November 15, 2024 • 8 mins
WHY ARE REPUBLICANS LOOKING BACKWARDS IN COLORADO? Jimmy Sengenberger wrote a great column about how the Colorado GOP had a meeting this week to trot out a bunch of people who have been grifting for years on election conspiracies and aren't quite ready to give it up. Dave Williams uses this crap for fundraising because no one will write him a check unless he scares the crap out of them somehow. Read the column here to see how the Colorado GOP is wasting time and energy telling people not to certify the election we just had where Republicans actually made gains in the state. Idiots. What they should be doing instead is finding a really good candidate for Secretary of State so we can get someone competent in that office to insure that elections are run properly in Colorado. But that would be smart and never let anyone accuse this group of having brains. Jimmy joins me at 2pm today to talk about it.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jimmy Sengenberger joining me today because this morning I was
beruising the Denver Gazette, as I'm prone to do as
a subscriber. You should do just saying, And Jimmy has
a great, great column in the Denver Gazette today dueling
partisan dramas play voters for fools, and he draws an
(00:20):
analogy between the ridiculous and absurd governor's saving democracy, Oh, sorry,
safeguarding democracy. They're not saving it yet, they're just safeguarding
it yet. That Governor of Illinois JB. Pritzker and our
own Governor Jerry Poulis started today in a desperate bid
to keep their name id up nationwide. So he was
(00:43):
comparing that to a meeting that just took place with
the Colorado Republican Party, a zoom call where the Colorado
Republican Party decided to look backwards and instead of doing
the smart thing, spent the entire day talking about how
they should not certify thee where Republicans just did incredibly
well in Colorado for the first time in a long time,
(01:05):
but they should not certify those because a cybersecurity expert
says everything has been breached and compromised and they're just
looking backwards. First off, Jimmie, great analogy.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Hey, thank you. Yeah, there's a lot of gamesmanship and
theater going on on both sides right now.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
So let's talk about the Colorado GOP first, and then
we're going to come back to this governor's safeguarding democracy.
It's like the Justice League of Governors. I bet they
all have costumes, you know what I mean, Like they're
not going to let us see their outfits, but they've
all got like spandex and they've got capes.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Didn't police already wear like the Jedi master Guard the
other day or over Halloween? I think I saw, so
maybe that's his Eurocastle.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
I have no idea, but he is going to safeguard democracy,
dang it, whether we like it or not. What are
your thoughts on this organization.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
On the police organization.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
The governor's safeguarding We have to say it like this, Jimmy,
Promise me, Okay, promise me. From now on, We're not
just gonna say Governor's safeguarding democracy or GSD. We're gonna
say it like this governor is safeguarding democracy every time
we say it.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Well, the governor safeguarding Democracy is a shame. I mean, look,
this is a circumstance where they're both eyeing a run
for the presidency, and never has it been more transparent
than right now. Because in four years from now, it's
going to be a wide open field. Who's going to
break out? Will they like? JB. Britzer would like himself,
(02:37):
Derek Polis would like himself. But what I really was
getting at to the extent I talked about this aspect
in my piece is that they're trying to build this
organization Mandy as though it is non part is in
of course, because when it's Democrats doing it, it's somehow
non partisan. I mean, they have an organization as well.
(02:59):
That's just I think it's all under the same umbrella
GOV Act, Governors Safeguarding Democracy, and the Reproductive Freedom Alliance altogether.
The Reproductive Freedom Alliance is supposedly nonpartisan two and it's
got twenty three Democrat governors and zero Republican governors. So
really this is just a front for them to get
(03:19):
out there and be heroes and get some attention and
basically do what Jennet Griswold has failed to do in Colorado.
You know, nationally, she's been known as this folk hero
for voting rights, even though it's nothing of the sort
when it comes to reality, well, Polis seems to be
wanting to do something like that on the national level
for his presidential.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
You know, here's the thing about this whole thing. I mean,
are they going to get satin jackets? We don't know.
This to me is just clearly an effort by these
two governors to continue to keep themselves in the news cycle.
And that's all it is. And I don't know if
you've you've well, of course you have. It so obvious
it's ridiculous. But Jarrett Polus, the guy who has overseen
(04:02):
the chipping away of gun rights in this state, of
the ability to drill for oil on your own property
unless you're close enough to his vacation home that he
finds it offensive, in which case you cannot exploit your
own mineral rights. He has stripped away the ability of
parents to decide whether or not their kindergarteners are going
to learn about sex work. He has allowed school districts
(04:23):
and not intervened in getting in between their parents and
their children. But he's got to rebrand himself as Captain freedom,
safeguarder of democracy. I want to see his outfit. I
truly like, should we have AI make him an outfit?
We should? We should have AI. Yes, somebody needs to
do that that knows how to use AI. I do not.
So other than that, what exactly have they indicated at all?
(04:48):
Have you seen what they're actually going to do to safeguard?
Are they building a wall? What are they doing?
