The far-left wing of political reasoning in Colorado saw a revival with the resurrection of the Bernie Bros and his apostille AOC at their Denver homecoming on Friday.
The crowd of 30,000 cheered loudly the remarks of one union leader who said the message to the Democrat party that day was to “Get off your ass!”
Now the uprising has Colorado’s boomer establishment Democrats quaking in their Birkenstocks as aging U.S. Sen. John Hickenlooper, who couldn’t even compete with Joe Biden for president, is now up for reelection.
Plus, the critical state seats, like the race to (finally!) replace a term-limited Jared Polis, an embattled Secretary of State Jena Griswold, and Attorney General Phil Weiser already embedded in the far left with nothing to show for it.
Colorado’s Progressive Left should feel emboldened and energized.
2026 is the time to step up—every seat held by a safe, out-of-touch Democrat who won’t meet the moment needs a primary challenge. Let’s build power where others have gotten too comfortable. https://t.co/PoCASVENRT
— Deep Singh Badhesha (@DeepNotShallow) March 22, 2025
As the Democrat Party’s popularity took a nose dive to a record low of 29% in a new CNN poll, it’s no wonder the New Yorker and Vermont socialist were rallying the troops in Colorado, one of the Democrat Party’s last strongholds.
The whole show was a real Democrat downer for all the state’s career politicians and comes on the heels of the battle erupting in Washington, D.C. to toss status quo party bosses like U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer off the sinking ship of fools.
Yet there stands Hickenlooper, still supporting Schumer to lead Senate Democrats in their opposition to exposing government waste, fraud and abuse in government agencies that would secure funding programs like Medicare and education, which is getting wasted on DC bureaucrats instead of reaching public schools.
To digress for just a moment, every time Democrats scream about federal workers losing jobs, remember your tax dollars are supporting this bloated system of middle management that too often wastes your money. Republicans are trying to build a pipeline to get that money back to us more efficiently before our country gets swallowed up by the $36 trillion debt we owe to investors including China.
The level of vitriol directed at Schumer for siding with the GOP and Trump on the government funding bill this month has shaken the party and their friends in the media, who are now on the hunt for who is siding with whom in a Democrat Party schism.
Axios Denver reports Hickenlooper respects Schumer’s party split to side with Republicans on the spending bill so Hick is crying for party unity.
“I think it’s time for Democrats to stop pointing fingers at each other and doing the circular firing squad,” Hickenlooper told us when pressed about whether he would support a leadership change.
The Democrat split is bad news for Hick, who would be nearly 80 years old when he finished another term in office. This leaves him vulnerable to primary opposition from a younger candidate, which is 97% of Colorado’s population.
And check out the anger that greeted Democrat U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet and U.S. Rep. Brittany Pettersen at a town hall meeting in Golden last week.
Even 9 News reported the Democrats here are in disarray and frustrated with their lawmakers.
At least seven people were escorted out by police after interrupting the forum Wednesday night. Some attendees shouted at Bennet, accusing him of failing to take a strong stand against Republican policies.
“You’re a joke, Senator, you’re a joke,” one person yelled before being removed. Another criticized Bennet’s past votes, claiming, “The Senator voted to approve Trump’s nominees.”
Others took to chanting, “Step up or step aside.”
Good times. So sorry we missed it.