Colorado just jumped headfirst off the socialist cliff. After decades of slow but steady leftist creep, voters in Denver have thrown out a Democrat who’s served for fifteen terms—the kind of political dinosaur who usually coasts to re-election without even breaking a sweat. Who took his place? Not a moderate. Not even your garden variety liberal. Denver Democrats just handed over the reins to a full-blown Democratic Socialist.
Let that sink in. Business owners who’ve kept this city afloat are now wringing their hands, and who can blame them? For years, anyone with a lick of common sense watched in disbelief as Colorado went from cowboy country to a West Coast outpost. It started with the first trickle of Californians fleeing their own failed state. That trickle turned into a flood, transforming Colorado into something unrecognizable.
Now, Denver’s political leaders are openly embracing the kind of policies that have gutted cities like San Francisco and Los Angeles. Crime skyrockets, businesses shutter their doors, families leave, and somehow the leftist answer is to try more of the same. Somehow, a Democratic Socialist is supposed to represent the voice of reason. That’s not just wishful thinking—it’s left-wing delusion.
It’s hard to understand how anyone calling themselves pro-business could side with a movement that chases jobs out and burdens taxpayers with more handouts. But this is what happens when Democrats let their party get hijacked by radicals. Yesterday’s blue dog Democrats are today’s targets. Commonsense gets thrown out to make room for the latest woke experiment. Meanwhile, average Coloradans pay the price.
Here we go again. Voters keep making the same mistakes and expecting a different result. Socialists don’t build; they destroy—and now Denver is slated to become socialism’s latest trainwreck. How many businesses need to leave before the city wakes up? Or is Colorado destined to become just another failed California export with more snow and fewer Silicon Valley jobs?
Source: Redstate
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