Speaker 2 (04:54):
They might be building a wall around Colorado and Illinois
to keep Republicans out of those states for apps, I mean,
that's that's what they do. No, I don't know what
tangibly they want to do, except maybe set up some
means of pushing back when they think that the government
under Trump and his administration is going too far on gasp,
(05:17):
enforcing immigration laws for a change, or you know, actually
affirming that states have the rights to determine their direction,
which apparently Colorado's loved on abortion versus having the federal
government get involved. Like Democrats are the ones who want
to do, not the Republicans. I don't know exactly, but
I do know that they would probably be called subversive
(05:39):
or insurrectionists if they were Republican governactors doing this against
Biden or Harris.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Correct one hundred percent on that. Let's get to the
Colorado Republican Party. We only have a couple of minutes left.
So they had a meeting. They brought in a cybersecurity
expert to talk about the purported election consequences of Bio's
password leads from Colorado election systems. Now, talking about election
security is perfectly fine, legitimate, But here's what I want
(06:04):
from the Colorado Republican Party. Who are you fielding to
run for secretary of state? Who are you fielding right now?
What candidates are we going to put forward that are
electable across the entire state? Because if you want to
ensure election integrity, get someone in there who thinks it's important.
I mean, that's how you make sure that Colorado has
(06:27):
safe and fair elections. You get people in there. And
by the way, this could be a Democrat who really
thinks that election security and integrity is important. I don't
care about your party. I just want you to make
sure that we have the safest and securest elections we
can have.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Well, that's all well and good and important. I would
agree with you there, but I would also say it
begins by stopping the push to delegitimize election outcomes that
actually derailed the Democrats' super majority in the state House
and that allow Republicans to flip from the blue to
the red column the eighth Congressional District with that tremendous
(07:03):
victory of Gave Evans. But the reality is that the
likes of Dave Williams and others that are part of
his brigade can't get passed the stolen election narratives that
they have built their last several years on. Everything they
have done has been based on delegitimizing electoral outcomes. And
(07:24):
so now they are even encouraging in the sports locally
and the Republicans to decertify or to not certify the
election results. And that is the surefire way to put
Republicans backwards. If you want to say, we wanted you
to get in the vote, we celebrated the victories, but
we want to cross your votes aside like they were.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Not exactly and ultimately the real reason behind all this
is this is the only way that Dave Williams has
been able to raise money. It is the single way
he has been able to get checks to the Republican Party.
Is scaring Republicans about election integrity, threatening to all these
lawsuits that they filed that none of them have been founded.
They've just spent a ton of money on this stuff
(08:05):
with no real results because it's the only thing he
has left to fundraise on. So let's be clear about
why it's happening. Jimmy, it's a great column. I urge
you everybody to go to the Denver Gazette. If you
don't already subscribe, what are you waiting for? Everybody complains
about news media in this town. We finally have a
paper that does a great job on the news side.
They have a great editorial page, and they have great
column lists like Jimmy Sangeberger. Just subscribe already, Jimmy, great
(08:29):
column man. I'll talk to you again soon.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Hey, thank you.
Jimmy Sengenberger joining me today because this morning I was
beruising the Denver Gazette, as I'm prone to do as
a subscriber. You should do just saying, And Jimmy has
a great, great column in the Denver Gazette today dueling
partisan dramas play voters for fools, and he draws an
(00:20):
analogy between the ridiculous and absurd governor's saving democracy, Oh, sorry,
safeguarding democracy. They're not saving it yet, they're just safeguarding
it yet. That Governor of Illinois JB. Pritzker and our
own Governor Jerry Poulis started today in a desperate bid
to keep their name id up nationwide. So he was
(00:43):
comparing that to a meeting that just took place with
the Colorado Republican Party, a zoom call where the Colorado
Republican Party decided to look backwards and instead of doing
the smart thing, spent the entire day talking about how
they should not certify thee where Republicans just did incredibly
well in Colorado for the first time in a long time,
(01:05):
but they should not certify those because a cybersecurity expert
says everything has been breached and compromised and they're just
looking backwards. First off, Jimmie, great analogy.
Speaker 2 (01:17):
Hey, thank you. Yeah, there's a lot of gamesmanship and
theater going on on both sides right now.
Speaker 1 (01:23):
So let's talk about the Colorado GOP first, and then
we're going to come back to this governor's safeguarding democracy.
It's like the Justice League of Governors. I bet they
all have costumes, you know what I mean, Like they're
not going to let us see their outfits, but they've
all got like spandex and they've got capes.
Speaker 2 (01:38):
Didn't police already wear like the Jedi master Guard the
other day or over Halloween? I think I saw, so
maybe that's his Eurocastle.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
I have no idea, but he is going to safeguard democracy,
dang it, whether we like it or not. What are
your thoughts on this organization.
Speaker 2 (01:57):
On the police organization.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
The governor's safeguarding We have to say it like this, Jimmy,
Promise me, Okay, promise me. From now on, We're not
just gonna say Governor's safeguarding democracy or GSD. We're gonna
say it like this governor is safeguarding democracy every time
we say it.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
Well, the governor safeguarding Democracy is a shame. I mean, look,
this is a circumstance where they're both eyeing a run
for the presidency, and never has it been more transparent
than right now. Because in four years from now, it's
going to be a wide open field. Who's going to
break out? Will they like? JB. Britzer would like himself,
(02:37):
Derek Polis would like himself. But what I really was
getting at to the extent I talked about this aspect
in my piece is that they're trying to build this
organization Mandy as though it is non part is in
of course, because when it's Democrats doing it, it's somehow
non partisan. I mean, they have an organization as well.
