August 22, 2018 11:16 AM UTC

Victor Mitchell Calls On Trump To Resign Or Be Impeached

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• by: Colorado Pols

That’s Victor Mitchell, the Republican candidate for governor of Colorado who placed second with over 30% of the vote in that party’s four-way primary last June, calling on fellow Republicans today to ask for President Donald Trump’s resignation–and failing that, to move to impeach. Transcript:

I’m an American, I’m a Coloradan before I’m a Republican. And I have to do what I think is right, I really believe that this is so serious, and yesterday was such a tipping point, a change, into everything that’s happened previously. We are a party of integrity, or at least I thought we were. I mean I’ve been a Republican since I was 18 years old and I voted for Ronald Reagan.

And if we’re not a party that upholds the rule of law, and doesn’t believe in the basic principle that no one is above the law, just because he’s got an (R) next to his name, and just because he gives us tax relief and conservative judges, then we’re not a party at all.

I mean, every person should be held to a high standard, most especially a public official. I hope that other Republicans and other fair minded people join our movement, and for once start holding the President accountable and ask for his resignation, and he refuses move immediately toward impeachment.

Hard to spell it out any clearer. Mitchell, who ran as the “nice Trump” outsider businessman but was consistent in calling out Trump’s misdeeds while campaigning for governor–even as Walker Stapleton obsequiously sucked up to Trump during the primary–was considered a significant threat to Democrats in the event he prevailed.

Because while you may not agree with his agenda, he’s a stand-up guy.