Giving up all hope of pretending to be a locally-led effort, Senate President John Morse yesterday released a video calling on liberals from Boston to San Francisco to help save his hide in the coming recall campaign.
The latest from The Colorado Observer‘s Valerie Richardson:
DENVER–Senate President John Morse issued a national plea for help to out-of-state supporters from Boston to San Francisco as Colorado Democrats went on the offensive Tuesday to save him from a recall vote…
Morse urged out-of-state supporters to help him keep his Colorado Springs legislative seat by donating their money and time.
“[A]ny help that you can give us in fundraising or in volunteering, even from around the country, truthfully,” said Morse in a video message. “We can get phone lists to you and things like that and have you help from Boston, Massachusetts, or from San Francisco, California. So thanks for all that you’ve done so far and thanks for all that you’re going to do as we move forward to take on this tiger.”
The message, posted Monday on the Facebook page A Whole Lot of People for John Morse, underscores the national prominence of the recall fight, which is being viewed as a referendum on gun rights.
Paul Paradis, one of the recall organizers, accused Morse of trying to combat the will of those living in the Colorado Springs district with out-of-state interest groups.
“He’s trying to get other states to run this district, pure and simple,” said Paradis. “We want someone who’s going to represent our side of town, not Los Angeles, not New York.”
Read the whole article here.
While local groups based in Colorado Springs, like conservative women’s group I Am Created Equal and Americans For Prosperity Colorado, are joining the fight to oust Morse, it’s telling that Morse is seeking his support thousands of miles from his Senate District 11.
The funny thing about the locales mentioned by Morse is that we couldn’t think of a city further from the values of Colorado Springs than San Francisco.
Morse may have voted San Francisco’s values at the Colorado Capitol, but it’s the voters of Colorado Springs that will cast the ultimate deciding vote.
Mr. Morse, you are the biggest AH I've ever heard about trying to solicit Out of State funds on your recall. The Out of Staters don't live here or within your district. All that matters is what the people of your district want and obviously they want you GONE. I for one, a Colorado Resident for 3 years, (Formerly from New York-Long Island) want to see you GONE too along with all your crooked Democrats in our State Legislature.
Justice never sleeps and Karma works. Good bye Senator. Love to see you go.
So, is his a state seat for a singular district within the borders of Colorado or is it a national level position for the Democrat Party? All this input from parties outside Colorado has me confused. Is he representing them or the people in his district? If it's the former, he needs to go; if it's the latter, they will resolve it within the district.
Didn't he once claim to be a gun owner himself? Maybe he could sell a couple of those.