In a radio interview this morning, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) responded directly to former President Barack Obama’s point in a speech last week that the U.S. economy had turned around in 2015 and 2016, not during the Trump presidency.
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Former Colorado Lawmaker Deleted Tweet About Stapleton Due To The “Hysteria” It Was Causing
Former Colorado Senate President John Andrews created a mini-frenzy on Twitter yesterday, when he wrote that Walker Stapleton, Colorado’s Republican candidate for governor, told a luncheon crowd of 20 “faith leaders” that Stapleton would be “pro-life, pro-family, and pro-religious freedom.”
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State Senator Randy Baumgardner Posts Fake News Implying Obama Is Muslim
A Colorado state senator shared a meme of an old fake news story claiming that President Obama replaced American flags in the White House with a “Muslim prayer curtain,” presumably as a nod to his “true” religion.
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Congressman Tipton Returns to Pueblo Racist’s Annual Fundraiser
Every year, Republican lawmakers gather at Tom Ready’s Steak Fry fundraiser. Ready is an unapologetic racist and anti-government conspiracy theorist whose annual backyard BBQ nevertheless continues to draw GOP candidates and elected officials of all levels, including Congressman Scott Tipton.
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Right-Wing Base Loves Stapleton For Appearing With Tancredo
Political observers were left scratching their heads last week over why Walker Stapleton, who’s Colorado’s Republican candidate for governor, would appear at a fundraising event with former Congressman Tom Tancredo, whose views on undocumented immigrants (kick them out), Mecca (bomb it), abortion (ban it) and much more don’t align with the swing voter sensibility that most rational candidates aim to mimic in a general election like the one coming up in November.
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Birtherism Redux: Colorado Lawmaker More Interested In Obama’s “Secret” Past Than Trump’s Tax Returns
Colorado State Rep. Judy Reyher (R-Swink) is “much more interested” in Obama’s alleged “secret” past than she is in seeing Trump’s tax returns.
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STUDY: The Judicial Process Allowing Minors To Get An Abortion Without Their Parents Permission Can Itself Be A Form Of Punishment
Colorado law requires minors to notify their parents prior to having an abortion–or go through a judicial process that’s intended to protect them from the mental or physical abuse they might encounter if they notified their parents of their abortion decision.
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Stapleton Won’t Say If He’d Sign Bills Making Abortion Illegal Or Harder To Get in Colorado
Colorado’s Republican candidate for governor won’t say if he’d sign legislation making abortions illegal or harder to get in Colorado.
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Colorado Congressman Coffman Slams New York Times For Publishing Anonymous Anti-Trump Opinion
Colorado Congressman Mike Coffman bashed the New York Times this morning for publishing an opinion piece, written by an anonymous “senior” Trump official who was aiming to spotlight the dangers posed by the president.
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Planned Parenthood Of The Rocky Mountains And Union-Backed Employees End Labor Dispute
Colorado progressives had been lamenting a divisive labor dispute between Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains (PPRM) and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), with both sides saying that now was not the right time to be fighting each other.