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At Drag Queen-Themed Fundraiser, Colorado’s Michael Bennet Tells Donors He’s ‘More Progressive Than Bernie Sanders’
The Washington Free Beacon ^ | October 12, 2022 | Joseph Simonson •

Posted on 10/13/2022 4:38:06 AM PDT by george76

In a state where independent voters make up a plurality of the electorate, Colorado Democratic senator Michael Bennet has focused his reelection campaign on appealing to centrist voters. In private, however, he’s reminding left-wing donors at a drag queen-themed fundraiser that he has a "more progressive" record than socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (D., Vt.).

"When I say I have a progressive track record, I mean it, I’m more progressive than Bernie Sanders," Bennet said at an Oct. 9 fundraiser featuring Jewish drag queen Laura Menorah. "In terms of our, you know, our tax code because of the profound income inequality in our country."

Other hosts at the fundraiser included executives from various left-wing advocacy groups based in Colorado and Colorado political operative Rick Palacio, who is under investigation for corruption.

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Attendees at Bennet’s fundraiser also enjoyed the company of special guest Menorah, who is recently divorced from his husband "Marty" and "ready to party,"

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The fundraiser highlights difficulties vulnerable Democrats such as Bennet face in the weeks before the election as they try to buck their party label while simultaneously depending on far-left donors to fund their campaigns. Bennet, who votes with President Joe Biden nearly 100 percent of the time and has seen his net worth skyrocket by the millions during his time in office, has struggled to present himself as an average Coloradan.

The Washington Free Beacon reported in August on Bennet purchasing a 24-hour fishing license to shoot a campaign ad located in the Arkansas River. Another campaign ad features Bennet hiking alone in the wilderness.

Bennet, who has never received more than 50 percent of the vote in a statewide election, faces an unusually strong Republican opponent in businessman Joe O’Dea in a year where the party has fielded weak candidates. By focusing on economic issues and immigration, O’Dea has avoided typical missteps on social issues.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Colorado; US: Vermont
KEYWORDS: abomination; bennet; bernie; colorado; democrats; dragqueen; progressive; progressives; romans1; sanders

1 posted on 10/13/2022 4:38:06 AM PDT by george76
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To: MileHi; dynachrome; backspace; Balata; bboop; Ben Dover; Benito Cereno; BigEdLB; bluejean; ...

Colorado Ping ( Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the list.)


2 posted on 10/13/2022 4:39:56 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

Oooooooookaaaaaaay.......

https://s1.freebeacon.com/up/2022/10/311125524_638828711156168_8157617393057403989_n_735x515.jpg

(I really don’t understand why it’s necessary to sell this to the public - it’s just so bizarre)


3 posted on 10/13/2022 4:45:39 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: george76

I sometimes wonder how Bill Clinton, with failing eyesight and hearing, is getting along. Does Bill inadvertanley pounce on drag Queens, not seeing they are actually men


4 posted on 10/13/2022 4:46:21 AM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: george76

This Senate seat is in play. I don’t think drag queens sell too well with the vast majority of people. Bennet could lose a point or two over drag queen progressivism and that’s might be all that’s needed to lose.


5 posted on 10/13/2022 4:57:54 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA ( Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: ConservativeInPA

[Bennet]

I hope he loses. I would like to be pinged to a thread where he has lost. What a weirdorama thing for him to campaign on.


6 posted on 10/13/2022 5:04:14 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris

Weirdorama is an accurate and useful term for describing so much of our modern Left.


7 posted on 10/13/2022 5:23:43 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: george76

Your Democrat Party: Campaigning with Mentally Ill people. Okay, you can have those weirdos...


8 posted on 10/13/2022 5:26:44 AM PDT by Deplorable American1776 (Defund the FBI, the American Stasi..)
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To: SaveFerris
Bizarre is cool by all the young millennials that move to Colorado.

Bizarre means the Dims are not like the millennials' boring Gen-X parents and Boomer grandparents -- who are so closed minded, doncha know.

9 posted on 10/13/2022 5:36:35 AM PDT by Tell It Right (1st Thessalonians 5:21 -- Put everything to the test, hold fast to that which is true.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

The problem is that very few people in Colorado will ever hear about Sen. Bennet and his commie drag Queen statements. The news media will not report the story. Hopefully, the Republicans will place the video of the story onto the campaign TV adds.


10 posted on 10/13/2022 5:40:32 AM PDT by Trumpet 1 (US Constitution is my guide.)
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To: george76
"I’m more progressive than Bernie Sanders..."

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So be sure to spray disinfectant before Michael enters the room.
And after he leaves also.

11 posted on 10/13/2022 5:49:20 AM PDT by GaltAdonis
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To: george76

Makes sense since Colorado is a blue state. Just like Republicans used to brag that they are more conservative than Attila the Hun.


12 posted on 10/13/2022 5:52:29 AM PDT by nwrep
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To: george76

Progressing to hell.


13 posted on 10/13/2022 6:09:05 AM PDT by beethovenfan (The REAL Great Reset will be when Jesus returns. )
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To: nwrep

Nothing says clean government like outlawing audits.. Colorado Secretary of State : Mohamed Enab’s wife : Jena Griswold banned election audits..

Oct. 10, 2022.. - 30,000 Noncitizens Got Vote Registration Mailer..

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/4099628/posts

September 27, 2020.. - Jena Griswold sent a postcard to non-citizens and the dead encouraging them to register to vote so they can cast ballots..~

https://freerepublic.com/focus/news/3888297/posts


14 posted on 10/13/2022 6:38:05 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: george76

More than Bernie, because current year “progressive” is defined by promoting sexual perversion more than socialist economic policy.


15 posted on 10/13/2022 6:42:29 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: george76

I can’t stand listening to Bennet talk. He sounds like a retarded pothead.


16 posted on 10/13/2022 8:59:23 AM PDT by real saxophonist (Hoplophobia will never be in the DSM, because the DSM is written by hoplophobes.)
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To: george76

Does Bennet write pornographic books like bernie?


17 posted on 02/20/2023 6:43:36 AM PST by chopperk ( )
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