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Colorado GOP senator becomes Democrat, cites vote falsehoods
Associated Press ^
| August 22, 2022
| James Anderson
Posted on 08/22/2022 11:43:59 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Citing alarm toward the Republican Party’s widespread embrace of 2020 election conspiracies, a moderate GOP Colorado state senator has switched his affiliation to Democrat, enhancing that party’s prospects to retain its majority in the chamber in the November midterms.
Kevin Priola, who represents Adams County in Denver’s suburbs, said in a letter Monday he was horrified by the Jan. 6 insurrection on the U.S. Capitol and had waited in vain for his party to repudiate it as well as former President Donald Trump, who continues to insist that it was stolen.
“It never came,” Priola said. “To my dismay, brave and honorable Republicans like Mike Pence, Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney and Adam Kinzinger have fought to defend the Constitution and the rule of law only to be met with ridicule and threats.”
“I cannot continue to be part of a political party that is okay with a violent attempt to overturn a free and fair election and continues to peddle claims that the 2020 election was stolen,” Priola said. …
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KEYWORDS: adamscounty; agitprop; associatedpress; colorado; concerntroll; concerntrolls; creepstate; deepstate; denver; dnctalkingpoint; dnctalkingpoints; jamesanderson; kevinpriola; mediawingofthednc; partisanmediashill; partisanmediashills; policestate; priola; rinocorruptocrats; rinos4biden; ronklain; singlepartystate; tds; worsethandemocrats
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:44:00 AM PDT
by
Olog-hai
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:45:28 AM PDT
by
Jim W N
(MAGA by restoring the Gospel of the Grace of Christ (Jude 3) and our Free Constitutional Republic!)
To: Olog-hai
The GOPe is pulling out all the stops to lose the midterms.
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:46:25 AM PDT
by
WMarshal
(Neocons and leftards are the same species of vicious rat.)
To: Jim W N
To: Olog-hai
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:47:13 AM PDT
by
ontap
To: Olog-hai
Loser. At least he exposed his real commie intentions.
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:47:24 AM PDT
by
ConservativeInPA
( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
To: Olog-hai
“I cannot continue to be part of a political party that is okay with a violent attempt to overturn a free and fair election Like the massive Dem Party/BLM/ANTIFA riots of 2020?
To: Olog-hai
We need comments about this guy from Colorado FReepers.
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:47:56 AM PDT
by
ryderann
To: Olog-hai
A Republican state senator in Colorado?
He just wants to keep his phony-baloney job, gentlemen....
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:48:58 AM PDT
by
larrytown
(A Cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do. Then they graduate...)
To: Olog-hai
Doing it late enough in the political season to prevent the GOP from mounting any sort of replacement campaign. Swell.
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:49:02 AM PDT
by
CatOwner
(Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
To: Olog-hai
Welp, at least the RINO idiot doing what CheneyIdiot, and others, should have done long ago, change the (R) behind their names to (D).... /s
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:49:31 AM PDT
by
cranked
To: Olog-hai
He is a scumbag who has his knee pads on for DB Polis.
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:50:14 AM PDT
by
MtnClimber
(For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
To: ryderann
“We need comments about this guy from Colorado FReepers”.
I know nothing about the loser.
Lauren Boebert is my Representative in Congress and she is top notch.
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:51:14 AM PDT
by
laplata
(They want each crisis to take the greatest toll possible.)
To: ontap
They were RATS who ran as GOP in conservative leaning districts and waited or the right to switch. Been happening for years.
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:51:19 AM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
(The kernel of our firm's job is to go with lots. - tnlibertarian job offer letter)
To: ryderann
Do you REALLY NEED comments about this guy?? You are looking at another Kinsinger what a fricking LOSER I wonder if he was going to lose his election so jumped sides!! They just had their primary!!
To: ConservativeInPA
He’s a Charlie Christ wanna be. Another loser.
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:52:41 AM PDT
by
lilypad
To: Olog-hai; george76
Another fake republican outs themselves
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:53:43 AM PDT
by
dynachrome
(“We cannot save Ukraine by dooming the US economy.” Rand Paul)
To: SmokingJoe
Free and fair election? Is he on drugs?
He’s right about the election being overturned. It was overturned in the wee morning hours of November 4th when it was stolen from President Trump.
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:54:25 AM PDT
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(Disband and Defund the putrid FBI. America does not need an out of control Gestapo)
To: larrytown
“I didn’t get a ‘harrumph’ outta that guy....”
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:54:40 AM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Olog-hai
GOP Colorado state senator has switched his affiliation to DemocratI'll bet his district has gone Blue. Self preservation, the number one political motivator.
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posted on
08/22/2022 11:55:08 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
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