But they're treated with contempt by the
@GovofCo
and Statehouse Democrats, who are trying to drive them out of
#Colorado
.
#copolitics
#coleg
Thank you to the hundreds of people who joined us at the Capitol to rally for our jobs. Thank you to the lawmakers who joined us and to everyone who proudly wore their “I Am Oil & Gas” stickers as we roamed the halls. You made a difference! So much of life is just showing up.
#copolitics
#coleg
The Calification of
#Colorado
continues apace. One party rule by
#Democrats
means there is no meaningful debate, no genuine opposition, no check on their appetite to regulate and control every aspect of our lives, right down to our landscaping choices. We're at
@shannonrwatts
Maybe he's armed. If so, he's probably armed legally, since concealed carry is allowed across most of Colorado. Or maybe he's carrying a portable oxygen concentrator on his hip. In any case, no need 2 create a panic. The 1st and 2nd Amendments still apply in Boulder
#copolitics
Too much snowpack? Climate change. Too little snowpack?Climate change. Drought? Climate change. Deluge? Climate change. Heatwave? Climate change. Coldsnap? Climate change. Climate change explains everything, Everything explains climate change.
See how this works?
#copolitics
There she goes again, trying to interfere in an election rather than administer an election. She's actively trying to influence the outcome by repeatedly attacking a candidate that 524,000 Coloradans just voted for. One party rule in Colorado has turned Democrats into arrogant,
Meet the Farrell ranching family of Grand County, Colorado; the latest rural Coloradans to feel the fallout from the state's "feel-good" foray into rewilding. Someone owes them an apology for importing problem wolves into Colorado.
#copolitics
@GovofCO
@COParksWildlife
So, just to recap.
@GovofCO
claims authority to shutter businesses, close parks and place every Coloradan under house arrest, but he lacks the power to stop morons from destroying public art and desecrating the state Capitol with hate speech?
Do I have that right?
#copolitics
Huh? This comment is just laughable unless you've been suffering from a severe case of convenient amnesia. Making it less laughable, however, is the in-your-face dishonesty of the spin.
#copolitics
@GovofCO
I hope that Republicans join Democrats in taking border security seriously and saying let’s secure the border and control the flow of immigration, rather than have the chaos that we have now. There’s an opportunity to call on Congress to finally take action.
Boulder rich kid Jared Polis won't even notice if he pays 77% more for electric heat than gas heat this winter. Other Coloradans will find out the hard way that "greener" ain't gonna be cheaper.
"Electric heat to cost 77% more than natural gas, fed agency says"
#HillaryClinton
says
#Democrats
can only be civil if they are in charge. That must be one of the most dangerous ideas an American politician has ever articulated. Yet the authoritarian Left nods in agreement, like a bunch of scary Charlie McCarthy dolls
#WalkAway
#copolitics
#gop
Remember the old story of "the emperor who had no clothes," Jared? You're one of the flatterers, abettors and toadies inside the emperor's court who refused to tell him the truth and went along with the delusional charade. It's embarrassing to Colorado.
#copolitics
@govofco
I was honored to join
@JoeBiden
,
@VP
, and fellow bipartisan Governors at the White House. We discussed the need to help save people money, real immigration reform that secures the border, and permitting reform for infrastructure projects.
Dear wolf states:
#Colorado
's officially available as a sanctuary state for problem wolves you would like to unload. Please contact
@COParksWildlife
or First Gentleman Marlon Reis to make arrangements.
Thanks,
Jared Polis
@GovofCO
#copolitics
Coddle law-breakers, punish law-followers. That, in a nutshell, is the formula Colorado's one-party-rulers have followed with predictable results. They uncorked a
#crimewave
. Now they're trying to disarm understandably-anxious Coloradans. It's insane
#copolitics
#coleg
@GovofCO
Colorado's allegedly "libertarian" governor could use his influence with fellow
#Democrats
to derail some of the truly radical bills we see rolling through this Statehouse. But he rarely if ever does. Silence is complicity, as leftists like to say.
#copolitics
#coleg
What a DC move to make,
@MikeJohnstonCO
. These are the same strong-arm tactics used by DC Dems in "government shutdown" showdowns. The game is to make average taxpayers feel the pain. If they scream loud enough, maybe it will make it rain more federal money.
Have you had it
I'm proud of what our city has done in the face of the migrant crisis, but without federal aid, we're facing tough choices—starting with cuts to DMV and Parks & Rec. More conversations ahead as we navigate this challenge, but we'll push through. Denver is bigger than this moment.
