The fallout from Senator John Hickenlooper s vote in favor of a non-binding amendment that called for restricting stimulus payments to undocumented people has resulted in criticism from friends and praise from enemies, including the
Gazette, which suggested in a February 10 editorial in both its Colorado Springs and Denver editions that he switch his affiliation from Democrat to Republican.
A Hickenlooper spokesperson brushes off the idea with a pithy statement: This is hogwash.
Hickenlooper was actually one of eight Democrats to vote for the amendment, which passed by a 58-42 margin on February 4. But even though he initially shrugged off the vote because of its non-binding nature, he took plenty of heat anyhow. On February 6, restaurateur and DACA recipient Alejandro Flores-Muñoz ripped Hickenlooper, whom he d supported in 2020. Two days later, on February 8, the ACLU of Colorado, joined by approximately 300 signatories representing some of the state s most progressive voi
The controversy was the latest involving Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey and the GOP more broadly in a battleground state that Joe Biden won by 153,000 votes but where Trump continues to hold grip
Mike Shirkey previously came under fire for attending a rally with extremists, weeks after armed men entered the Statehouse to protest Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's coronavirus restrictions. Some were later charged in a plot to kidnap the governor.