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Colorado's Republican Party shifts leadership, potentially creating an opening for Democrats to solidify their position in the state amid changing demographics and extreme rhetoric.
Colorado voters
The full transcript provides more context on the political landscape in Colorado and the potential implications of the Republican Party's strategies.
Well, howdy there, internet people. Let's bowl again.
So today, we are going to talk about Colorado and the state-level Republican Party.
It is something we've talked about on the channel before, how things are shaping up,
and how many candidates who, let's just say, did not do well in 2022 or 2020 are trying
to find their place within the state apparatus, within the state party,
Republican Party at the state level.
In Colorado, the Republican Party will now be led by Dave Williams.
Who is he?
He is somebody who believes the claims about the election in 2020.
is somebody who truly does believe that Trump won and somebody who has spoken
ill of Mitch McConnell. Now it's worth noting for those who aren't familiar
with Colorado that Colorado has voted for the Democratic candidate for
president since 2008.
Biden won Colorado with 13.5 points.
It wasn't like it was close.
This is the person who will be responsible now for organizing Colorado's Republican
Party.
have a lot of influence over candidates and how they run and how the party itself is organized.
This is, let's just say it's a bold strategy to go to the opposite extreme.
The demographics in Colorado are shifting.
They're changing.
They have been for a while.
And the state is trending more and more blue.
The near defeat of Boebert should have been a signal that that kind of inflammatory rhetoric
doesn't do well there.
But that is not the lesson the Republican Party took from it.
They have decided that the real problem is that they weren't going far enough.
This is probably a moment for the Democratic Party to cement itself in Colorado, to put
some resources there and establish a firmly blue state and continue the trend that's
occurring because the Republican Party appears to be planning to cater to the
more and more energized base which will probably drive even more moderates out
of the party or drive them to the point where they don't vote. So this is kind
of a golden opportunity for the Democratic Party if they're willing to
to seize it.
Anyway, it's just a thought.
Y'all have a good day.
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