Renee Parsons<\/p>\n
There are essential take-aways for Colorado\u2019s America First (AF) faction after two <\/span>significant Congressional District<\/span> losses in its GOP<\/span><\/a> primary:\u00a0 <\/span>the first Aha moment is that the RINO Uniparty faction rules the state\u2019s GOP constituents along with Americans for Prosperity<\/span><\/a> (AFP) and the Rocky Mountain Values PAC<\/span><\/a>, (RMV). \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n As a politically lethal combination of Never Trumpers, these big time players easily influenced a significant portion of the GOP rank n file voter base as they take credit for the losses. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Their Colorado supporters were responsible for initiating the Fourteenth Amendment lawsuit to remove Donald J. Trump<\/span><\/a> from the state\u2019s Presidential ballot which was unanimously denied by the Supreme Court.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>The second Aha is that, despite the Third and Fifth CD\u2019s both considered as Battleground<\/span><\/a> elections, GOP activists appear to be lacking in a political savvy that should be ingrained in every thinking, voting American.\u00a0 <\/span>It might be assumed that a majority of Republican voters support the America First movement as well as reform of the House of Representatives to reject its RINO-Uniparty domination.\u00a0 <\/span>When it came to practicing what they preach; that is voting to create the reality of an AF House of Representatives, Colorado\u2019s Republican voters blew it.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n From the outset of the race for the Third Congressional District, it was clear that six aspirants created a field of surplus candidates especially with four not-ready-for-prime-time (NRFPT) contestants with no practical political<\/span><\/a> experience. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>While across the political aisle, Mayor Ana Stout of Grand Junction withdrew from the Democratic primary<\/span><\/a> to clear the field for Democrat Adam Frisch.\u00a0 <\/span>But then County and State Democrats win elections while Republicans misread the tea leaves and undermine their own efforts.<\/span><\/p>\n The Third Congressional District is the state\u2019s geographically largest CD<\/span><\/a> with twenty nine of the state\u2019s sixty four counties containing half the state\u2019s land mass.\u00a0 <\/span>The District includes Colorado\u2019s western slope, a portion of the Eastern Plains, giant swaths of agricultural and public lands and the cities of Pueblo, Grand Junction, Aspen, Durango, Glenwood Springs and Ignacio. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n In other words, anyone who aspires to campaign and win in the Third District needs to be \u2018on the road\u2019 extensively which requires time, energy and deep pockets or have a state-wide constituency already in place.\u00a0 <\/span>It is elementary that any candidate limited to one\u2019s own county or local geography cannot expect to win without a substantial statewide base.\u00a0 <\/span>Therefore, those four previously mentioned NRFPT waged a hopeless campaign as none ever showed any sign of winning as the final election results proved.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n To be clear, some of these candidates were well aware they had no chance of winning a District wide contest; albeit refused to withdraw up to the bitter end, thereby assuring a divisive GOP as well as a contentious primary victory.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The candidate surplus became an obvious detriment when one of the six was revealed to be supported by the Democrats, the AFP and the RMV and a philosophic member of the RINO Uniparty wing of the GOP.\u00a0 <\/span>As the campaign progressed, the anti-America First crowd contributed deep pockets to Jeff Hurd while the same political forces waged a malicious and staged a deliberately confused campaign against Ron Hanks.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n From the beginning, Ron Hanks, a 32 year Air Force<\/span><\/a> vet with hefty national security bona fides and former State House member who was present at J6 (but not indicted) was a clear favorite <\/span><\/a>and endorsed by the State GOP.\u00a0 <\/span>Even the RMV Voter Guide, which was devoted solely to denouncing Hanks, admitted that \u201cJeff Hurd and Ron Hanks are two of the top candidates in the race.<\/i>\u201d \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n The Dem-dark money RMV spent $500,000 to defeat<\/span><\/a> election-denier Hanks claiming he would be the \u201ceasiest candidate<\/i>\u201d to beat in November \u2013 which defies logic.\u00a0 <\/span>When is campaign money ever spent to defeat the \u2018easy\u2019 candidate?<\/span><\/p>\n On one hand, Hanks was accused of \u201cno wonder liberals love him<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u201d while on the other, he was blamed for being \u2018too conservative\u2019<\/i>\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/a>for Colorado \u2013 neither of which was ever true.\u00a0 <\/span>The raw truth is that some of the aforementioned NRFPT candidates liberally used the confusion to rally their own GOP supporters.\u00a0 <\/span>Blinded by the paradox, second rate voters totally missed the distinction that Hanks was being touted by conflicting contradictions<\/span><\/a> in order to confuse the electorate against <\/span>the one candidate<\/i><\/span> who could easily beat the Democrat Frisch and bring his AF principles to an ailing Congress.<\/span><\/p>\n Even the GOP-aligned Congressional Leadership Fund associated with Speaker Johnson weighed in with a complete distortion<\/span><\/a> of Ron as\u00a0 <\/span>a \u201cBullseye for Liberals<\/span><\/a>\u201d which confirms which side the Speaker resides.<\/span><\/p>\n As if all the misperceptions were not enough, the RMV sent out seven glossy, colored, expensive large campaign mailers in the Third. \u00a0 <\/span>Three of which were solely devoted to labelling Hanks as a \u201c<\/span>conservative warrior<\/span>\u201d as if that is a negative and declaring \u201cTrumpism is Wrong<\/span><\/a>\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/i><\/span><\/p>\n Most entertaining were Democrat Frisch\u2019s tv ads appropriately nailing Hurd for his failures<\/span><\/a> during the primary of not participating in any candidate forums and refusing to reveal his previous\/current Presidential choices.<\/span><\/p>\n The organized effort to skew the primary results depended on a politically immature constituency, unable to read between the lines as the Uniparty strategy to discredit and confuse voters about Hanks in favor of Hurd was especially effective. \u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Election night results for the Third gave Uniparty candidate Jeff Hurd a shaky 43% with 28,750 votes.\u00a0 <\/span>His closest rival was Ron Hanks with 28% and 18,541 votes.\u00a0 <\/span>From there, the NRFPT split the remaining 30% of the vote; thereby frittering what otherwise could have been a solid GOP opponent to the Dems in November while sending Hurd to DC with a less than impressive plurality.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n Over in the Fifth District, Maga endorsed candidate Dave Williams experienced a well-organized, well-funded $2.7 million Pac<\/span><\/a> resistance in support of Jeff Crank who was also supported by Speaker Johnson.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n