
May 20th 2022
Season 30 Episode 19 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Panelists discuss the latest in Colorado politics.
Topics include gubernatorial candidates, a focus on affordability in legislation, Denver lawsuits regarding excessive force and the debunking of Mesa County Clerk's Tina Peter's accusations of voter fraud.
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May 20th 2022
Season 30 Episode 19 | 27m 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Topics include gubernatorial candidates, a focus on affordability in legislation, Denver lawsuits regarding excessive force and the debunking of Mesa County Clerk's Tina Peter's accusations of voter fraud.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship">>> GOOD EVENING, NO THIS IS NOT" THE VIEW.
I'M PATTY CALHOUN THE EDITOR OF WESTWORD.
MOVING FROM MY USUALLY CHAIR WHO HAS TAKEN OVER EXECUTIVE PRODUCER WHILE THE SEARCH IS ON FOR A REAL HOST.
THE REPUBLICAN GUBERNATORIAL "PRIMARY IS QUICKLY APPROACHING," AND CANDIDATE CAMPAIGNS ARE IN FULL FORCE.
GOVERNOR JARED POLIS WILL FACE ONE OF THE TWO DETERMINED "CHALLENGERS IN THE ELECTION," "REPUBLICAN GEORGE LOPEZ, FORMER" "MAYOR OF PARKER, AND REPUBLICAN" "HEIDI GANAHL, AT-LARGE BOARD" MEMBER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO.
REPUBLICANS ARE HOPING BIDEN'S DROPPING POPULARITY WILL HELP SECURE THEIR FIRST GUBERNATORIAL WIN SINCE BILL OWENS.
BRINGING UNCOMMON WIZ.COM TO THAT CHAIR MARIE ANN.
"YOU COVER STATE, YOU COVER THE" COUNTRY.
WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING HERE?
>> WHAT I'M SEEING RIGHT NOW IS TYING THE GOVERNOR POLIS TO THE POLICIES OF PRESIDENT BIDEN IS A STRATEGY.
I'M SEEING A LOT OF LACK OF DONOR ENTHUSIASM FOR THIS RACE.
WITH AN OPEN GUBERNATORIAL STATE.
AT THAT POINT HE HAD RAISED ABOUT $1.7 MILLION.
GANAHL HAS RAISED LESS THAN 60% THAN THAT AND IS THE FRONT RUNNER IN TERMS OF THE FUND-RAISING.
WE SAW LOPEZ BRINGING IN ONE "PERSON, ONE VOTE TO ALLOW FOR" RURAL VOTES TO GET MORE ATTENTION.
IT IS AN INTERESTING IDEA.
VERY UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
IT IS A WAY OF RAISING HIS VISIBILITY IN RURAL COLORADO.
I KNOW THIS WILL PLAY WELL WITH RURAL REPUBLICANS.
>> WE ARE STICKING WITH ONE "WOMAN, ONE OPINION AT THIS" TABLE.
WHERE DO YOU SEE THE GOVERNOR'S RACE GOING?
>> POLIS IS GOING TO BE A CANDIDATE FOR WHOMEVER EMERGES FROM THE REPUBLICAN.
THE DEMOCRATS WANT TO MAKE THIS ABOUT ROE VERSUS WADE.
ABORTION IS THE FIFTH FROM THE BOTTOM OF 20 ISSUES THAT AMERICANS THINK IS MOST IMPORTANT.
BELOW THAT ARE ONLY UNEMPLOYMENT.
WE KNOW THERE IS NOT REALLY UNEMPLOYMENT.
INFLATION WAS THE TOP ISSUE.
IT IS GOING TO BE THE TOP ISSUE IN THIS ELECTION.
I DON'T KNOW WHERE THE 89% E -- INFLATION RATE IS COMING FROM.
MY EGGS AND MILK IS MORE EXPENSIVE.
MY GAS IS PROBABLY DOUBLE.
THESE ARE ANNOYING FOR ME.
