Posted on 11/27/2013 11:29:31 AM PST by Kaslin
After seeing two of her Colorado colleagues recalled over anti-gun votes, Democratic State Senator Evie Hudak, will submit her resignation.
Hudak will hold a news conference Wednesday morning at the Arvada Library.
"By resigning I am protecting these important new laws for the good of Colorado and ensuring that we can continue looking forward," Hudak wrote in her resignation letter in regard to her gun votes, which led to the recall effort.
Proponents of the recall have until early next week to submit about 18,900 valid signatures to the secretary of state's office. If enough signatures are valid, Hudak would be the third Colorado lawmaker to face a recall election this year because of her support for tougher gun laws.
Earlier this year, Colorado State Senator Angela Giron and Senate President John Morse, both from blue districts, were recalled and replaced with Republicans. Hudak was likely pressured into her resignation. If she had lost her recall election (which was likely), Democrats in Colorado would lose a majority in the legislature. Now, Democrats will be able to appoint Hudak's replacement, further ignoring constituents while allowing Democrats to avoid the consequences for anti-gun votes.
As a reminder, Hudak is the woman who told rape survivor Amanda Collins back in March during a hearing about concealed carry on campus that a gun wouldn't have helped her when she was attacked and lectured her by saying, "statistics are not on your side." Collins was raped at gun point in a gun free zone in 2007 while walking to her car at the University of Nevada-Reno. Due the University's no weapons policy, Collins was in possession of her concealed carry permit at the time of the attack, but not her firearm. Her assailant went on to rape two more women and killed one of them, Brianna Denison, who was just 20-years-old.
Evie Hudak to Rape Survivor: Actually, Statistics are Not on Your Side, Even if You had a Gun
You can learn more about Amanda's story here.
UPDATE: Compass Colorado, the group helping to lead recall efforts, has released a statement.
“This is yet another indicator that the tides are changing in Colorado politics,” Executive Director of Compass Colorado Kelly Maher said in a statement. “Coloradans are sick of the extreme Democrats trying to control their lives. These “progressives” have overreached so far on so many issues that Colorado families are now ready for a new vision.”
All Evie needs is her face!!
Well, she doesn’t at least.
So what's the libs' self-defense strategy--carry your carry permit rolled up inside a lead pipe and whack the rapists with them?
Guilty!
YeS!!
Good riddance!!
‘oohrah!
Just keep the recalls going.Recall any dem that they replace her with.
Ugly, stupid and evil. Guilty on all counts.
She/it has built-in rape prevention - ugly to the bone.
Just glad we got to stick it to her. We may not win the senate, but at least her career as a politician is over.
Is that a pic of the rapist? God is he ugly.
So she continues to be delusional...
That face would make a freight train take a dirt road.
I like the part of her being pressured to resign to protect the Democrats fragile majority in the state. For one, the Statists are eating their own, which always results in some interesting fallout; For two, it shows that they know the laws are unpopular and will probably face eventual repeal.
It would have been better if she had stayed in the ring to get knocked out in the recall election, as would have probably happened, but still... enough of a win.
I don’t like the idea of attacking political or philosophical positions due to ones looks, but egad! Linking rape defense to that is just asking for it.
sic semper tyrannis
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