RE: \u201cTrump plans to host governors at White House, but only Republicans,\u201d Feb. 8 news story<\/p>\n
President Trump\u2019s initial ban on Democratic governors from the National Governors Association meeting at the White House was bad enough. Worse, for Colorado, Trump personally uninvited Gov. Jared Polis from the bipartisan dinner (with gubernatorial spouses) that follows. It\u2019s obvious Trump is royally enraged at our state.<\/p>\n
Why? Recall: Tina Peters, former Mesa County clerk and current MAGA martyr, is sitting in state prison, beyond the reach of Trump\u2019s presidential pardon. And Congresswoman Lauren Boebert was a key Republican vote in forcing the release of the Epstein files \u2014 in revenge, Trump cancelled a big water project in her district.<\/p>\n
But Trump is never really done with revenge, is he?<\/p>\n
Don\u2019t be surprised if Trump targets Colorado as the next stop on the ICE circus tour. Aside from his pre-existing grievances against us, we\u2019re a natural target. Deep blue state. A \u201csanctuary city\u201d as the state capital, run (like Minneapolis) by another young, earnest, progressive mayor. Tons of undocumented immigrants, easily swept up in the dragnet.<\/p>\n
Coloradans need to start preparing.<\/p>\n
Marty Rush, Salida<\/em><\/p>\n Re: \u201cThe problem with making every election an existential threat for the U.S.,\u201d Feb. 8 commentary<\/p>\n While I appreciate David M. Drucker\u2019s notion that we need not declare that the sky is falling before and after each election, I do believe this administration and its Republican cohorts in the House and Senate have crossed some governance red lines that contradict the basic principles this country was founded on.<\/p>\n Shooting and beating American citizens in the streets, demolishing history, covering up obvious crimes, threatening our allies, targeting political adversaries and using the office for personal enrichment are just a few things that have occurred and gone unchecked by powers that control Congress.<\/p>\n Most recently, they have been trying their absolute hardest to preserve power or at least limit the damage in the upcoming elections with their calls for gerrymandered districts, laws that will restrict voting and a needless investigation into a settled election.<\/p>\n While Drucker points out the pendulum frequently swings back in our politics, I fear this time the damage left behind by the lack of checks and balances will exist for many election cycles to come. For these reasons, the next election and certainly the following could be political Armageddon, resulting in the sky actually falling on this republic.<\/p>\nPolitical Armageddon could really be on the horizon<\/h4>\n