From the Denver Post comes the results of yesterday’s recall vote of two Colorado state senators — including the Senate President — over their controversial votes to limit gun rights. Both Democrats were ousted from office.
An epic national debate over gun rights in Colorado on Tuesday saw two Democratic state senators ousted for their support for stricter laws, a “ready, aim, fired” message intended to stop other politicians for pushing for firearms restrictions. Senate President John Morse and Sen. Angela Giron will be replaced in office with Republican candidates who petitioned onto the recall ballot.
Will there be more political consequences?
Gov. John Hickenlooper — once deemed so unbeatable that the GOP couldn’t even find a candidate to run against him in 2014 — now faces falling approval ratings and a crowded field of Republican contenders, in part for backing stricter gun measures.
Support of the 2nd Amendment is mainstream, even in a state like Colorado, considered to be Democratic Party territory.
