June 07, 2022 01:54 PM UTC

Why are leftists propping up far-right candidates?

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• by: Moderatus

Sage Naumann is the former spokesman for the Senate Republicans, and that means most of you won’t care what he thinks. But today he made some points about the left (and even some who call themselves conservative on this blog) meddling in the Republican primary election that I would like answers for:

This week, leading Colorado progressive group ProgressNow is putting together a “rally” against Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, Joe O’Dea, at the Colorado State Capitol. Beyond the clever “No Way O’Dea” catchphrase they’re tagging the event with lies the fact that by attacking O’Dea before the Republican primary has concluded, they are clearly propping up Ron Hanks – O’Dea’s only opponent.

Why does that matter? Because ProgressNow has labeled Hanks as an insurrectionist, a conspiracy theorist, and a racist.

Regardless if one agrees or disagrees with ProgressNow’s assessment of Representative Hanks, the fact is that they are now the largest outside supporter of his campaign for U.S. Senate. They have not scheduled a similar press conference to bash on Hanks. Indeed, they want the “insurrectionist” and “racist” to be the next Republican nominee for U.S. Senate.

If I was a donor to ProgressNow, I’d be livid.

As a Republican who has done all I can to disprove the false idea that the 2020 election was stolen, I’d like to say that I’m surprised at the move. I had thought, however, that the group wouldn’t be as brazen as they’ve chosen to be.

The other day, one of the readers here at Colorado Polis who calls himself a conservative announced he is voting for Tina Peters, who is facing jail time, and Ron Hanks who has raised no money and is running on a platform that the 2020 election was stolen. Like the far left wing socialists at ProgressNow, this “conservative” commentator hopes that Peters and Hanks win the primary so that Republicans will lose.

Here are my questions. How can anyone who calls themself a conservative support candidates that will result in Democrats winning? Secondly, how can any “progressive” take actions they know will hurt the more reasonable candidate in the race and boost the far right? How can they still call themselves progressives?

If you’re a conservative supporting Ron Hanks to punish Republicans, you’re not a conservative. If you’re a leftist helping Ron Hanks defeat Joe O’Dea in the primary, you’re playing a dangerous game AND you have no values.

Prove me wrong.