Colorado Democrats censure Jared Polis, condemning his release of Tina Peters
Nearly 90% of the state party central committee backed the rebuke after Polis cut Tina Peters’ nine-year sentence in half.
- On Wednesday, the Colorado Democratic Party central committee voted to censure Gov. Jared Polis and revoke his guest-of-honor privileges, rebuking his decision to grant clemency to former Mesa County clerk Tina Peters.
- Polis halved Peters's nine-year prison sentence, citing potential free speech violations in her original punishment, though he denied yielding to pressure from President Donald Trump to release the election denier.
- More than 700 people signed a formal complaint against the governor, while Peters's lawyer, Peter Ticktin, stated she was not showing contrition regarding her convictions.
- Nearly 90% of the committee supported the censure, with members arguing the intervention in the judicial process violated party commitments to election integrity and public accountability.
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Polis pushes back as Dems censure him over Peters decision, bar him from party events
Responding to a remarkable rebuke from his own political party on Thursday, a spokesperson for Democratic Gov. Jared Polis told the Vail Daily the governor stands by his decision to commute the prison sentence of convicted felon and former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters. “The Governor made this decision based on the facts of the case and what he believed was the right thing to do,” Polis spokesperson Eric Maruyama wrote in an email Thursday. “Som…
Gov. Jared Polis brushes off party’s censure over Tina Peters clemency, saying he’s ‘really proud to be a Democrat’
DENVER — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis said Thursday that he remained “proud to be a Democrat” even after the state party’s central committee voted overwhelmingly to censure him for commuting Tina Peters’ prison sentence for election-related crimes. But first, he…
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