SO REPUBLICANS CAN WIN ON THESE ISSUES.
BUT ONLY IF THEY DON'T ALLOW THE CONVERSATION TO BECOME ABOUT OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES.
4% OF PEOPLE ONLY 4% OF PEOPLE THINK THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE.
THEY CAN WIN UP AND DOWN THE BALLOT.
">> DENISE, WHAT DO YOU SEE" HAPPENING IN THIS ELECTION?
">> WELL, LOOK, I THINK IT IS" GOVERNOR'S POLIS TO LOSE.
I DON'T SEE ANY ALIGNMENT BETWEEN HIM AND PRESIDENT BIDEN.
I THINK ATTEMPTS TO MAKE THEM "SIMILAR IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR" FORM IS A LOSING GAME.
I THINK THE REPUBLICANS HAVE MORE TO GAIN IF THEY -- AS MICHELLE MENTIONED STICK TO THE KITCHEN TABLE ISSUES.
THE SIMILARITIES ARE THERE.
THEY ARE FAR AND FEW IN BETWEEN.
IT IS GOVERNOR'S POLIS TO LOSE.
I THINK TO MARY ANN'S POINT LOPEZ SEES HE IS NOT A WINNING CANDIDATE.
I DON'T SEE GOVERNOR POLIS LOSING THIS ELECTION.
>> JOINING US BIANCA EMERSON.
DO YOU SEE ANY WAY POLIS IS GOING TO LOSE THIS?
>> NOT AT ALL.
HE IS POPULAR WITH DEMOCRATS.
I THINK THAT WE CAN ARGUABLY SUGGEST SHOWED UP AS AN ANTITRUMP VOTE.
THEY DIDN'T WANT TO PLAY MEGA PROPAGANDA TALKING POINTS.
I THINK THOSE PEOPLE CAN SHOW UP AND WILL SHOW UP FOR GOVERNOR POLIS.
LET'S NOT FORGET HE WAS AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET IN 2008.
I THINK HOPEFULLY FOUR YEARS LATER WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THAT.
A WIN FOR GOVERNOR POLIS.
>> WE GOT TO PRIMARY COMING UP JUNE 28TH.
>> THE 2022 LEGISLATION SESSION "HAS COME TO AN END, AND BOTH" PARTIES CONTINUE TO SHOW AN INCREASED INTEREST IN AFFORDABILITY.
THEY APPROVED CHANGES INVOLVES DECREASE IN THE RISE IN PROPERTY TAXES AND BREAKS AND TAXES IN FEES FOR BUSINESSES.
MICHELLE HOW DO YOU SEE THAT PLAYING OUT IN THE STATE?
>> I THINK IT IS DISINBEGIN US TO THINK ABOUT AFFORDABILITY.
I FOUGHT BACK TAX INCREASES -- I "SAY THIS, WHAT I SAW WAS" INCREASED FEES ON PACKAGED GOODS RAISED PRICES FOR FOOD AND OTHER CONSUMER GOODS 3%-4%.
THEY ALSO INTRODUCED RENT CONTROL WHICH WOULD BE A DISASTER FOR THE HOUSING MARKET.
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN ABOUT AFFORDABILITY.
I THINK POLL NUMBERS ARE WHAT IS DRIVING THIS.
>> DENISE IS IT POLLS OR PHILOSOPHY?
>> I THINK IT IS BOTH.
I THINK THIS IS ONE OF THE TIME THERE WAS ACTUAL BIPARTISANSHIP.
EVEN THOUGH MICHELLE SPEAKS REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TO AFFORDABLE.
YES AND NO.
SOME YES AND OTHERS NOT SO MUCH.
MAKING MORE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH CARE AVAILABLE AND TRYING TO EXPAND MEDICAID COVERAGE.
THAT IS A LOT OF AFFORDABILITY.
IT IS SOMETHING DEMOCRATS ALWAYS BELIEVED IN.
