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Colorado conservatives face get-out-the-vote gap as election looms
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Colorado conservatives face get-out-the-vote gap as election looms

By Heidi Ganahl | Rocky Mountain Voice With just over 50 days remaining before a critical election, Colorado's conservatives are grappling with a major organizational gap in their get-out-the-vote (GOTV) efforts. Internal battles over leadership have left the state party in limbo, while national political grassroots groups—typically a key source of support—are largely absent. Despite some outside help for two congressional races, the lack of coordinated efforts has left conservative activists and volunteers across Colorado asking: How can they make a difference with so little time left? This disconnection comes at a frustrating moment for many conservative voters, who feel that Colorado’s increasingly blue voting trends have diminished the state’s role in national elections. Without ...
Devotional: Embracing a consistent faith to find true sanity
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Devotional: Embracing a consistent faith to find true sanity

By Drake Hunter | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice As I represented Rocky Mountain Voice at the Colorado State Fair, I was blessed to encounter a rich tapestry of perspectives and viewpoints. This experience prompted me to reflect on the importance of maintaining a rational and profound approach to life. Some individuals skillfully juggle multiple roles and responsibilities, while others constantly shift their perspectives to fit various situations. This contrast highlighted the distinction between wisdom and instability, or even foolishness. The idea of continually changing one’s worldview felt similar to switching heads instead of hats— an exhausting endeavor that reflects a desire to meet whims, the expectations of others or the world. This brought to mind the image of the seve...
From communism to Colorado: Barbora Hurd’s call for freedom with Mesa County GOP Women
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From communism to Colorado: Barbora Hurd’s call for freedom with Mesa County GOP Women

By Jen Schumann | Contributor, Rocky Mountain Voice At the Mesa County Republican Women's monthly luncheon, Barbora Hurd, originally from Czechoslovakia, shared what a childhood under Communism was like. It took her seven years to become a U.S. citizen, after marrying 3rd District U.S. House Republican nominee Jeff Hurd. For Barbora, living in a country where hard work leads to achieving dreams is worth fighting for. Living Under Communism Barbora recalled: “I was born and grew up behind the Iron Curtain. This meant that we, as citizens, had no freedom of speech or expression. No freedom of religion or worship. We had no free press. We were not free to move. And we had no freedom to assemble.” Hurd quoted Czech ex-president Vaclav Havel on life under communism: “Because the ...
Rocky Mountain Rumble slated for Sept. 15 at Wide Open Saloon
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Rocky Mountain Rumble slated for Sept. 15 at Wide Open Saloon

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice A who's who of Colorado politics will assemble Sunday, Sept. 15, for the Rocky Mountain Rumble at the Wide Open Saloon in Sedalia. Republican nominees for the U.S. House will be joined by Heidi Ganahl, formerly a Republican candidate for Colorado governor and founder of Rocky Mountain Voice, during the Rocky Mountain Rumble. Confirmed speakers include U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, John Fabbricatore and Valdamar Archuleta. Also attending will be Aurora City Councilwoman Danielle Jurinski, who has been at the forefront of exposing the Venezuelan gang takeover of apartments in Aurora. Boebert presently serves in Colorado's 3rd District in the U.S. House, but is seeking election in the 4th District, the most Republican leaning district in Colorado. F...
Control of U.S. House likely to come down to 24 races, one of which is in Colorado
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Control of U.S. House likely to come down to 24 races, one of which is in Colorado

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice Control of the U.S. House of Representatives will most likely come down to an estimated 24 toss up seats in November, according to the Cook Political Report ratings. Only one of those seats is in Colorado: the battleground 8th District pitting incumbent Democrat Yadira Caraveo against Republican Gabe Evans. Last week, Evans collected the support of the Libertarian who was in the race, which could mean a 2-3% swing in the outcome. The race was rated "even" prior to the announcement by the Cook Political Report. If Evans can win the seat, it would provide Republicans with a "plus-one" in the U.S. House. It would also likely give Republicans a split of Colorado's congressional delegation. In order to control the U.S. House, a party must hold at ...
Hardin: Disarming Coloradans while allowing illegal immigration. How Aurora’s Tren de Aragua gang exploits vulnerable communities.
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Hardin: Disarming Coloradans while allowing illegal immigration. How Aurora’s Tren de Aragua gang exploits vulnerable communities.

