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September 15, 2022 11:08 AM UTC

Kellner Killshot? GOP Ex-AG Cynthia Coffman Endorses Weiser

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  • by: Colorado Pols

Ernest Luning of the Colorado Springs Gazette’s political blog breaks some major news today with the endorsement of Democratic incumbent Attorney General Phil Weiser by his Republican predecessor in the office, Cynthia Coffman:

“Phil Weiser understands and honors the office he has held the last four years,” Coffman said in a statement. “He is respected among his fellow attorneys general as a collaborative leader who hasn’t been drawn into base partisan battles that threaten pragmatic problem solving. He is an influential voice in the national attorney general community because he is an independent thinker not susceptible to the sway of special interest groups.

“As General Weiser’s predecessor in the job, I have been pleased by his continuation of impactful initiatives in school safety, domestic violence and sexual assault prevention, substance abuse treatment, and childhood sexual abuse recovery.”

Added Coffman: “Naturally, we do not see eye-to-eye on every policy issue or legal position, but Phil Weiser has earned my professional respect and personal support. General Weiser deserves another four years in service as Colorado’s Attorney General.”

AG Phil Weiser (D), former AG Cynthia Coffman (R).

As readers know the message campaign against Attorney General Weiser has been particularly nasty, seeking to pin blame on Weiser personally for a host of social problems that are much larger than any one state or in any case not the fault of Weiser in any respect. For Weiser’s Republican predecessor in the job to endorse his re-election seriously undermines the acrimony directed against Weiser. It becomes much harder to sell the idea that Weiser wants to hand out fentanyl pills to children via a network of stolen cars after the Republican who held the office before Weiser has endorsed his re-election.

[Coffman] joins a slew of current and former Republican officials who endorsed Weiser last week, including former Colorado House Speaker Russ George, former Colorado Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Love Kourlis and former Westminster Mayor Herb Acheson.

We’re not completely sure what caused this shift, but judicially-focused Republicans like Cynthia Coffman and former Colorado Supreme Court Justice Rebecca Love Kourlis lining up in opposition is a very serious problem for Republican AG candidate John Kellner. For voters doing their homework down the ballot, it’s a big red flag that something’s not right with Kellner–whether it be the ethics and campaign finance questions he’s persistently faced, or self-immolating answers to questions about reproductive rights. These are politically lucid Republicans who would support the Republican candidate for attorney general–unless there’s a very good reason not to.

And it looks like there is. Their judgment discredits Kellner the way little else can.

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23 thoughts on “Kellner Killshot? GOP Ex-AG Cynthia Coffman Endorses Weiser

  1. I think we are finally seeing a turn of the tide. People in general are fed up with the MAGA lunacy and just wanting it to end. Not saying he is MAGA but just turning the office over to Republicans is not a good idea at this time, and even other Republicans see that.

      1. Ten bucks says he does a drive-by on one of today's other diaries with some words of wisdom buffoonery and doesn't mention this act of patriotism by CC. 

         

      2. Just because I've supported Cynthia Coffman in the past doesn't mean I agree with her on everything. I'll be voting for the Republican nominee to crack down on out of control crime in Colorado.

        1. Good to see that you stopped crying enough to engage in more drive-by buffoonery, nutlid.

          BTW, speaking of out of control crime, there was a former occupant of the WH who stole a bunch of documents.  Hopefully DOJ is going to crack down on him and his cronies.

        2. Let’s set the record straight. By law, the Colorado Attorney General is not the primary person or agency that prosecutes criminals in our state. That is the responsibility of the district attorneys. Colorado statutes give the AG very limited authority to prosecute criminals in areas such as medicaid fraud, tax fraud, securities fraud and consumer fraud, but all the “knife and gun club” crimes, such as murder, sexual assault, burglary, theft, crimes committed with a firearm, assault and battery are solely within the prosecutorial authority of the local district attorney. Taking your assertion that crime is out of control in Colorado is true, you need to ask Mr. Kellner why he has not stopped it. He is the only elected official in the 18th judicial district that has the authority to do so. 

        3. Ah, so you'll be voting for current 18th JD DA Kellner, who apparently has failed to bring down "out of control crime" in the 18th.  Got it.  I suspect you have no idea how the criminal justice system works, but do wave your fascist flag of fear

           

  2. IIRC, wasn’t Cynthia “Taller” Coffman Moderatus’ choice for governor in 2018 after Boy George Brauchler dropped out but before Dufus Stapleton won the nomination?

    She was the one of whom Dems were supposed to be so frightened. Looks like John Kellner is the only one who needs to fear her.

  3. They might have been better off running that guy from Texas as their AG candidate. At least it would have brought out all the nut jobs instead of someone like Kellner straddling the fence between establishment Republicans and nut jobs.

  4. I'm going out on a limb here and say that Cynthia Coffman doesn't qualify as a MAGA Republican.  I suspect she is going to get some tough emails in the near future.

  5. Been watching the legal system for the past two years in Douglas County with absolute disgust.  The lack of ethics and professionalism in the Sheriff Department and DA's office can be laid directly at Kellner's feet. He has covered up a TON of political cronie misconduct and should never be allowed anywhere near a position of public trust.  

     

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