I THINK BECAUSE BOTH PARTIES SEE SOME WINNING ISSUES ON THESE MATTERS IN PARTICULAR THERE WAS A LOT OF BIPARTISAN SUPPORT.
I'M NOT GOING TO SING THE SONG OR TRY TO.
REMEMBER THAT GOVERNOR POLIS STATE OF THE STATE HE SAID HOW MANY WAYS CAN I SAVE PEOPLE MONEY.
HE IS SAYING I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT FOR YOU.
I'LL KEEP YOU AWAY FROM THAT.
"LOOK, I THINK THAT WAS THE WHOLE" POINT.
IT IS ELECTION YEAR.
IT IS POLLS.
IT IS A WIN STRATEGY NO MATTER WHICH PART OF THE PARTY YOU ARE WITH.
>> NO SINGING AT THIS TABLE.
BIANCA DO YOU FEEL YOU HAD MONEY SAVED?
>> NO.
I THINK THIS LEGISLATION WAS IN RESPONSE TO THE PANDEMIC.
I THINK FAMILIES AS WELL AS BUSINESSES ARE STILL TRYING TO DIG THEMSELVES OUT OF A HOLE.
I THINK IT IS A WIN/WIN FOR REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS.
WE SHOULD BE HAPPY THEY WERE ABLE TO COME TOGETHER AND AGREE THINGS THAT WILL HELP MOVE FORWARD ESPECIALLY WITH ISSUES OF INFLATION AND PRICES GOING UP.
THIS IS A WIN/WIN FOR EVERYONE.
>> MARY ANN YOU SEE ALL THE PRESS RELEASES.
ARE WE GOING TO BE SAVING MONEY THIS YEAR?
>> NO.
I'LL BE -- THE DEMOCRATS MESSAGE WAS A MIXED MESSAGE THIS YEAR.
ON ONE HAND THEY SAID WE WILL SAVE YOU MONEY BY NOT INCREASING GAS TAXES.
THAT'S TWO CENTS.
AT THE SAME TIME YOU WILL SEE "INCREASES IN YOUR UBER, AMAZON."
THE BILL THEY PAST LAST YEAR IS GOING INTO EFFECT.
THE GAS TAX WILL BE GOING UP AFTER THE ELECTION.
AND TO MICHELLE'S POINT IT BEING A CYNICAL PLOY.
THAT WAS THE IMMEDIATE REACTION BY PEOPLE IN THE CAPITOL.
THIS IS TO THE TABOR REFUND.
DEMOCRATS FOR A LONG TIME DENOUNED TABOR.
"FOR THE GOVERNOR, FOR" LEGISLATIVE DEMOCRATS FOR SENATOR BENNET.
IT IS A MIXED MESSAGE.
THERE WILL BE SOME DECREASES BUT THERE WILL BE A LOT OF INCREASES AS WELL.
SO WATCH YOUR WALLET.
>> SOMEWHERE DOUG BRUCE IS LAUGHING.
>>> THE CITY OF DENVER IS FACING ANOTHER LAWSUIT RESOLVING AROUND THE 2020 GEORGE FLOYD PROTESTS.
A NEW GROUP OF PROTESTERS CLAIM "THEY, TOO, FACED EXCESSIVE FORCE" AND VIOLATIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS.
THE MOST RECENT LAWSUIT REGARDING THE PROTESTS ENDED WITH VERDICT IN THE PROTESTERS' "FAVOR, WITH A JUDGMENT OF" $14 MILLION.
DENISE WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS GOING FOR THE CITY OF DENVER?
>> I CAN'T SEE IT GOING WELL FOR THE CITY OF DENVER.
"NOW, LOOK, YOU DO HAVE A" DIFFERENT JURY.
YOU DO HAVE DIFFERENT PLAINTIFFS.
YOU HAVE DIFFERENT LAWYERS.
YOU HAVE THE SAME DEFENDANTS.
YOU HAVE THE SAME TACTICS THAT WERE QUESTIONED IN THE FIRST JURY TRIAL.
