protests

Protesters clad in ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ outfits turn out to welcome Mike Pence to Colorado Springs

Jun 24, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Protesters cloaked in red robes and wearing white bonnets like characters in the novel and TV series “The Handmaid’s Tale” greeted Vice President Mike Pence on Friday when he spoke at Focus on the Family headquarters in Colorado Springs. The 1985 Margaret Atwood novel depicts a dystopian society under fundamentalist rule where women are treated…
Protesters plan to greet Mike Pence in ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ garb at Focus on the Family speech in Colorado Springs

Jun 23, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Some of the protesters planning to welcome Vice President Mike Pence to Colorado Springs on Friday will be wearing red robes and white bonnets from the dystopian novel “The Handmaid’s Tale,” which depicts a fundamentalist society that treats women as property, organizers told Colorado Politics. “It’s our way of making kind of a shocking statement,”…
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet condemns Saturday’s March Against Sharia for ‘inspiring hate’

Jun 10, 2017

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Ernest Luning

Calling the protests “anti-Muslim,” U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet on Saturday denounced the “March Against Sharia” events taking place in 28 cities across the country, including one scheduled for Saturday afternoon in Denver. “The marches in Denver and other cities across the country today further add to the fear that many have been feeling in recent…
Leslie Herod gets an earful from fellow lawmakers about best ways to resolve conflicts

Apr 6, 2017

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Ernest Luning

State Rep. Leslie Herod, a Denver Democrat, got plenty of advice when she recently asked several House members from both sides of the aisle to discuss their favorite ways to resolve conflicts at the Capitol. One legislator even cites reggae legend Bob Marley. Noting that lawmakers recently passed a bipartisan resolution to join Gov. John…
Insights: GOP should look at town halls like a Band-Aid: Rip it off!

Feb 24, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Left-leaning groups that are organizing protest town halls against Republican lawmakers are stealing a page right out of the Tea Party’s playbook. Kristen Wyatt with the Associated Press did a good job of highlighting this in a recent story about “in absentia” town halls being planned by the left in an effort to trap GOP…
Cory Gardner still has no plans for a town hall meeting despite protests

Feb 22, 2017

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Peter Marcus

U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner on Wednesday would not commit to attending a town hall meeting, despite increasing pressure from protesters. Instead, the Republican senator from Colorado said he will continue to meet with constituents as he travels the state during the February congressional recess and beyond in a less formal environment. Gardner also said telephone town halls…
‘Weird year’ so far at Capitol: Protest politics and open-minded cooperation

Feb 9, 2017

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John Tomasic

The legislative session in Colorado has been running for a month. Donald Trump has been president for three weeks. The national political tumult that has marked the early days of the administration has resulted in a stream of public protest in the state and angry exchanges at the Capitol. Three weekends ago, the day after…
Republicans defend plan to repeal health insurance exchange despite protests

Jan 31, 2017

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Peter Marcus

As demonstrators called for keeping the status quo, Colorado Senate Republicans on Tuesday argued the case for what is so far a one-party effort to repeal the state’s health-insurance exchange. Dozens of activists and some Democratic lawmakers gathered on the steps outside the legislature for a demonstration opposing the Republican effort to repeal Connect for Health Colorado, the state’s marketplace for purchasing…
Colorado House Republican leader offers defense of Trump’s immigration orders

Jan 31, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Colorado’s House Republican leader on Tuesday defended President Trump’s temporary refugee and select immigration bans, saying the orders are a prudent move to understand threats facing the nation. The remarks from Rep. Patrick Neville of Castle Rock came during a resolution by Democrats that encourages President Trump to rescind last Friday’s presidential directives, which temporarily suspended…
Backlash against Uber symbolic of morality war in Trump’s America

Jan 30, 2017

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Peter Marcus

Uber and Lyft are accustomed to competition. But a new race toward good conscience – highlighted by protests in Denver – offers a glimpse into the morality battle in a Donald Trump era, a war that is reshaping both business and politics. Across social media, #DeleteUber is trending, a plea by those opposed to Trump’s Muslim ban…