CO-GOV: Michael Bennet may not be the frontrunner for Colorado governor anymore
Colorado Sen. Michael Bennet’s plan to escape Congress by running for governor has run into an unexpectedly tough obstacle in the form of Attorney General Phil Weiser—one his allies are now trying to dislodge with a barrage of attack ads.
“Phil Weiser claims he’s Colorado’s watchdog,” begins the narrator in a new spot from Rocky Mountain Way, a group partially funded by former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. “ut after oil and gas companies helped elect Weiser, he rolled over, failed to join dozens of lawsuits to stop Trump’s giveaways to corporate polluters.”
But Weiser, who refused to join other Centennial State Democrats in deferring to Bennet after the senator unexpectedly joined the race last year, is firing back just as aggressively.
“Michael Bennet voted to increase funding for ICE every year of Trump’s first term,” Weiser’s narrator says in a recent ad. “Just last year, right after Trump was sworn in, Bennet voted to give ICE more power to detain and deport immigrants. His votes hurt Colorado families.”
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