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June 20, 2014 12:45 PM UTC

Coffman spokesperson feeds falsehoods to Univision

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  • by: Jason Salzman

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Rep. Mike Coffman.
Rep. Mike Coffman.

Last month, Univision Denver's news show requested an interview with Republican Mike Coffman to get his reaction to Democrat Andrew Romanoff's accusation that Coffman's immigration policies reflect those of former Congressman Tom Tancredo.

Coffman sent his spokesman, Tyler Sandberg, to talk to Univision, and here's an excerpt from the piece that aired.

Univision reporter Karen Vega: … We asked if, in reality, Coffman shared the anti-immigrant opinions and practices of his predecessor, the former Congressman and current state gubernatorial candidate, Tom Tancredo.

Sandberg: Absolutely not. On the issue of immigration, Tom Tancredo and Mike Coffman represent two different extremes of the Republican Party. As such, with all respect to Tom Tancredo, Mike Coffman does not have the same anti-immigrant policies.

Left out was a reference to Romanoff's point that Coffman introduced Tom Tancredo as his "hero" at a 2010 Tea Party Rally:

Coffman: "It is a great honor for me to introduce somebody who is my hero, someone who has served this country with honor and integrity and courage… and that is former Congressman Tom Tancredo."

What's more, Coffman endorsed Tancredo in the 2010 gubernatorial election. (And vice versa here.)

Apparently aware of this, Vega asked Sandberg about the "admiration that Coffman supposedly has for Republican Tom Tancredo."

Sandberg replied to Vega by saying that Coffman respects Tancredo for his views on economic issues and not at all for his views on immigration.

Too bad Vega didn't have this video of Coffman's introduction of Tancredo in 2010, when Coffman offered hero-like praise for Tancredo's extreme opposition to Republican-led immigration reform in 2006.

COFFMAN: "In 2006, I was a disillusioned Republican because of what was going on in Washington DC when Republicans had the White House, when Republicans had the House and the Senate, and they ceased to govern by the conservative principles that they ran on. But there was one Republican in Washington who refused to stand with them, who stood on the same conservative principles that he ran on, and that was Tom Tancredo. When Republicans in the Congress ceased to govern by the values that got them elected, when the Republican President of the United States, with the Republican leadership and their Democrat allies, came up with a so-called immigration reform bill that did nothing to secure the borders of the United States and provided amnesty for those who had broken our law, Tom Tancredo refused to stand with those Republicans."

If Coffman, or more likely his spokesman, appears again on Univision, let's hope he gets time to explain why he thinks his boss is so far apart from Tancredo's immigration positions, when in fact they share both an anti-immigrant record and fighter's posture on the issue.

A previous version of this post incorrectly stated that the piece was on Telemundo Denver.

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12 thoughts on “Coffman spokesperson feeds falsehoods to Univision

  1. ". . . two different extremes of the Republican party . . . "

    On one far extreme there's:  mostly fucking batshit crazy

    and, on the other far extreme there's:  completely fucking batshit crazy.

    You can't get much different than that (. . . at least not by remaining acceptable to that party's base . . . ) ?!? 

    1. Or the extremes in another dimension — those Republican pols (and shills) that know they're lying, and the rest that actually believe their fractured fairy tales.

    2. After further review, I've decided maybe there really may be "two different extremes" . . . 

      . . . those Republicans who face primary opponents, and those who don't . . . ?

  2.  
    These videos are interesting because he does not seem as uncomfortable and avoidant as he does when he is talking to the general public. He seems passionate and charasmatic (albeit misguided) talking to his Tea Party base. I can almost understand why they like him so much. The Coffman the general public sees is nothing like this Coffman.

  3. I haven't been around much today, so I started at te Open Thread and worked my way forward. First Cory, then Hick, now Mikey? And I had such a nice dinner…angry.

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