he had with him at the time. colorado springs home county is also especially hostile to the red flag law. the el paso county sheriff s office declared it a second amendment preservation county, and has refused to enforce aspects of it. meanwhile, no formal charges have yet been filed against the suspect who has been released from the hospital and turned over to el paso county sheriff s office. he s expected to appear virtually in court tomorrow. and tributes continue for the five murders victims, kelly loving, derrick rump, daniel aston, ashley paugh, and raymond green vance. vance s girlfriend was the daughter of one of saturday s heroes, army veteran richard fierro, who was at the club with his family and described how he and others took down the suspect and saved countless lives. i just know, i got into mode. and i needed to save my family. and that family was at that time, everybody in that room.
that was horrible. i wanted him i told him i was probably going to die. that i had been shot. as club q victims recover, a look at why colorado is especially susceptible to the kind of deadly violence we saw on saturday night and the state s long character arc from a state riddled with intolerance and gun violence to one that had started to turn it around. also tonight, the political media wants you to believe ron desantis was the big winner from the midterms. i ll tell you why they re wrong and talk with arguably the biggest winner of all, the governor they call big gretch, gretchen whitmer. plus, a very bad day in court for donald trump and his lawyers for all of the efforts to defend the indefensible probably won t even get paid. we begin with the colorado springs community still mourning saturday s mass shooting at club q. a tragic reminder of the ongoing lgbtq hate we live with. but also of what it means that a
this happened. and you know, how secure and comfortable do you feel? honestly, my sense of security is gone. i have been living in colorado springs since 2007. and this is the first time that, like, honestly i don t feel safe. i m looking both ways now as i walk to my car, and it s literally five feet from my doorstep. i m, you know, i feel like any loud sound i hear, i m like immediately ducking or running. and it shouldn t have to be like that. like, it s very terrifying. it s very terrifying. yeah. and nadine, there is a community of allies obviously in colorado springs. mr. fierro, who is one of the big heroes of the night, it was his first time at a drag show. he was there with his wife and kids, blowing up this idea. i have been to drag shows where there were kids there. it s a lot of fun.
support, there s also a threat of harm, and we re trying our best to mitigate that as we continue to protect the folks in colorado springs and across the state. joshua thurman, i hope that you can feel, i think all of our audience is giving you big virtual hugs right now. i hope you can feel them, and that they are healing for you. i have seen a few of your interviews, and you re so moving. and we are glad that you are still here. we re very glad that you are still here. god bless you, and nadine bridges, thank you for all that you do in my growing up state of colorado. up next on the reidout, she is one of the democrats biggest stars. governor gretchen whitmer joins me following an impressive midterm for democrats in michigan and across the region. the reidout continues after this.
the owners, the managers, they were just so friendly, the bartenders. every weekend was a theme party. it was, from the bartenders to the deejays to the go go dancers, it was home. it was home to a lot of people. and to not have that anymore hurts. but i mean, we do have other places here in the springs, but again, that was home to a lot of people that, you know, performed there, made names for themselves there. i can list a number, but it s more about the people that lost their lives senselessly over what? you know. yeah. yeah. indeed. let me bring you in, nadine. i grew up in denver, and i can tell you denver and kauld springs growing up there is very different. when i think colorado springs, i think focus on the family.