AT THE SAME TIME YOU HAVE A CHIEF OF POLICE WHO REALLY HASN'T CHANGED TACTICS IN COMMUNICATIONS OF THIS.
YOU HAVE A MAYORS WHO HAS "SATURDAY NIGHT, HASN'T COME OUT" WITH ANY APOLOGIES OR ANY STATEMENTS THAT HE IS GOING TO DIRECT HIS CHIEF OF POLICE.
SO I REALLY CANNOT SEE A DIFFERENT OUTCOME FOR DENVER WHICH FRANKLY I FIND SHAMEFUL AND DISGRACEFUL.
>> THERE ARE MORE LAWSUITS IN THE WORKS.
THERE HAVE BEEN ESTIMATES OF BIG JUDGMENTS COMING.
WHAT DO YOU SEE HAPPENING BIANCA?
>> THIS IS NOT GOOD FOR THE CITY OF DENVER.
IT IS NOT GOOD FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
THESE PEOPLE WERE OUT EXERCISING THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT.
SO WHAT DOES THIS SAY FOR OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE INTERESTED IN GOING OUT AND PROTESTING?
IS THIS AN ATTACK ON OUR CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT.
I THINK IT IS HORRIBLE.
WE HAVE -- POLICE OFFICERS HAVE TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS.
I THINK DENISE CAN SPEAK MORE TO THIS.
THIS IS THE FIRST CASE IN THE NATION TO GO TO TRIAL.
THIS IS NOT LOOKING GOOD FOR THE CITY OF DENVER.
BUT I REALLY WANT THESE POLICE OFFICERS TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
HOPEFULLY THE CITY WILL LEARN A LESSON TO MAKE SURE WE ARE HOLDING THESE POLICE OFFICERS ACCOUNTABLE SO WE DON'T CONTINUE TO SEE THESE LAWSUITS COMING UP.
>> MARY ANN YOU WERE IN THE LEGISLATURE TOO WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT HOLDING POLICE OFFICERS PERSONALLY ACCOUNTABLE.
WHAT DO YOU HAPPENING IN THIS CASE?
>> THIS IS THE 15th LAWSUIT THAT HAS BEEN FILED ON THE PROTEST AND GEORGE FLOYD.
MORE THAN LIKELY IT WILL BE THE LAST ONE.
I KIND OF WONDER IF THE CITY IS HOLDING OUT TO GET THROUGH THESE LAWSUITS AND THEN THINK ABOUT WHAT KIND OF CHANGES THEY WOULD MAKE IN THEIR POLICIES IN ORDER TO PREVENT THE SAME SORT OF SITUATION.
IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKELY.
IT LOOKS LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO HOLD OUT ON THIS.
"IF IT IS BUSINESS AS USUAL, IT" IS A BAD LOOK FOR DENVER.
>> MICHELLE?
>> CAN DENVER OVERCOME THIS?
>> I THINK THIS IS A PROBLEM EVERYWHERE.
POLICE BRUTALITY.
INAPPROPRIATE POLICE BRUTALITY IS NEVER OKAY.
WE HAVE TO HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE.
WE LOST TRUST IN OUR PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS.
I THINK THEY ARE FRONT LINE OF THAT.
"THAT SAID, IT IS EASY SO DOWN" PLAY A LOT OF THE CHAOS.
I HAD TO CALL MY INSURANCE AGENT AND ASK IF WE HAD INSURANCE ON MY BUILDING.
THEY WERE BURNING THINGS A COUPLE BLOCKS AWAY.
WE DID NOT.
THAT IS SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO HAVE.
PEOPLE DON'T KNOW THAT.
BUILDINGS WERE BURNED.
SMALL BUSINESSES WERE BURNED OUT OF BUSINESS.
I'M NOT TRYING TO MARGINALIZED PAIN AND SUFFERING THEY EXPERIENCED.
"WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE, I" WOULD LIKE TO CHALLENGE THE PEOPLE THAT RECEIVED THESE SETTLEMENTS TO REBUILDING THE SMALL BUSINESSES WHO ARE ARMED OR PERHAPS REBUILD SOME OF THE COMMUNITIES THAT WERE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME OF THAT PUN GO TO FINDING WAYS TO BETTER TRAIN EMPLOYEES TO HANDLE THESE SITUATIONS.
THERE IS ONE THING I WANT TO POINT OUT.
THEY SAID $14 MILLION IS A LOT.
GEORGE FLOYD FAMILY RECEIVED $14 MILLION FOR HIS DEATH.
WE HAVE TWO LAWSUITS RELATING TO THIS.
THAT IS 28 MILLION TO $14 MILLION LAWSUIT.
IT SEEMS THAT GEORGE FLOYD FAMILY SHOULD BE THE ONES TO RENUMERATE.
>> YOU HOPE POLICE WOULD DO SOMETHING WITH THAT.
THIS WAS THE FIRST CASE THAT WENT ACROSS THE COUNTRY?
>> YES.
IT WAS THE FIRST CASE THAT THE WERE THE GEORGE FLOYD PROTEST INDEED.
>>> THE MESA COUNTY HAS DEBUNKED VOTER FRAUD.
ALLOWING UNAUTHORIZED PARTIES TO THE MESA COUNTY VOTING SYSTEM.
RESULTING IN A LEAK OF SENSITIVE INFORMATION.
WHAT IS THE LATEST?
>> I THINK PETERS IS A DISGRACE IN EVERYTHING SHE STANDS FOR IS AN ATTACK IN OUR DEMOCRACY.
TO YOUR POINT YOU READ EARLIER.
SHE LINKED THIS INFORMATION ONLINE WHICH COULD BRING VULNERABILITIES.
SHE LIED ABOUT ELECTION FRAUD.
THIS PERSON WANTS TO BE THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
"THAT'S A PROBLEM, THAT IS AND" ISSUE.
WE NEED TO MAKE SURE OUR ELECTIONS ARE TAKEN CARE OF.
I DON'T THINK TINA HAS INTEGRITY AT ALL.
>> SHE DOES HAVE TRAFFIC.
MARY ANN YOU WROTE ABOUT IT.
WHAT DO YOU SEE IN THE LATEST?
>> IT IS FUNNY DAN REUBIN IS THE PERSON WHO OBTAINED THE INDICTMENTS AGAINST TINA PETERS RELATED TO SOME OF THESE ISSUES HAS BEEN MENTIONED.
PETERS JUST HAS NOTE LEARNED THE LAW OF HOLE.
WHEN YOU ARE IN A HOLE STOP DIGGING.
SHE KEEPS DIGGING.
LAST WEEK WAS A PERFECT EXAMPLE.
ACCEPTED THE THIRD COMPLAINT AGAINST HER.
THIS IS RELATED TO THE MICHAEL FUND.
SHE CLAIMED SHE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH HE PUT INTO IT.
AND THE COMMISSION NOT ONLY ACCEPTED THAT COMPLAINTED AND MOVING ON IT.
THE SECOND COMPLAINT WAS ON THE LEGAL DEFENSE FUND THAT SHE SET UP WHICH SHE HAS NOW CLOSED BECAUSE SHE FACED MASSIVE FINES TO IT.
VOTED TO GRANT SUBPOENA POWER AND FORCE HER TO COMPLY WITH REQUEST OF INFORMATION.
SHE IS THE GIFT THAT KEEPS ON GIVING.
NOT A GIFT I WOULD WANT TO FIND UNDER MY CHRISTMAS TREE.
>> WHERE DO YOU SEE THIS GOING?
>> IS THERE ANY GOVERNMENT OF BODY NOT INVESTIGATING TINA PETERS AT THIS POINT?
"LAWS HOLE, RULE HOLES STOP" BUILDING.
I WAS WILLING TO KEEP AN OPEN MIND ON THIS.
