Rob Rogers wants Democrats to know he won’t be running for reelection as vice chair of the El Paso County Democrat Party, and it has nothing to do with that “choose violence” Facebook post that blew up in his face.
Democrat Party elections for county officers statewide are Saturday.
The post is still on his Facebook page that’s littered with leftwing political messaging. It reads: “Being nice is overrated. Just find a good lawyer and choose violence.”
KRDO originally reported this week on the post and the excuses Rogers provided, plus his insistence that it was just slang.
From the report:
Rogers says that he then posted the meme, with it using the popular Gen-Z term of “choose violence”, typically used to describe someone or something as problematic or causing difficulty, in a playful way.
So playful! someone should mass produce it on dog sweaters.
In a separate post this month, Rogers engaged in what fellow Democrat and Secretary of State Jena Griswold would surely describe as election denial.
The post read: “Based on the last 15 days, anyone still thinking the 2026 midterms are going to be “free and fair?”
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It sure sounds like the party leader is endorsing election denying and calling for violent insurrection.
Here is his TikTok video ranting about the call from the KRDO reporter doing the original story.
@electrobrogers Got an interesting #voicemail yesterday. This is issue that so many people have with the media. #manufacturedoutrage #meme #chooseviolence ♬ Welp, Didn’t Expect That – Yu-Peng Chen & HOYO-MiX
Rogers seems to know his language is threatening.
Note his deliberate use of the phrase “unalive threat” to fool the TikTok trolling algorithm so as not to be tagged for using violent language.
Plus, the fact he completely avoided repeating the phrase that got him into trouble, that is not playful at all.
Adding to his overall creep factor, Rogers throws in a backhanded brag that he “takes it as a compliment” that conservatives who are getting “unalive threats” would think it was a result of his Facebook post.
No one in their right mind would say, hey, you’re getting threats and you think it’s because of my playful post saying “choose violence?” I take that as a compliment!
Since he’s not running for reelection, he should probably change the name of his TikTok account from electrobrogers.