The recall against Senate President John Morse has angered the notoriously thin-skinned Senator from Colorado Springs, with accusations being thrown at his opponents of being sexual predators and criminals.
On Friday, the Twitter account for Morse’s State Senate Democrats went even further, accusing the 55 Sheriffs, both Democrat and Republican, who are suing to overturn overreaching gun control legislation, of standing with criminals.
Reports The Colorado Observer‘s Valerie Richardson:
DENVER–Locked in a fight for his political life, Senate President John Morse is showing that he’s not afraid to deliver a few low blows.
The Colorado Senate Democrats, which he leads, issued a Twitter message Friday accusing 55 county sheriffs of siding with “criminals.” A week earlier, the Morse campaign launched radio ads claiming that those gathering signatures to place him on the recall ballot were “criminals convicted of forgery, fraud and even sexual assault.”
El Paso County Sheriff Terry Maketa, one of the sheriffs accused by Democrats of backing criminals by filing a lawsuit against the state’s new gun-control laws, said such political tactics have become par for the course.
“I’m not at all surprised,” said Maketa. “This is their typical way of deflecting having to engage in a true debate. I would challenge the Senate Democrats to respond to the issues instead of making these childish claims and accusations.”
There are two options here: either Morse directed that this attack be made by his caucus’s communications arm, or a staff member went rogue and made this accusation themselves.
Either way, as taxpayer money is used to run the Twitter account, an answer is needed: who is responsible for accusing the Sheriffs of standing with criminals?
Does Morse stand by the attack? If not, will he fire the staff member responsible?
I want this O-bot out of the state. He represents communism. I wish I could put my name on that recall but in the wrong district and don't want to mess up the tar and feathering. Goodbye Morse, make sure and take your little dog Bloomberg with you.
I'm in CA. and as a warning to Coloradans you better get moving because liberals are very well organized and committed, Ca. has been overrun and partisan media had a lot to do with it. If you want Colorado to stay a "common sense" state you will have to be equally as committed, they are relentless. Dump ANY politician that even SMELLS a little liberal and cancel subscriptions to any liberal magazines, you still have time. AND GET THEM OUT OF YOUR PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM!
Alan Franklin Guess no one cares about that.
I don't think most understand this is not about guns as a hold its about your rights. They take them away an then they controll you. That's what they want. Morse is one controll freek.
That's a swell viewpoint, but I was asking about the gun criminal at the sheriff's press conference. Anybody got an answer about that?
Tony could I ask you a question? If you think its OK for civilians to be restricted on their magazines, you should also support no exemptions for law enforcement. They should also be restricted to 15 rounds. They have no need for high capacity mags.
We have an influx of people like Morse who want Colorado to be a liberal Hot bed just like California or New York. They find Colorado a nice little play ground and don't care what the people that work and live here think they just know that from birth they have always voted Liberal and it is an inbred feature. Many of the Liberals will defend anything that goes up on the Liberal flag pole even if it is against their core values, just because it is Liberal. Secular progressives and other far left loons will never understand common sense for it it far too uncommon with these people that are programmed from birth to follow the herd.
Tony, did you just come back to Colorado Springs? Because the way you are talking you know nothing about what you are saying, when it pertains to these gun CONTROL laws. The word in Caps is there for a reason it is all about control! Even people on the left side are beginning to see some light of where this over zealous dictators in Denver are trying to do! Hickendooper is up a creek without a paddle, his right hand aide says they will leave if he doesn't stay the execution of a prisoner, if they leave a lot of his following will leave also, which would be what the dems that are in control in Denver and you? It is sad the way the views are twisted around to suit your agenda!
"The Sheriffs and the ultra right have made it very clear they aren't interested in debate or compromise" I suspect you haven't followed the situation closely. The Sheriffs, and many others, smarter than you or I on the subject, tried to get the lawmakers to listen to them to make these laws enforceable and more appealing to both sides. It was a Dem (liberal really) jam session. How else can you claim no Republican support and in fact Democrat opposition to the bills? They won't last. They will be over turned, repealed or significantly amended.
Why don't lib's know criminals DON'T care about their stupid laws
Standing with Colorado county sheriffs at last Friday's press conference was Clint Webster, a GOP legislative candidate. Webster pled guilty to assault and felony menacing after admitting to firing two shots at his ex-wife after a domestic incident. Webster is most likely the criminal the Tweet in question was referring to, and if so, it appears to be accurate.
What was Clint Webster doing at the sheriff's press conference?
He's done…
Republicans ran two candidates against morse in the first election who split the vote so he won with a minority (way to go Republicans!) and then democrats gerrymandered house districts in the state to their advantage (two censuses in a row!) to give themselves additional safe seats in the CO state senate. I think his district includes bum ridden downtown and liberal Colorado College. But morse is a left wing extremist who should represent no one and needs to be thrown out in the recall. He changed rules 3 times on the day of the gun control legislation votes to silence opponents including 1,000 sheriff's department officers who came to testify against the bill and told his democrat caucus to ignore their constituents and vote for the gun control bills in defiance of the people of Colorado. What an oily manipulative disgrace to our state.
Just wondering which debate is Maketa talking about exactly? Expanded background checks DO NOT violate the Second Amendment as claimed, they may be cumbersome, however if there was an actual debate, that issue could have been ironed out and a solution found…A great many of US in Colorado support expanded background checks, and smaller magazine sizes…The Sheriffs and the ultra right have made it very clear they aren't interested in debate or compromise…Sorry folks that just doesn't work..
Glad I signed that petition. How the hell did THIS GUY get elected from Colorado Springs? We're mostly El Paso County. Democrats don't even run in my district because they know there's no point.
He's gone…