Jared flips off rural Colorado, again, by releasing the
#PolisPack
in Grand County, which voted 64% against Prop 114. Media cheerleaders were allowed to watch, as long as they kept the release site top secret 🤫
#copolitics
#coleg
@GovofCO
Calirado residents shouldn't be surprised to wake up one day to find that the state formerly known as
#Colorado
has become a NO-HUNTING ZONE. We're transitioning, incrementally, even as we speak:
#copolitics
#coleg
@GovofCO
#hunting
@shannonrwatts
The man was walking in a mall, wearing an edgy t-shirt and carrying something on his hip, which may or may not be a gun, but which was probably legal in any case. You turn him into a criminal suspect on twitter. So give us an update: Did he go on a shooting spree?
#copolitics
"Colorado wolves," which are in fact Oregon wolves (with a history of livestock predation) imported by
@GovofCO
, soon may stray into
#Wyoming
, where they become fair game:
This, just as some of us predicted, has become a debacle.
#copolitics
#coleg
#copolitics
@GovofCO
@COParksWildlife
in a press release says it had to keep wolf releases secret "to help protect the safety and security of the wolves, CPW staff, and the locations of endangered species."
Note that protecting public safety and security in Grand and Summit
The ruling also revealed what kind of rogue legal outliers Colorado has sitting on its top court -- something that won't change until Colorado voters come to their senses, reject one party rule, and elect governors who will appoint constitutionalists to the court.
#copolitics
As expected, the Supreme Court has now unanimously rejected what was described for months as an "unassailable theory." The Court showed a divided nation that we remain bound by shared constitutional values.
LOL. I'm registered unaffiliated, Loco Joe. I'm a man without a party, proudly. But I didn't move to Colorado 20 yrs ago just to live in a Mountain State replica of California, which is why I keep fighting for Truth, Justice, and the American Way!
#copolitics
@SeanPaige
And, yet, your party remains wildly in the minority. Wanna know why, Sean?
Because Coloradans would rather have Dems in office fighting for human and workers rights than fascists, racist, Nazi-propping, guns-over-kids Republicans in office.
#copolitics
#Colorado
#copolitics
Oh my god, what total hypocrisy. How many times did Dem-occupied Colorado sue the Trump admin, in a systematic effort to eliminate, undermine, or skirt the strong border measures
#Trump
had in place? Was it 10 times, 12 times? Now, suddenly & belatedly,
#Democrats
I continue to call on Congress to improve border security and provide relief to interior states. Rather than complain endlessly about lack of border security, let’s finally secure the border.
Full Video:
Actually, Colorado Supremes were embarrassingly and shamefully derelict in their Constitutional duty, succumbing to the siren song of partisan politics and petty personal preferences. I hope they get humiliated by
#SCOTUS
. That would be well-deserved.
#copolitics
#TDS
#scotus
Those who want
#Colorado
to become a Fossil Fuel Free Zone should lead by example, starting today, by swearing off all personal use of oil, gas, and related products.
And please let us know how that goes.
#copolitics
#coleg
The Taxpayer's Bill of Rights is the last bulwark against the complete Californification of Dem-controlled Colorado. Voters should defend TABOR as if the future sanity, livability, affordability, and economic vitality of
#Colorado
depends on it, because it does.
#copolitics
Politicians and special interests are starting to discuss a TABOR repeal in 2024. Support for our Taxpayer’s Bill of Rights is currently at 78%. Do they really think Coloradans will give up their right to vote on tax increases and give up their TABOR tax refunds?
#copolitics
Here are a few "before" and "after" pics from Grand County, Colorado, for those still harbouring warm-and-fuzzy fweelings about the supposed romance and nobility of rewolfing rural Colorado.
@COParksWildlife
@GovofCO
#copolitics
#coleg
1/2
#Colorado
should stop administering the oath of office to this Governor and these lawmakers. It's become a cynical and empty gesture, devoid of real meaning. Most who take it neither read nor understand the Constitution they're sworn to uphold.
#copolitics
#coleg
@GovofCO
Gov. Jared Polis has an office in THIS building. It's the seat of government in
#Colorado
. Presumably, it's where he meets dignitaries and conducts the peoples' business.
How can he office there without lifting a finger to clean up this mess?!
#copolitics
#coleg
#tcot
@GovofCO
The unions totally control Colorado schools, from the inside and the outside. They also own the statehouse. Then some ask why performance is falling, indoctrination is rampant and a growing number of families either keep their kids home or choose alternative schools
#copolitics
1/2 If
@GovofCO
wants to lead the charge for
#affordablehousing
in
#Colorado
, he should start the crusade close to home, in Boulder, which pioneered the art of using cutthroat land use controls to severely limit housing supply and keep prices sky high
#copolitics
#coleg
I wonder where Colorado's wind farm graveyards will be? Out of sight, out of mind, no doubt. Right next to the solar panel cemetery and
#EV
battery dump.
