Over the weekend, the Associated Press quoted a top Republican congressional aid as saying that the “great danger” in the November election is an “enthusiasm gap,” and there is “nobody who can close the enthusiasm gap quite like the president.”
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Colorado Lawmakers Receive Overall Rating For Key Votes On Progressive Issues
It’s the election season, and you’re seeing a lot of allegations flying around about which politician said what and when.
Stapleton Dismisses KKK Ties By Disparaging Civil Rights Icon John Lewis
After months of silence, Colorado Treasurer and Republican candidate for governor Walker Stapleton is finally trying to address the news coverage of his family’s racist Klan legacy. Stapleton appeared on KNUS radio’s afternoon talk show, hosted by his friend Stephan Tubbs. The casual interview was a perfect venue to deliver his talking points cleanly. Instead, he made it worse – a lot worse.
CO Lawmakers Are Using an Iowa Woman’s Death To Push Their Anti-Immigrant Agenda. The Victim’s Family Wants None of It.
Colorado lawmakers are joining the nationwide chorus of conservatives who are seizing on the death of an Iowa woman who was allegedly killed by an undocumented immigrant to push the false narrative that immigrants make communities less safe and to advocate for tougher immigration laws.
Gardner Casts Tenth Vote To Defund Planned Parenthood Since He’s Held Federal Office
The Colorado Times Recorder reported last September that Colorado’s Republican Senator Cory Gardner had voted nine times to strip federal funding Planned Parenthood since he’s held federal office.
Gardner Goes To Bat For “President Trump’s America First Agenda”
Colorado Senator Cory Gardner blasted out an urgent fundraising appeal over the weekend, stating:
HOMOPHOBIA WATCH ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL: Radio Host Says “Gay Mafia” Is One Of Polis’ Weapons In Governor’s Race
Why do some conservatives think it’s okay to say Colorado’s Democratic candidate for governor, Jared Polis, is backed by the “gay mafia?”
What Would It Take for Colorado Republicans To Halt Their Plan To Hang A Trump Portrait At Colorado Capitol?
Colorado Republican leaders said today that a portrait of Trump will adorn a wall at the Colorado Capitol by late 2018 or early 2019.
Alleged Nazi Saluter Defends Stapleton Against Media’s Coverage of His KKK Ties
A man accused by five people of yelling “Sieg Heil” and doing a Nazi salute at a Walker Stapleton campaign event has a Letter to the Editor in Colorado Politics this morning defending the Republican candidate for governor against media coverage of his family’s ties to the Ku Klux Klan.
“We Don’t Know If She’s Overweight Or Not As We Have Not Weighed Her”
A conservative blog in Colorado responded to a talk radio host’s assertion that Colorado state senate candidate Faith Winter is “overweight” by asserting that, “We don’t know if she’s overweight or not as we have not weighed her.”