April 05, 2022 01:40 PM UTC

Special Discount Code: #MYPILLOWFAIL

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• by: Colorado Pols

The much-balleyhooed rally at the Colorado State Capitol featuring “MyPillow” guy Mike Lindell along with some of Colorado’s leading Donald Trump dead-ender diehards like Secretary of State candidate Tina Peters and U.S. Senate candidate Ron Hanks kicked off at noon as promised today, but we regret to inform any hoping otherwise that revolution is unlikely to ensue:

It has started.

Sherronna Bishop begins the “Election Truth” rally where Mike Lindell and Tina Peters will appear. #copolitics pic.twitter.com/skOeITzdzG

— Marshall Zelinger (@Marshall9News) April 5, 2022

Crowd estimates vary, but that looks to us like somewhere around 100 patriots at the high end. Small in number though they may have been, attendees at today’s rally more than made up for it with such amazing material for Democratic retransmission as this:

Direct quote: “Tina Peters was right to break those laws.” #copolitics

— Logan M. Davis (@LoganMDavis) April 5, 2022

It’s not the first time we’ve said it, but if Clerk Peters had competent representation in her criminal case where she is facing multiple felony charges in her failed attempt to prove the “Big Lie” that the 2020 election was stolen, they would advise her to not go anywhere near a bunch of people freely confessing to breaking “those laws” on her behalf. Peters’ supporters don’t care that they’re admitting to the commission of a crime, because they wrongly believe a higher ideal was being served. And the guileless incrimination apparently didn’t stop there:

Mike Lindell tells me he has personally contributed $800,000 to the legal defense of Tina Peters. He also said he just met her when he flew her to his symposium last year. State ethics laws limit gifts to elected leaders to ~$65 unless you’re close friend/family. #copolitics pic.twitter.com/R461M3Mm2g

— Marshall Zelinger (@Marshall9News) April 5, 2022

Considering the possible six months Peters faces locked up for contempt of court, followed up the prospect of many years in prison for the crimes she stands accused of, a ginormous violation of Colorado’s ethics in government law Amendment 41–we think it’s the biggest since the law’s passage back in 2006–is perhaps the least of her troubles. But we’re still talking about an awful lot of money, especially if the Independent Ethics Commission imposes a fine twice that amount. An ethics complaint on the question of Peters’ “legal defense fund” is pending, but now they have a figure to work with–and, well it’s a doozy. Still unresolved besides is the amount of money Lindell spent hiding Peters out last August and September.

But none of this matters at today’s rally. This is a celebration of faith. None of it’s going to keep Tina Peters out of prison, or override Colorado’s ethics in government laws, but her folk hero status is at this point cemented.

For a few hundred very passionate people and one very rich pillow guy, anyway.