April 01, 2017 02:49 PM UTC

#WeObject: Colorado spells out resistance to Neil Gorsuch

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• by: ProgressNow Colorado

(Promoted by Colorado Pols)

This morning, community groups including Indivisible Denver, Indivisible Front Range Resistance, and Together We Will Colorado hosted The People’s Filibuster at Denver’s Civic Center Park: an event for Coloradans to stand up and be visually counted in opposition to Neil Gorsuch’s opposition to the U.S. Supreme Court. Hundreds attended this event despite the rain and snow in the Denver area:

During today’s rally, participants spelled out the words “We Object” in the Greek Amphitheater of Civic Center Park, which was captured by aerial video:

#WeObject: Tell @SenCoryGardner and @SenBennetCO to reject Neil Gorsuch. #copolitics #scotus #stopgorsuch pic.twitter.com/wg2BqIFrnV

— ProgressNowCO (@ProgressNowCO) April 1, 2017

It is absolutely critical that Coloradans speak out at this moment to oppose Neil Gorsuch’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Neil Gorsuch is just the latest in a series of horrible choices by Donald Trump. Gorsuch’s fringe views on health care and contraception make him an enemy of Colorado women. On the Supreme Court, Gorsuch would be a vote to roll back women’s rights, environmental protections, and hard-won protections against discrimination in the workplace. Gorsuch has even been endorsed by the founder of the National Organization for Marriage, an anti-LGBT extremist group. Gorsuch may hail from Colorado, but his record stands in opposition to Colorado values.

The simple fact is that this Supreme Court appointment was stolen from President Obama last year in a shameful act of political treachery. No Democrat should in any way cooperate with or otherwise enable Gorsuch’s Supreme Court nomination, including Colorado Democrats. To do so would only hand Trump another undeserved victory.

We will not stand by and allow Donald Trump to steal this Supreme Court seat, and install a Justice who would skew our law toward injustice for generations. We will not be silent while a judge who has a proven disregard for the rights of women, working people, and even the terminally ill–who Colorado voters overwhelmingly voted last year to give compassionate options to ease their suffering at the end of life.

We urge Colorado’s U.S. Senators to reject Gorsuch’s nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Many thanks to our hard-working friends in local grassroots groups Indivisible Denver, Indivisible Front Range Resistance, and Together We Will Colorado for continuing to lead and organize resistance in our community.