Senate Democrat on Polis Commuting Peters Sentence: ‘Terrible Decision,’ ‘Disqualifying’
Polis said Peters was punished too harshly and cut her sentence in half, setting off calls for censure and impeachment from Democrats.
- On Friday, Colorado Governor Jared Polis commuted the nine-year sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters by half, ordering her parole on June 1 after less than two years in prison.
- Convicted in 2024 for orchestrating a voting system breach in Mesa County, Peters sought to expose alleged 2020 election fraud; Polis cited an appellate court ruling that her sentence improperly punished her speech rather than just her criminal actions.
- Nearly 600 signatories, including Democratic lawmakers and local officials, filed a formal complaint Monday calling the commutation "conduct detrimental to the interests of the Colorado Democratic Party," arguing it undermines election integrity.
- U.S. Senator Michael Bennet denounced the decision as "disqualifying," ruling out appointing Polis to his Senate seat if Bennet becomes governor, while protesters disrupted a Polis event Tuesday citing the commutation.
- The potential censure remains pending before the Colorado Democratic Party's central committee this Wednesday, reflecting tensions between Polis' libertarian clemency approach and party leaders concerned the move emboldens election deniers ahead of 2026.
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Polis: Freeing Tina Peters Will Be Remembered Fondly
The Colorado Sun reports: Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Tuesday said he doesn’t regret his decision to commute the prison sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, despite widespread condemnation from Democrats and some Republicans, who said it will embolden election conspiracy theorists ahead of the 2026 midterms. “I think this will be remembered fondly,” Polis said at The Colorado Sun’s annual legislative recap event at the University o…
County clerks from both parties feel abandoned by Polis for letting felon Peters out of jail early
Gov. Jared Polis, a Vail homeowner, thinks his decision to commute the prison sentence of 2020 election denier, convicted felon and former Mesa County Clerk and Recorder Tina Peters will someday be viewed in the same light as former Beaver Creek resident and President Gerald Ford’s pardon of President Richard Nixon: An act of national “reconciliation and healing.” For many Democrats and some Republicans in Colorado, that day will never arrive. W…
What The Actual F*ck Is Wrong With Colorado Dem Gov Jared Polis?
Tina Peters being arrested in 2022.We hope Colorado Gov. Jared Polis enjoyed his political career, because we suspect it ended the minute he signed a commutation for convicted felon and abject idiot Tina Peters last Friday.But Polis does not see it that way. Is he in some sort of information bubble? Has he not talked to literally any other Democrats, particularly the party base, in the last year? Is he, like Peters, an abject idiot?Subscribed ye…
Jared Polis may have ended his political career as Democrats are outraged over his latest action
Out Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) has come under fire for commuting the sentencing of a MAGA election tamperer, and one fellow Democrat is even saying that it cost Polis a Senate seat. “I think this will be remembered fondly,” Polis said of his decision to commute the prison sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, who was found guilty of tampering with voting machines in the 2020 election. “The nation needs to have a reconciliation and…
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