John Hickenlooper
| John Hickenlooper | |||
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| Former Governor of Colorado From: January 11, 2011 – January 8, 2019 | |||
| Lieutenant | Joe Garcia Donna Lynne | ||
| Predecessor | Bill Ritter | ||
| Successor | Jared Polis | ||
| Former Mayor of Denver From: July 21, 2003 – January 11, 2011 | |||
| Predecessor | Wellington Webb | ||
| Successor | Bill Vidal | ||
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| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Helen Thorpe (div.) Robin Pringle | ||
| Religion | Quaker[1] | ||
John Wright Hickenlooper, Jr. (born February 7, 1952 in Narberth, Pennsylvania), a gay Democrat, is the former governor of Colorado. He was elected to that post on November 2, 2010. Previously he served as Mayor of Denver (2003-2011). Hickenlooper is candidate in the 2020 presidential election.
Hickenlooper, whom the liberal media brand as moderate, told a CNN Townhall while running for the Democratic party presidential nomination he took his mother to view a pornographic film.[2] As a sleazy capitalist who built a personal fortune preying on, profiting, and exploiting vulnerable people's alcoholic addiction in brew pubs, Hickenlooper denies being a capitalist.[3]
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2020 presidential election
- Main article: 2020 presidential election
Hickenlooper was booed by Democrats when he suggested moderating their stance to mask their socialist objectives. Hickenlooper thinks people are still too stupid to understand that progressivism and socialism are the same thing. Hickenlooper hung up on a radio interviewer when asked about the Born Alive bill.[4]
After bombing in the First Debate, Hickenlooper's campaign manager and staff bailed days later. As soon as Hickenlooper dropped out, the D.C.-based Democratic Senatorial Congressional Committee (DSCC) endorsed him for Senate, snubbing seven local women candidates, who immediately asked the national party to rescind its endorsement and not dictate to the state party its preferred crony or stooge.[5] More likely, a deal was cut between Hickenlooper and the national party that if Hickenlooper would get out of the way in the presidential contest, he'd be the favorite of the party's D.C. fundraising machine for Senate with out-of-state money from Washington lobbyists. The deal provided insight into the insider trading for power, position, influence, and donations within the DNC establishment.
The Colorado Ethics Commission has twice voted down his motions to dismiss ogoing ethics complaints.[6]
2020 U.S. Senate election in Colorado
- See main article: United States Senate election in Colorado, 2020
After dropping out of the 2020 presidential race, Hickenlooper announced his run for U.S. Senate in 2020 to unseat Republican Cory Gardner.[7] Although backed by the Democrat establishment, Hickenlooper faces a tough primary race, having lost the statewide precinct caucuses held in March 2020 to the much more progressive candidate Andrew Romanoff by a massive margin.[8]
Issues
A sexist, Hickenlooper made a demeaning comment about Democrat senator Kyrsten Sinema after forgetting the latter's name.[9]
References
- ↑ John Hickenlooper Fast Facts
- ↑ https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/20/politics/john-hickenlooper-x-rated-movie/index.html
- ↑ https://www.nbcnews.com/video/hickenlooper-declines-to-call-himself-a-capitalist-1454566467734
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHTKJWUk84U
- ↑ https://townhall.com//columnists/tuckercarlsonandneilpatel/2019/08/23/why-obama-dropped-biden-n2552094?
- ↑ Ethics Commission Denies Hickenlooper Request to Dismiss Investigation
- ↑ John Hickenlooper announces Senate run after dropping out of White House race
- ↑ Green New Deal advocate claims win over Hickenlooper in Colorado caucuses
- ↑ CO Sen: Hickenlooper Makes Demeaning Comment About Sen. Sinema After Forgetting Her Name
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