Hype it all you want. Just don't pretend it's so squeaky "clean"
#copolitics
#gop
#energy
#renewables
#windpower
Here's an off-the-cuff roadsharing safety plan,
#copolitics
and
#coleg
:
Roadsharing fee added to every bicycle and e-bike purchase in Colorado, to pay for safety infrastructure.
Liability insurance requirement for cyclists, scooter riders, other road-sharers.
Zero-tolerance
So, the rest of Coloradans should pay a fine for driving our vehicle of choice, the transport that best suits our needs, because a few city dwellers want to commute by bicycle? That's unfair, inequitable, and unjust.
#copolitics
I welcome the tougher rhetoric,
@GovofCO
, but really: things never would have gone this far were it not for the coddling, permissive, apologetic tone you and other
#coleg
Dems struck right from the start. Admit it: Appeasing these domestic terrorists emboldened them
#copolitics
Just as we all condemn inexcusable acts of terror against a family-owned restaurant, acts of criminal terrorism are just as wrong against corporate chains and public buildings. An attack against any of our lives and property is an attack against all of our lives and property.
Every concealed carry holder I know takes that responsibility very seriously. They take the time to be familiar with their weapon and handle it safely. Concealed carry holders are NOT fueling Colorado's crime problem. Stop harassing the law-abiding and start harassing the
“The data is clear - live-fire gun training can save lives. This important legislation will ensure that Coloradans with concealed carry permits are properly trained before they bring their firearm into their communities.” - Majority Leader
@MonicaDuran23
#coleg
#copolitics
Wrong. Why? Because the folks who voted for this Just. Don't. Care. And those who mishandled the release, starting with
@GovofCO
and his husband, see livestock producers as the enemy. Now they want to pile-on by releasing wolverines, if that tells you anything.
#copolitics
You've heard of the Putin premium?
The "Polis Premium" is the higher-than-necessary gas prices Coloradans will pay, because Arrogant Jared declined to seek a waiver from the EPA for out-of-state air pollutants:
#copolitics
@GovofCO
#elections2022
#coleg
I am not "lauding" any candidate. I'm just pointing out that
@JenaGriswold
was elected to ADMINISTER our elections, not to INTERFERE in our elections, and she has failed, miserably, in her core duty as Colorado's Secretary of State.
#Copolitics
#coleg
#Elections2024
@SeanPaige
maybe dial it back a bit (a lot), the candidate your lauding literally pressed a Sec of State to find votes to help him win. This one just made a universally agreeable statement
#copolitics
#coleg
Coloradans also ought to worry about having a former EarthJustice lawyer representing the district that hosts the state's only major refinery, which puts a fox in the henhouse. Manny is so rabidly anti-oil that he protested allowing an Exxon-linked firm to
#Colorado
just took another big lurch leftward with the appointment of two bona fide radicals, professed socialist Tim Henandez and animal rights lawyer Manny Rutinel, to fill vacancies. No energy worker/producer, farmer, or rancher will sleep better with Rutinel in
#coleg
.
A big stick? How about a .40 in a chest holster? We'll switch to a .357 or .44 when they bring in grizzlies.
Fun times ahead for Colorado recreationists.
#copolitics
#coleg
@GovofCO
"Hike with a big stick" . . . . and keep your pets and children at easy reach at all times.
Colorado provides "safety tips" for recreationists invading "wolf country" …
#copolitics
#coleg
@GovofCO
This
#madmom
answer from Colorado’s
@heidiganahl
is pretty fantastic. There are a ton of mad moms all over this country too. And I think they are showing up in a big way in 11 days.
They also should release a pack in Denver's Cheesman Park, which was prime wolf habitat back in the day. The folks who voted for this, along the Front Range and in a few tony mountain enclaves, should be eager to Adopt-a-Pack for their local or regional park.
#copolitics
It's a tax,
@DenverChannel
, and an arbitrary and punitive tax to boot, so please stop using the dishonest nomenclature preferred by the bill's sponsors. Cyclists should tax THEMSELVES to pay for amenities from which they benefit.
#copolitics
#coleg
Colorado lawmakers are considering a bill that would add an additional fee to annual registrations of larger vehicles, such as SUVs and trucks, to fund local safety infrastructure projects for cyclists and pedestrians. via
@robharristv
Wait, don't tell us. Your "Vulnerable Road User Protection Fund" will be bankrolled by taxing motorists or a subset of motorists. Instead, how about taxing bicyclists, requiring them to carry liability coverage, a ban on rolling stops, parity/equity in rules enforcement, and
Colorado's 2024 legislative session starts tomorrow! We're advocating for no handheld cell phone use while driving, Vulnerable Road User Protection Enterprise Fund, and driver’s education requirements for minors.
#coleg
Read more:
After latest attack, Colorado rancher asks state to kill wolves that killed his cattle:
Get ready for much, much, much more of this, Colorado.
#copolitics
#coleg
@GovofCO