Liberal Gov Gets Rare Conservative Credit, Then Blows It With Embarrassing Victim Routine

Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis faces new criticism after a photo from an internal party call was shared on X.

Polis recently granted clemency to former Republican Mesa County election clerk Tina Peters, reducing her original nine-year prison sentence for a 2021 security breach involving election voting machines. After the Colorado Democratic Party responded by censuring him on May 20,  Polis appeared to take a Democratic Party call with his mouth duct-taped, according to a Wednesday X post by the Colorado Sun’s Jesse Aaron Paul.

“Gov. Jared Polis, fresh off being censured by the Colorado Democratic Party for letting Tina Peters, out of prison early, showed up today to a private, internal party call like this #copolitics,” Paul wrote in his post, which shows a screenshot of Polis with duct tape over his mouth and black headphones on.

A user replied to Paul’s post appearing to suggest that Polis be silent, writing, “The only thing we’ve ever asked to do…”

The governor replied to the user, “Making wishes come true.”

Polis has been condemned and censured by the Colorado Democratic Party and, “until further action,” is prohibited from participating as an honored guest, speaker, or representative of the Colorado Democratic Party.