U.S. Rep. Jeff Hurd’s betrayal of the people of Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District should have opened the door for the leaders of the Colorado Democratic Party to back a candidate ready to fight for the real needs of working families. Instead, the party has chosen Alex Kellof – a millionaire investor whose vague platform touts job creation but says nothing about liberating us from the grip of our scandalous for-profit health insurance system. Nor does he address the urgent need for the wealthiest Americans to finally pay taxes at effective rates equal-or-greater to those paid by middle-income Coloradans.
Worse still, Kellof’s generic call for “a strong military” may help him court donations from the military-industrial complex, but it ignores the runaway defense budget that is already devouring the resources we’ll need to navigate a just transition into an AI-driven economy – one that’s poised to displace millions of capable, hardworking Americans.
Kellof’s milquetoast platform plays right into the hands of Republicans who peddle false promises to struggling families just to secure another seat for Donald Trump’s cruel and reckless agenda. When will Democratic leaders wake up and speak to the true, urgent needs of our people? Until they do, they will continue to lose elections – and the trust of the very people they claim to represent.
Eric Treider
Trinidad
