Aspen Welcomes Its Most Notorious Criminal Since Ted Bundy

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, August 9, 2024
CONTACT: Sara Loflin, Executive Director at 303-349-1617 or [email protected]

DENVER: As convicted felon and former President Donald Trump heads to Aspen tomorrow for a multimillion-dollar fundraiser hosted by hedge fund billionaires and fossil fuel tycoons, ProgressNow Colorado, the state’s largest multi-issue progressive advocacy organization, condemned Trump’s continued unprecedented disrespect for the law and our democratic institutions, and called for Trump to exit the presidential race.

“Last year, a brave group of Republicans and unaffiliated voters challenged Donald Trump’s eligibility to appear on the Colorado ballot after Trump tried to violently overturn the results of the 2020 election,” said ProgressNow Colorado executive director Sara Loflin. “The Colorado Supreme Court determined that Trump participated in an insurrection, and that ruling was never invalidated after the U.S. Supreme Court sidestepped the question. This is a state that cares about our democracy and the Constitution, and that makes Trump’s appearance in Aspen tomorrow even more outrageous.”

“Donald Trump is an unrepentant enemy of American democracy and must not be given another term in office to remake the country in his corrupt image,” said Loflin. “Trump can never win Colorado, and the millions he’s raising in Aspen from out-of-state billionaires do not represent Colorado’s view of the presidential race. Just down the road from Aspen in Grand Junction, ex-Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters faces the possibility of decades in prison after being sucked into Trump’s baseless election conspiracy theories. After Trump’s Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, Colorado voters this November will enshrine abortion rights in our state’s constitution. Those same voters will ensure Trump loses in Colorado by an even greater margin in 2024 than his last two defeats.”

“Trump’s recent erratic behavior in interviews and on the campaign trail raise serious questions about his mental fitness to serve as President of the United States,” said Loflin. “It’s time for Republicans to consider Trump’s declining mental acuity in addition to his 34 felony convictions and long record of misogyny and racism, and join the growing call for Trump to give up the Republican nomination for President.”