CBS Colorado reports that the Colorado Democratic Party rushed into “Unity Rally” mode just two days after primaries exposed the growing split between the party’s establishment wing and its socialist-left insurgents. Party Chair Shad Murib put centrist and socialist Democrats on the same stage at a Denver union hall and insisted the party is diverse, not divided.
That is adorable. Colorado Democrats just had a primary brawl where Diana DeGette, a 30-year incumbent, got tossed by 29-year-old Democratic Socialist Melat Kiros, and the party’s answer was basically: everyone hold hands and pretend nobody saw the furniture flying through the window.
This is not unity. This is damage control with a union hall backdrop.
The Bullet Point Brief
- Murib said the Democratic ticket represents “every stripe” of the party. That is one way to put it. Another way: the Colorado Democratic machine is trying to throw a group hug over a knife fight.
- State Sen. Jeff Bridges called Democrats a “big tent party.” Fine. But a tent is not a governing philosophy when half the campers want to nationalize the cooler and the other half are pretending not to smell smoke.
- Michael Bennet, fresh off losing the Democratic governor primary to Phil Weiser, promised to help Weiser win. Translation: the old guard got punched in the mouth, stood back up, and immediately started reading the unity script from the binder.
- DeGette was not at the rally. Kiros was. That tells you plenty. The dean of the delegation was politically mugged, and the party’s new star is already talking about “fighters” and pushing to end U.S. support for Israel.
- CBS notes several far-left legislative candidates also won primaries, meaning progressives will likely have a larger presence at the Capitol next year. So when Democrats say this is all fine, taxpayers should ask what they are about to get billed for next.
My Bottom Line
Regular Coloradans are being told this is unity. It looks more like panic wearing a smiley-face sticker.
The Colorado Democratic Party spent years pretending it represented every normal Coloradan while letting its activist base set the emotional thermostat. Housing got more expensive. Taxes and fees kept climbing. Public safety got softer. Energy policy got stranger. Schools got more ideological. And every time regular people complained, the answer from the ruling class was some version of: trust us, we know better.
Now the people they trained, flattered, and empowered are done waiting politely in the hallway. The left flank is not asking for a seat at the table anymore. It is taking chairs.
Democrats are not resolving this conflict. They are branding it. They want voters to see a big tent, but the real story is power, panic, and ideological escalation. Colorado’s one-party machine is no longer just arrogant. It is being pulled further left while insisting everything is fine, which is exactly what people say five minutes before the dashboard catches fire.
Source: CBS Colorado
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