It looks like state Rep. Tim Hernandez (SD-Hamas) is having a hard time getting on the ballot to run for the 4th District seat to which he was appointed last year by a party vacancy committee.
Hernandez has hosted numerous signature gathering events to get his name on the Socialist Democrat ballot since January.
🔥HAPPENING TOMORROW!🔥
Pull up to Mob Coffee at 7:00pm to celebrate our community power, kick off our signature gathering campaign, and, if you’re an HD4 voter, come sign to make sure our campaign lands on the ballot this June! Can’t wait to see y’all there!🌱🌹✊🏽 https://t.co/NlUF0Qsmap pic.twitter.com/332xfOOjAQ
— TIM HERNÁNDEZ (@_timhernandez) January 18, 2024
Y’all should know we’re dropping some huge shit for our community this weekend. Sneak peek: https://t.co/QHpzVAaQfa. I’m fighting to keep my seat representing my community– the most gentrified Chicana/o neighborhood in the country– the Northside of Denver. Come fight with us!✊🏽 pic.twitter.com/4ppvp5CqxN
— TIM HERNÁNDEZ (@_timhernandez) February 17, 2024
Three weeks in, and we’ve had over 50 volunteers come together and gather signatures get us on the ballot! 🎉
Our work continues! Join us this weekend and help us get the last few signatures we need to make sure our people-powered campaign is on the ballot this June!🗳️ pic.twitter.com/lnGkqjoAp2
— TIM HERNÁNDEZ (@_timhernandez) February 8, 2024
It appears he has failed.
To petition his way onto the ballot, Hernandez needed to get the lesser of 1,000 signatures or signatures equal to 30% of the votes cast in the district’s previous primary election.
She vacated the seat after being elected to the Denver City Council a year later, and that’s how Hernandez was appointed to fill the term.
It looks like Hernandez was more popular with the party insiders on the vacancy committee than in the district he represents, because he’s switching tactics.
Instead of going straight to the people and petitioning his way onto the ballot, Hernandez announced this week he will try and get on the ballot through the party caucus system … starting now!
On Thursday, I will be running in the HD4 Democratic Caucus to qualify for the ballot in June. We need as many people as possible to come out and demonstrate community support for our campaign. So bring your tias, your suegras, and your homies— we got a caucus to win! 🌱🌹✊🏽 pic.twitter.com/b6QBtbHoXi
— TIM HERNÁNDEZ (@_timhernandez) March 5, 2024
Was it something he said that’s turned district voters against him?
CO State Rep. Tim Hernandez at his finest.
14:40 – Cites a poll to support his position that the violence of Hamas (rape & sexual mutilation of Jewish women) can be justified.
20:37 – “We will not get free through electoral politics.”#copolitics @COHouseGOP https://t.co/RfPmaMadG3
— Rob Fairbank (@robfairbank) March 1, 2024
Your Monday reminder that a sitting member of the Colorado House of Representatives believes that the 10/7 Hamas attack (rape, sexual mutilation, and burning of Jews) was justified. (Video from 2/12 Denver City Council protest)#copolitics @COHouseGOP pic.twitter.com/rwirTmdSna
— Rob Fairbank (@robfairbank) March 4, 2024
We have no doubt the anti-semite wing of the Democrat Party will turn out in full support for Hernandez at the precinct caucus and county assembly. Maybe beat up or rape a few Jews on their way to prove their loyalty to Hamas and Hernandez.
Here’s exactly what Hernandez said at that rally last month: “According to a Harvard Study in November, 51% of Gen Z believes the violence of Hamas can be justified by the grievances of Palestinians.”
It was not an academic study conducted by Harvard, but a Harris Poll conducted with the Center for American Political Studies at Harvard.
From the Newsweek report:
Even though most Gen Zers think that Israel should be given to the Palestinians and 76 percent think Hamas can be negotiated with for peace, 58 percent said Hamas should be removed from running Gaza, and a plurality, 45 percent, said Israel should be the one to run Gaza if Hamas is removed.
More than 70 percent of young people said that October 7 was a terrorist attack, with 66 percent believing it was genocidal in nature. But 60 percent also thought the attack could be justified by the grievances of Palestinians, and the same percentage believed Israel is the one committing genocide against those in Gaza.
While opinions about the October 7 attack differ, the poll shows that young adults age 18 to 24 have a slightly more favorable view of Israel than Hamas. Seven-in-10 said that Israel is trying to avoid civilian casualties, while only 58 percent believe the same of Hamas. Additionally, 62 percent said Hamas uses people as human shields and 54 percent said the group was responsible for putting citizens in Gaza in harm’s way.
So the younger generation is not as blood thirsty as the revolutionary-loving Hernandez would have them be.
It’s creepy enough this guy is a teacher, it’s absurd to think he can be a serious legislator to write or interpret laws for the State of Colorado.