Colorado Democrat Legislators Don’t Actually Want to Legislate

It may seem old-fashioned, but there used to be a time when Colorado laws were created, debated, and voted upon by the state legislatures – you know, representatives of the people.

Yet for almost a year, Colorado has been under a quasi-dictatorship where one person has had the authority to spend money, create or suspend regulations, and create laws out of thin air that broadly affect the lives of the citizenry – all with no public input.

Colorado Senate Minority Leader Chris Holbert asked the obvious question: “..should the lawmakers, should the legislative branch have an opportunity to review the decisions, to modify some of the decisions?” The answer is an obvious yes.

Republicans – now a smaller minority in the Colorado congress – have introduced several proposals attempting to curtail the governor’s executive power simply by involving the legislature in emergency decisions, including one requiring legislative approval for extending emergency declarations and another seeking to write a similar requirement into the state constitution.

The most important result of such legislation would be the requirement for public discussion and debate of quasi-permanent “emergencies” like the one Coloradoans have endured for nearly a year.

Yet these common-sense proposals have been rejected by Colorado congressional Democrats, who apparently have no interest in actually leading and would much rather continue to serve as bootlickers for Jared Polis. Of course, if legislative authority was introduced into the process, Democrats would almost certainly vote alongside Polis, but then would be held responsible to the people for their vote – something they apparently can’t allow.

Polis’ extraordinary power has been seized under the guise of a public emergency, renewed every 30 days, and continually justified on the basis of fear and propaganda. The only reason the legislature hasn’t caused a stink over losing their constitutional authority is that they agree with the Polis’ dictates. Just like they have expected you to silently allow your rights to be usurped, they are fine with it being done to them.

Colorado congressional Democrats better hope the governor’s office is never occupied by a Republican – they will wish they had taken the opportunity to stand up for themselves.