(02:59):
That's just I think it's all under the same umbrella
GOV Act, Governors Safeguarding Democracy, and the Reproductive Freedom Alliance altogether.
The Reproductive Freedom Alliance is supposedly nonpartisan two and it's
got twenty three Democrat governors and zero Republican governors. So
really this is just a front for them to get
(03:19):
out there and be heroes and get some attention and
basically do what Jennet Griswold has failed to do in Colorado.
You know, nationally, she's been known as this folk hero
for voting rights, even though it's nothing of the sort
when it comes to reality, well, Polis seems to be
wanting to do something like that on the national level
for his presidential.
Speaker 1 (03:41):
You know, here's the thing about this whole thing. I mean,
are they going to get satin jackets? We don't know.
This to me is just clearly an effort by these
two governors to continue to keep themselves in the news cycle.
And that's all it is. And I don't know if
you've you've well, of course you have. It so obvious
it's ridiculous. But Jarrett Polus, the guy who has overseen
(04:02):
the chipping away of gun rights in this state, of
the ability to drill for oil on your own property
unless you're close enough to his vacation home that he
finds it offensive, in which case you cannot exploit your
own mineral rights. He has stripped away the ability of
parents to decide whether or not their kindergarteners are going
to learn about sex work. He has allowed school districts
(04:23):
and not intervened in getting in between their parents and
their children. But he's got to rebrand himself as Captain freedom,
safeguarder of democracy. I want to see his outfit. I
truly like, should we have AI make him an outfit?
We should? We should have AI. Yes, somebody needs to
do that that knows how to use AI. I do not.
So other than that, what exactly have they indicated at all?
(04:48):
Have you seen what they're actually going to do to safeguard?
Are they building a wall? What are they doing?
Speaker 2 (04:54):
They might be building a wall around Colorado and Illinois
to keep Republicans out of those states for apps, I mean,
that's that's what they do. No, I don't know what
tangibly they want to do, except maybe set up some
means of pushing back when they think that the government
under Trump and his administration is going too far on gasp,
(05:17):
enforcing immigration laws for a change, or you know, actually
affirming that states have the rights to determine their direction,
which apparently Colorado's loved on abortion versus having the federal
government get involved. Like Democrats are the ones who want
to do, not the Republicans. I don't know exactly, but
I do know that they would probably be called subversive
(05:39):
or insurrectionists if they were Republican governactors doing this against
Biden or Harris.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
Correct one hundred percent on that. Let's get to the
Colorado Republican Party. We only have a couple of minutes left.
So they had a meeting. They brought in a cybersecurity
expert to talk about the purported election consequences of Bio's
password leads from Colorado election systems. Now, talking about election
security is perfectly fine, legitimate, But here's what I want
(06:04):
from the Colorado Republican Party. Who are you fielding to
run for secretary of state? Who are you fielding right now?
What candidates are we going to put forward that are
electable across the entire state? Because if you want to
ensure election integrity, get someone in there who thinks it's important.
I mean, that's how you make sure that Colorado has
(06:27):
safe and fair elections. You get people in there. And
by the way, this could be a Democrat who really
thinks that election security and integrity is important. I don't
care about your party. I just want you to make
sure that we have the safest and securest elections we
can have.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Well, that's all well and good and important. I would
agree with you there, but I would also say it
begins by stopping the push to delegitimize election outcomes that
actually derailed the Democrats' super majority in the state House
and that allow Republicans to flip from the blue to
the red column the eighth Congressional District with that tremendous
(07:03):
victory of Gave Evans. But the reality is that the
likes of Dave Williams and others that are part of
his brigade can't get passed the stolen election narratives that
they have built their last several years on. Everything they
have done has been based on delegitimizing electoral outcomes. And
(07:24):
so now they are even encouraging in the sports locally
and the Republicans to decertify or to not certify the
election results. And that is the surefire way to put
Republicans backwards. If you want to say, we wanted you
to get in the vote, we celebrated the victories, but
we want to cross your votes aside like they were.
Speaker 1 (07:44):
Not exactly and ultimately the real reason behind all this
is this is the only way that Dave Williams has
been able to raise money. It is the single way
he has been able to get checks to the Republican Party.
Is scaring Republicans about election integrity, threatening to all these
lawsuits that they filed that none of them have been founded.
They've just spent a ton of money on this stuff
(08:05):
with no real results because it's the only thing he
has left to fundraise on. So let's be clear about
why it's happening. Jimmy, it's a great column. I urge
you everybody to go to the Denver Gazette. If you
don't already subscribe, what are you waiting for? Everybody complains
about news media in this town. We finally have a
paper that does a great job on the news side.
They have a great editorial page, and they have great
column lists like Jimmy Sangeberger. Just subscribe already, Jimmy, great
(08:29):
column man. I'll talk to you again soon.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Hey, thank you.
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