LET'S DO THE DATA.
LET'S SEE IT.
NO ONE HAS BEEN ABLE TO PROVIDE ANY KIND OF CONCLUSIVE DATA THAT THE ELECTION WAS STOLEN.
"YOU KNOW, I WANT TO TALK A" MINUTE ABOUT TRUST IN THE INSTITUTION.
THINGS LIKE THIS ERODE OUR TRUST IN INSTITUTIONS.
IT IS BAD FOR OUR SOCIETY.
"THINGS LIKE THIS, YOU KNOW," "SHADY DEALS, WHATEVER IT IS."
IT IS CRITICAL TO HOLD PEOPLE VIOLATE PUBLIC TRUST ACCOUNTABLE.
I'M NOT SURE THAT WE ALWAYS DO THAT.
JUST 22% OF AMERICANS THINK THE GOVERNMENT WILL DO THE RIGHT THING MOST OF THE TIME.
THAT IS ALL TIME LOW SINCE THE SURVEY STARTED IN 1958.
"LIKE I SAID, I THINK THIS IS BAD" FOR DEMOCRACY.
">> DENISE, TINA PETERS SAVER TO" DEMOCRACY?
>> ABSOLUTELY MIN ANIES.
THIS IS AN INDIVIDUAL THAT IS TRYING TO DIMINISH PEOPLE'S TRUST IN THE SYSTEM.
IF SHE WERE TO LOSE FOR HER RACE SHE CAN CRY FOUL.
SHE CAN CRY THE SYSTEM WAS RIGGED AND RIGGED AGAINST HER.
I THINK THAT IS THE PLAYBOOK THAT TRUMP HAS BEEN USING AND RELYING FROM.
SHE TAKES HER PLAYBOOK RIGHT FROM THERE.
SHE WANTS TO BE THE SECRETARY OF STATE THE HOLDER OF ALL COLORADO ELECTION.
THAT IS A JOB THAT REQUIRES A HIGH LEVEL OF INTEGRITY.
THEY ALL DO.
YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF ELECTIONS YOU ARE DOING THIS KIND OF THING.
>> WHAT DO YOU THINK THE ODDS ARE SHE COMES OUT AS THE WINNER IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY?
>> I THINK VERY MUCH IN HER FAVOR.
SHE HAS NAME RECOGNITION AMONG THE BASE THAT THE OTHER CANDIDATES PAM ANDERSON BEING THE NUMBER TWO IN THAT RACE CAN ONLY DREAM OF.
PAM HAS INTEGRITY.
I THINK SHE WOULD -- IF THIS WEREN'T ABOUT 2020 AND TINA "PETERS EFFORT TO DO THAT, I" THINK PAM WOULD BE A GOOD CHOICE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY.
FRANKLY I DON'T SEE HER GETTING PAST TINA PETERS ON THIS.
>> COULD TINA PETERS BEAT JENNA GRISWOLD?
>> NO.
I DO HOPE PAM ANDERSON WILL BEAT HER IN THE PRIMARY.
I THINK OUT OF THE THREE "CANDIDATES, I THINK SHE IS THE" MOST QUALIFIED.
I THINK SHE WILL DO AN EXCELLENT JOB.
"BUT, YOU KNOW, IN PRIMARIES WHAT" PRIMARIES ARE REALLY ABOUT IS NAME RECOGNITION.
>> COME NEXT NOVEMBER WHO WILL BE THE SECRETARY OF STATE?
>> I THINK WHAT CHANGES THE EQUATION FOR TINA PETERS BEING ABLE TO VOTE IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY.
I THINK THAT GROUP OF FOLKS IS DEFINITE GOING TO BE A PAM ANDERSON.
I THINK IT WILL BE A PAM "ANDERSON, JENNA GRISWOLD" ELECTION.
I THINK THEY ARE BOTH GOOD CANDIDATES.
>> DO YOU AGREE THAT IS WHO WE WILL SEE IN NOVEMBER?
