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February 01, 2020 01:58 PM UTC

Rally Goers Decry #CoverUpCory Gardner

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  • by: Jason Salzman

(Promoted by Colorado Pols)

“If we all vote, if we all engage in democracy, that guy is gone,” Denver City Councilman Chris Hinds told about 150 demonstrators at the Capitol this afternoon, gesturing toward a life-sized cut out of U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) which stood just to the right of the microphone.

“Do you feel like you got transparent and accountable government last night?” Hinds asked the crowd.

“No,” they yelled back.

The event was billed by organizers as an emergency rally to call out Gardner for being part of the Trump cover-up effort by voting against hearing from witnesses, after saying for weeks he’d consider all the evidence.

Hinds spoke after a rousing speech from former Colorado State Rep. Joe Salazar, who told the crowd he felt “sad” and “downtrodden” last night, after watching Republican Senators, including Gardner, vote nearly unanimously against hearing from any witnesses in the impeachment trial of Trump.

Salazar recalled telling a friend that the law is “being stripped away from us.”

But Salazar’s friend told him to buckle up and reminded him that she’d seen the same thing in her native Pakistan, and that Salazar had seen the same thing here in America before.

“We have each other,” Salazar said, his voice rising. “It’s time to unite and fight.”

“We vote, and we vote big,” he said. “We are going to come out.”

Activist Regan Byrd echoed the same sentiment, telling the crowd, “This is about finishing the work of creating a real and genuine democracy.”

Denver School Board Member Tay Anderson encouraged rally goers to take a selfie or video of the cardboard cutout of Gardner.

“Tell him what you think of the impeachment trial,” said Anderson.

Demonstrators lingered at the rally, soaking up the 60-degree day.

Asked why she was there, Judy Armstrong said she wanted to “make a statement about how anguished I am about the Senate’s behavior and Cory Gardner’s in particular for not voting for witnesses.”

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6 thoughts on “Rally Goers Decry #CoverUpCory Gardner

  1. Expecting Republican Senators, especially under the leadership of McConnell, to investigate and potentially reveal details of villainous behavior in Trump's Sad!-ministration?  Unless there was a clear benefit for them from their perspective, it wasn't going to happen. If Cory Gardner can tolerate Trump falling in love with a North Korean dictator, he'll take almost any contradictory position in order to avoid disrupting Republican power.

    In the face of an impeachment trial which would do little to help McConnell & Co., I think they echo Macbeth:  "If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well It were done quickly."  And I'm hopeful there will be similar results as The Scottish Play.

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