By Amanda Hardin | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice The rise of Tren de Aragua (TdA), a violent transnational Venezuelan gang, in Aurora, Colorado, has brought new urgency to debates about public safety, immigration and the 2nd Amendment. The gang is accused of infiltrating and taking over local apartment complexes, including Whispering Pines, where they allegedly engage in violent crime, extortion and human trafficking. The situation raises serious concerns about the vulnerability of disarmed citizens, particularly in light of unchecked illegal immigration, which has allowed these gang members to operate within U.S. borders. Recent reports confirm that several members of the TdA gang, all Venezuelan nationals, entered the U.S. illegally in 2022 and 2023, after crossing the southe...
Retort that Tren de Aragua claims are ‘racially motivated’ is untrue, Fabbricatore says on F&F
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Retort that Tren de Aragua claims are ‘racially motivated’ is untrue, Fabbricatore says on F&F

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice The retort that claims of the violent Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua's activity in Aurora are just racially motivated accusations is untrue, John Fabbricatore said on Fox & Friends Weekend. "The governor has said it is racially motivated. Congressman Jason Crow has said it is racially motivated," Fabbricatore told the Fox & Friends host. "This is not racially motivated. These are things that are actually happening. People are actually being hurt and they're not doing anything about it. They would rather put it back on us and spin it toward a racial aspect." The former regional ICE director in Colorado has been consistent with his criticism of police leadership. "The police department needs to do something," he told Fox &...
Sloan: More of the same water-carrying by media for Harris
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Sloan: More of the same water-carrying by media for Harris

By Kelly Sloan | Commentary, Rocky Mountain Voice Donald Trump may overplay it a little with his “FAKE NEWS” schtick, but the reality of inhered left-wing bias in the media is axiomatic. If we needed a few more examples, I offer the last few weeks. It’s no secret that the mainstream media has been pretty much carrying the Harris campaign since the deposing of Joe Biden, whose foibles and steady degradation of mental acuity they had been all but covering for until it became so obvious that it would require a Truman Show-level of coordinated mass deception to employ the needed gymnastics. Since the primary-circumventing replacement of the Democratic Presidential ticket (a brilliant bit of political sleight-of-hand naturally left uncommented upon) most of the media have fallen over them...
Solution to Aurora’s TdA gang problem was presented in bill Democrats killed, Rep. Holtorf says
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Solution to Aurora’s TdA gang problem was presented in bill Democrats killed, Rep. Holtorf says

By BRIAN PORTER | Rocky Mountain Voice A measure which could potentially have preempted the arrival of violent Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua in Aurora, Denver and other locations of the state was never given a chance by Democrats, state Rep. Richard Holtorf, R-Akron, says. He authored House Bill 24-1128, with the support of Sen. Mark Baisley, and an 8-3 party-line committee vote in the 74th Legislature prevented it from ever reaching the floor for debate. "They wholeheartedly rejected it on principle, a bad, progressive principle of open borders," Holtorf said. The bill sought to return Colorado to immigration policy prior to 2013, when Senate Bill 06-090 was in place. Doing so would have eliminated present law prohibiting a probation officer from providing personal inf...
Watkins: Immigration crisis is the result of bad Biden-Harris policy
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Watkins: Immigration crisis is the result of bad Biden-Harris policy

By Todd Watkins | Commentary, Special to Rocky Mountain Voice Since the Biden Administration took office in January 2021, upwards of 10 million illegal aliens have entered the United States.  The official DHS totals are somewhere in the mid-nine million range, while other sources have claimed closer to 12 million.  These are just the subjects we know about.  These are the “encounters” at the border by Border Patrol, the entries without inspection.  These numbers don’t include the “gotaways” -- the ones Border Patrol didn’t encounter –- which are around 1,500 each day. That’s another nearly two million since the Biden Administration took office. None of these numbers include those aliens who schedule an “appointment” at a port of entry (POE) via the CBPone app.&...