The governor of Colorado is a democrat who directs a resolutely blue state, but he has made many gestures of support to President Donald Trump while offering vain justifications to do so.
Its selective approval of the new administration has has disconcerted many democrats. Some attribute it to its penchant for libertarian, even resolutely conservative positions. Whatever the explanation, his behavior contributes to legitimizing the Trump program, which constitutes an unprecedented threat to the rights and well-being of the inhabitants of Colorado.
The cases where Polis have attracted the good graces of Trump are so numerous that it is difficult to follow them. It started in a little promising way when Polis acclaimed Trump’s appointment of the health care conspirator and crazy to do everything, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., at the head of the Ministry of Health and Social Services. Many experts believe that Kennedy as a danger To health not only in America but around the world, and yet, in a bizarre article on X Polis, he said that Kennedy “will help make America in good health”.
Since the November elections, Polis has done Several creaky attempts be a friend with Elon Musk, ghost president and megadonator of Trump, as when he approved Musk’s social media platform, X, has become a communication tool for state leaders, even though the site has become a cesspool of conspiracy theories and extreme extremism under the direction of Musk.
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During his speech on the state of the state before the parliament this month, polished welcomed Major elements of the Massive Expulsion Plan of Trump, even if it is tanhed indelible by racism and the threat that countless undocumented coloradans could be gathered in detention camps.
This week Polis joins the governors of the red states By ordering that the flags are hoisted in honor of Trump’s inauguration, thus interrupting a 30 -day protocol at half mast to cry the former president Jimmy Carter.
Worse, Polis went to Washington to attend Trump’s inauguration. By announcing his trip, Polis seemed to suggest that as president of the Bipartite of National Governors Association, he was expected. But his first allegiance goes to Coloradans, whose interests should have taken precedence before he honors Trump with his presence.
Throughout the presidential campaign, many Democrats-including former president Joe Biden and the presidential candidate and former vice-president Kamala Harris, for whom Polis served as a campaign substitute-rightly warned that Trump represented an existential threat to the Republic.
Trump has only confirmed this warning since the elections, seeking to install hateful ultra-used for democracy in high positions and by granting leniency to the insurgents.
Polis’ indulgence towards Trump pretends to be a pragmatic policy, but it is the political version of “people very good on both sides”.
It is based on traditional methods of political engagement. “For 10 things he does and with which I do not agree, he will probably do one or two things with which I agree,” he said. The Colorado sun. This made sense when there were two parties sharing at least certain fundamental values and objectives. But this is no longer the case in the United States. Polis occupies land which he claims to be common but from which Maga has retired for a long time. The values of the movement are strictly incompatible with democracy, free elections, constitutional order and a diversified society.
Colorado, of course, must continue to work with federal agencies on the financing of motorways, higher education and many other current or administrative questions. What is reprehensible are the public and unnecessary concessions of Polis to Trump. The immediate advantages it could bring to the state thanks to such a posture are largely offset by the damage that Trumpism is certain to inflict.
In a year or two, when the extent of the Trumpist horrors is obvious, Polis could regret being known for having pampered the responsible man.
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