Democrats have long relied on youth turnout as an important part of their path to victory. While the 2024 presidential election saw a swing to the right among young people, especially among young men, Colorado was one of the few places in the country that didn’t follow this trend.
As part of our weekly roundup of articles on political extremism in Colorado, the Colorado Times Recorder is featuring Erik Maulbetsch’s coverage of the verbal threats made to Republican county clerks by members of their own party. Also below is Erik’s article about the election conspiracist behind the leaked Secretary of State passwords. In addition, we’re offering Jacob Fischler’s analysis of Trump’s plan for mass deportation and tariffs — and a report from Colorado Newsline’s Sara Wilson on two women arrested in a fraudulent ballot scheme to ‘test’ the system.
WASHINGTON — Voters delivered a decisive win for former President Donald Trump over Vice President Kamala Harris in Tuesday’s election, laying the groundwork for a second administration — a “golden age,” he calls it — in which he has vowed to conduct mass deportations of migrants, impose stiff taxes on foreign goods and install wealthy supporters in key positions.
In his second media exchange on healthcare in two weeks, congressional candidate Gabe Evans repeated his belief that the Affordable Care Act doesn’t work and should be replaced.
I will rescue Aurora and every town that has been invaded and conquered,” the authoritarian aspirant tweeted, following his Friday rally at the Aurora Gaylord. “We will put these vicious and bloodthirsty criminals in jail or kick them the hell OUT OF OUR COUNTRY.” Over the rest of the three-paragraph screed, he promised to use the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to expel migrants, a law which was last used to intern 120,000 Japanese-Americans during World War II.
The most notable moment from last week’s 9News debate between Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo and state Rep. Gabe Evans (R-Ft. Lupton) was on a topic few observers expected to be discussed at all: child abuse. Moderator Kyle Clark asked Evans about his membership in Heritage Defense, a legal organization that defends Christian homeschoolers against allegations of child abuse.
“If gay marriages are allowed, the institution of marriage will have been redefined to include all of the perverted and immoral practices mentioned above.”
Evergreen Democrat Tammy Story doesn’t march in lockstep with fellow Democrats at the Colorado Capital — or reject Republicans. Or wilt when lobbyists knock at her door.
When asked if he supports the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Colorado congressional candidate Gabe Evans has responded not with a yes-or-no answer but by suggesting that he wants a healthcare system “without all the ACA-imposed red tape.”
In today’s primary election, U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert and state Rep. Gabe Evans are both leaning hard on their Colorado endorsements from Donald Trump — and both are using the former president’s thumbs-up to attract Republican voters.