">> YEAH, I DO."
SHE DEFINITELY HAS A BASE FOLLOWING HER.
>> WE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT THIS MANY MORE TIMES.
NOW IT IS TIME TO GET ON TO OUR FAVORITE TIME DISGRACE OF THE WEEK.
I'M SURE YOU GOT ONE.
>> I DEBATED WHERE I WANTED TO GO WITH THIS WHETHER FOX NEWS OR TUCKER KARLSON.
WE WILL STICK WITH TUCKER.
>> MICHELLE?
>> SO I'M GOING TO GO WITH THE DISINFORMATION BOARD.
I KNOW IT WAS DISBANDED THIS WEEK.
THE ONLY WEEK THEY ARE SHUTTING IT DOWN PEOPLE FREAKED OUT.
1984 WAS MEANT TO BE A CAUTIONARY TALE NOT A GUIDE.
THE AMERICAN POPULATION THAT WILL NEVER TRUST THE MEDIA AGAIN AFTER THE HUNTER BIDEN SCANDAL.
>> I FOUND IT DISAPPOINTING THAT THE GOVERNOR COULD NOT SAY THAT HE WOULD SUPPORT AN INITIATIVE THAT WOULD RID OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL BAND ON ACCESS TO ABORTION.
I FOUND THAT DISAPPOINTING.
>> IT WILL BE THE VIOLENT OF THIS WEEKEND DO TO AN 18-YEAR-OLD.
>>> FACING FINES.
THE SCHOOL BOARD VOTED TO DROP THE WORD SAVAGE.
THEIR MASCOT IS A BISON.
">> MICHELLE, WHAT'S YOUR SAY" SOMETHING NICE?
>> TOMORROW IS ARMED FORCES DAY.
JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL OF -- COLORADO HAS AN AMAZING AMOUNT OF VETERANS.
I WANTED TO THANK THEM FOR THEIR SERVICE.
THEIR FAMILIES AND THEIR SACRIFICE.
YOU KNOW GOD BLESS THEM.
>> THANKS.
VERY NICE.
>> STAYING CONSISTENT OR STAYING ON THE STAY TOPIC.
WE SAW A BUNCH OF INDIVIDUALS GATHERED TOGETHER AND RALLYING AND PROTEST ALL OVER THE STATE OF COLORADO AND ALL OVER THE "COUNTRY SAY MY BODY, MY CHOICE" BEING VERY SUPPORTIVE OF ABORTION ACCESS AND ABORTION RIGHTS.
CHEER THEM ON.
>> I'M HAPPY TO GO TO THE MOVIES UNDER THE STARS.
I'M HAPPY TO SEE THAT.
I'M HAPPY TO PARTICIPATE IN THAT.
I WANT TO SAY PARTICIPATE IN THE PRIMARIES.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
THOSE RED ROCKET TICKETS WENT ON SALE TODAY.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING.
I'M GOING TO SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT THE CREW WHO PUTS UP WITH "US EVERY WEEK IN ""COLORADO" "INSIDE OUT"" AND SAY SOMETHING" NICE ABOUT ALL THE PEOPLE WHO CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS SHOW.
IT HAS BEEN GOING FOR 30 YEARS.
I'VE BEEN ON SINCE THE BEGINNING WHEN I WAS -- I WAS GOING TO SAY A BABY BUT NOT QUITE.
WE HAVE ALL LEARNED A LOT.
WE STILL ENJOYED BEING ABLE TO COME INTO YOUR HOME EVERY FRIDAY NIGHT AND TALK ABOUT DISCUSSIONS THAT -- ISSUES THAT REALLY MEAN SOMETHING TO THE PEOPLE IN COLORADO.
WHILE WE MAY DISAGREE ON A LOT OF THOSE ISSUES WE ARE ABLE TO SIT CIVILLY AROUND THE TABLE AND ENJOY WHAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
"THANK YOU FOR WATCHING ""COLORADO" "INSIDE OUT."""
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