would have done nothing? how could we have faced ourselves? so we did that. so i am so grateful to have been part of that. and then, why we did such common sense legislation, for gun safety. so our families and our kids could be safe. yeah, no. not going to regret that vote. i am proud of it. it is still law. senator morse, you did something career politicians would never do. don t take risks like this. certainly as senate leaders, leaders of legislative body, do not take risks like this. they don t risk their own jobs. i am sitting here tonight in awe of both of you the i have to say especially your leadership in the senate on this. did you know as you were moving this through the senate that this could cost you your job? and cost it in a recall? certainly. i mean we didn t expect that. but as a democrat in el paso
kurtis lee from the denver post. two senators facing recall on tuesday. if you could tell a national audience that doesn t know much about giron or know about morse, what the dynamics is, is one more vulnerable than the other, how are they looking? john morse is senator in colorado in el paso county which leans it s divided evenly among democrats, republicans and unaffiliated voters. it s a very competitive seat. that s why he was targeted in these recall efforts. in pueblo senator giron, in a much more democrat-leaning districts. they re not your denver or boulder liberals. they re more blue dog, to say. they re both facing recalls. millions have been poured into recalls from the national level, like you said in your setup piece. tuesday it comes to a head. colorado is a litmus test for
to win he we have to vote no and put this behind us. if we re unable to, don t think it sends a very good message about how we have done politics here in el paso county. i think another reason national people are involved in this race, michael bloomberg has sort of set himself up as the chief protector, at least financially, of people across the country who are willing to cast difficult votes for gun control. he s come through and, friends of his has come through, to support your campaign. that s been turned against you by the billionaire coming nuclear trying to buy our election. how is that message they ve used against you, saying this is an outsider coming nuclear trying to prop up john morse? how has that affected the race? has that been a problem for you? i really don t think it has. there hasn t been a single voter at the door that has brought up that issue. not a single one.
paso county republican parties. these were citizens. many democrats within this district that just couldn t take this gun control legislation. they feel like it s an assault on their second amendment rights. rick, i d like you to respond, the state democratic party. first of all, how engaged are you in these fights? how important is it for to you win these fights and what are you doing to make sure you will win? we re very engaged from day one and make sure both senator giron and john morse prevail. i think dick and i agree on a couple things inspect is a cultural issue. guns are cultural, especially in these two districts. this goes beyond culture. this is a temp tantrum now that folks have turned in and made people of colorado pay for it. we are talking about things going to cost half a million dlarz for both races to be put on. the point you made is a fair point. john morse is termed out in one year. angela giron is at the end of her first term in one year. why make the people o
it s like, yes. that s not how the other side talks about it and their talking points this looks like we re taking people s guns away. all they said is you have to reload after cranking out 15 rounds, get a background check, pay for it yourself, your concealed weapons training has to be in person instead of over the internet and we gave judges jurisdiction over domestic violence cases to sequester guns while under court s aus spiss. it s like, i don t disagree with any of that. i understand. the nra does but many nra members do not. all three of those arguments are working in our favor. not one in particular. i want to thank john morse, up for a vote on tuesday in colorado. also want to say thanks to dick wadham, kurtis lee, and thank you to rick palacio. how technology is changing