VoteVets, the lefty activist group that wraps their politics in camo and flag patches like it’s a Fourth of July sale at REI, is backing Air Force veteran Eileen Laubacher for Congress in Colorado’s 4th District. The report from The Hill walks us through how Democrats are once again putting boots on the ground—because apparently, they still remember voters exist offline. Laubacher is trying to flip a district Lauren Boebert just moved into – and is doing a pretty decent job representing.
The Bullet Point Brief
- VoteVets throws its weight, and donor list, behind Democrat Eileen Laubacher in CO-04. Nothing screams grassroots like PACs with D.C. wallets.
- Laubacher’s main credential? She served in the Air Force and doesn’t post unhinged stuff online. Low bar, but here we are.
- Democrats are attacking Republicans by appealing to “service” and “stability”—translation: “We won’t embarrass you at Applebee’s.”
- Meanwhile, conservative activists are doing what they do best: screaming at RINOs on Twitter while avoiding anything productive.
My Bottom Line
Look, I’ve said it ‘til I’m purple in the face and red in ideology: nobody organizes quite like the Democrats. They know how to herd their cats, slap on a candidate like Eileen, and turn every government hearing into a Broadway production of moral outrage wrapped in Medicaid talking points.
Meanwhile, our side? We couldn’t organize a bake sale without a screaming match over gluten-free cookies versus deep-fried freedom squares. Everyone wants to talk tough on X or Threads or whatever flavored rage platform we’re worshipping this week, but when it comes time to testify at school boards or show up at city hall? Crickets. Ghost town. Just tumbleweeds and memes about RINOs.
I’ve witnessed this firsthand watching Weld County Indivisible operate like it’s Seal Team Six while conservative groups argue over who posted more CPAC selfies last year. If we actually want less government tyranny, more border security, pro-energy policy that doesn’t involve hugging turbines—we have got to do better than fingers-on-keyboards activism.
The left gets that politics is local and persistent; they drag their people out of bed in the snow just for a resolution vote. Meanwhile, half our folks can’t even be bothered unless there are food trucks and fireworks involved. Wake up before you get out-hustled… again.
Colorado currently has four Republican members of Congress—that’s half the state’s delegation, and a big reason Colorado shifted from solid blue to a nice shade of “competitive purple” in 2024 at least in the U.S. House.
So naturally, what is half the Republican Party doing with this momentum? Why, turning the flamethrower on their own team, of course!
Rather than focusing on, say, winning more seats, they’re busy accusing at least two sitting Republican congressmen of the ultimate GOP heresy: not being conservative enough. Cue the tired old label: RINOs—because nothing says political genius like recycling the same insult from 1998.
And with that comes the usual battle cry: “We gotta primary those guys!” Because obviously the best use of time, money, and political capital is trying to replace viable, elected Republicans with fringe candidates who couldn’t win a dog catcher race in Boulder.
Instead of doing the actual work of flipping the other four seats, they’d rather purify the party into electoral irrelevance. It’s like watching someone set fire to the barn because they don’t like the color of the tractor.
Bravo, guys. Truly, this is how states turn red… with embarrassment.