{"id":7983,"date":"2026-07-16T21:21:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:21:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=7983"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:21:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T16:21:55","slug":"democratic-governor-declares-i-dont-want-socialists-to-destroy-my-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=7983","title":{"rendered":"Democratic Governor Declares I \u2018Don\u2019t Want Socialists\u2019 to \u2018Destroy\u2019 My State"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5736961\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5736961\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5736961\" src=\"https:\/\/am11.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/06\/AP26170035192906.jpg\" alt=\"Democratic congressional candidates, Claire Valdez, Brad Lander, and Darializa Avila Chevalier gesture on stage with Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a Get Out The Vote rally ahead of New York&apos;s primary election, Thursday, June 18, 2026, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. (AP Photo\/Ryan Murphy)\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5736961\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(AP Photo\/Ryan Murphy)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Colorado Governor<strong> Jared Polis<\/strong> (D) pulled no punches this week in jabbing the rising socialists within his own party in a reply on social media to a state representative criticizing his personal wealth. Colorado politics this election cycle have been among the most dramatic in the country (if not by far the most insane of any state), and Polis\u2019s battle against the Democratic Socialists of America has added yet another dimension to the drama.<\/p>\n<p>Following <strong>Zohran Mamdani&#8217;s<\/strong> (D) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/mamdani-backed-chevalier-praised-north-koreas-kim-in-unearthed-communist-friendly-tweets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">winning slate<\/a> of DSA candidates in New York City, Denver voters ousted a 15-term incumbent Democratic Party congresswoman in favor of a DSA candidate in late June. Since that primary rocked Colorado politics, Polis has been warning about socialism as a \u201cdangerous\u201d policy for the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSocialism dangerously concentrates political and economic power together. Government should be an independent check on the private sector, not the owner of it and not controlled by it,\u201d Polis wrote in a Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/PolisForColorado\/posts\/pfbid02ZejvFCWooiWtGvySdLUKeQXMPdLdwy6NaWiNoaHswcqms4t5w885RVRKv3FUPTAZl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> earlier in the week, adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>And people are rightfully jaded that our country has not been able to deliver on basic things like universal healthcare which every other wealthy capitalist country has. It\u2019s a frustration that I shared when I voted for the baby-steps forward Affordable Care Act years ago in Congress even though I felt we deserved so much more. But fascism and socialism aren&#8217;t the answer. Canada, Europe, Japan all have free universal healthcare and none of them are socialist or fascist. We can do it here, too.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Colorado state Rep. <strong>Yara Zokaie<\/strong> (D) replied to the post in a clip on social media. \u201cCan someone tell Jared Polis that you can&#8217;t have universal health care while protecting the profits of giant insurance companies? What we have here is one of the state&#8217;s richest men, who has made his entire tenure as governor about padding the pockets of those as wealthy as him, trying to convince us that the real threat is socialism. Colorado, we can do so much better than this,\u201d Zokaie fumed in the clip.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"0f4ebf0cb5bb09fd2c68a108c0e32f0c\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I\u2019m not scared of anyone. I just care deeply about our state and don\u2019t want the socialists to destroy it. In a Colorado for all we don\u2019t think less of anyone because of their net worth. Whether you have no money or are millionaire, we love you in Colorado and want you thrive. <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s.w.org\/images\/core\/emoji\/17.0.2\/72x72\/2764.png\" alt=\"\u2764\" class=\"wp-smiley\" style=\"height: 1em;max-height: 1em\" \/>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EyVfwz372i\">https:\/\/t.co\/EyVfwz372i<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jared Polis (@jaredpolis) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/jaredpolis\/status\/2077475783879360997?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Polis shot back, sharing the clip and adding:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>I\u2019m not scared of anyone. I just care deeply about our state and don\u2019t want the socialists to destroy it. In a Colorado for all we don\u2019t think less of anyone because of their net worth. Whether you have no money or are millionaire, we love you in Colorado and want you thrive.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks to socialism, the average Zimbabwean became a trillionaire.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Polis is term-limited and appears to be exiting politics when his term ends in early 2027, having adamantly insisted he won\u2019t run for president. Polis\u2019s recent decision to pardon pro-Trump election denier Tina Peters has led to criticism from inside his party in the state.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/politics\/democratic-governor-declares-i-dont-want-socialists-to-destroy-my-state\/\">Democratic Governor Declares I \u2018Don\u2019t Want Socialists\u2019 to \u2018Destroy\u2019 My State<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(AP Photo\/Ryan Murphy) Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) pulled no punches this week in jabbing the rising socialists within his own party in a reply on social media to a state representative criticizing his personal wealth. 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