THE COMING WEEKS.
THANK YOU.
>> THANKS, LELAND.
JOINING US IS COLORADO SENATOR
ALSO UP FOR REELECTION THIS
FALL, CORY GARDNER.
THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE ON
THIS SATURDAY.
>> GOOD MORNING, THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME.
>> SURE THING.
>> AND LET’S CONTINUE ON THE
ATLANTIC ARTICLE BECAUSE I WANT
YOUR RESPONSE TO NOT ONLY THE
ARTICLE, BUT THE REPORTING
REVOLVING AROUND IT AND THE
PRESIDENT’S RESPONSE.
WHAT’S YOUR TAKE?
>> LOOK, I’M NOT GOING TO
COMMENT ON ANONYMOUS SOURCES.
WHAT I’VE BEEN ABLE TO DO THE
LAST SIX YEARS IS WORK WITH
PRESIDENT OBAMA, AND PRESIDENT
TRUMP, AND THIS IS THE NEW HOME
OF THE SPACE COMMAND AND WE’VE
PUT MORE DOLLARS IN THE
VETERANS ADMINISTRATION SO WE
DON’T SEE THE DELAYS AND
MISTREATMENT OF OUR VETERANS AS
WE HAVE IN YEAR’S PAST.
I’M NOT GOING TO PLAY TO
ANONYMOUS SOURCES ABOUT WHAT
MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE SAID AND
PEOPLE LIKE JOHN BOLTON DIDN’T
THINK HE HEARD ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
>> FAIR ENOUGH.
LET’S TALK ABOUT THE SENATE
RACE BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT A LOT
OF FOLKS ARE TALKING ABOUT.
YOU WERE ONCE CALLED BY
DEMOCRATS THE MOST VULNERABLE
OF THE G.O.P. RUNNING FOR
REELECTION.
AND THAT THIS WAS YOUR
OPPONENT, FORMER COLORADO
GOVERNOR JOHN HICKENLOOPER’S
RACE TO LOSE.
THINGS HAVE CHANGED SINCE THEN
AND NOW YOU’RE IN A TIGHT RACE
HERE.
BUT BEFORE I GET YOUR RESPONSE.
I WANT TO PLAY AN AD THAT
HICKENLOOPER’S TEAM HAS PUT UP.
TAKE A LISTEN.
>> NO MORE HELP FOR STRUGGLING
RANCHERS AND SMALL BUSINESSES.
NO CORY GARDNER IS ON VACATION,
STILL SILENT ABOUT DONALD
TRUMP’S FAILURES ON COVID.
>> ALL RIGHT, YOUR RESPONSE?
>> WELL, LOOK, JOHN
HICKENLOOPER WOULDN’T SHOW UP
TO HIS OWN CORRUPTION TRIAL
TORE VIOLATING STATE ETHICS
LAWS.
HE WAS HELD IN CONTEMPT THE
FIRST COLORADAN IN OUR
COUNTRY--
IN OUR STATE TO BE HELD IN
VIOLATION OF THE STATE
CONSTITUTION.
IF HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT NOT
BEING THERE, HE SHOULD ANSWER
TO THE PEOPLE OF COLORADO WHY
HE DIDN’T SHOW UP TO HIS OWN
ETHICS TRIAL.
>> AND WE SHOULD MENTION WE
HAVE INVITED THE FORMER
GOVERNOR, JOHN HICKENLOOPER
ONTO THE SHOW, HE HAS NOT
RESPONDED OR HAS SAID NO AT
THIS TIME.
WE AWAIT THAT SO WE CAN GIVE
HIM A CHANCE TO REPLY TO ALL OF
THAT, BUT I ALSO WANT TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT YOUR TIES TO THE
PRESIDENT AND FIRST WE’LL PUT
UP SOME POLLING HERE.
BACK IN 2016, HILLARY CLINTON
BEAT PRESIDENT TRUMP HERE IN
THE STATE OF COLORADO.
SO YOU SEE THOSE NUMBERS THERE.
SHE BEAT HIM BY FIVE POINTS
HERE IN COLORADO AND RIGHT NOW,
WE’LL TAKE A LOOK AT NATIONAL
NUMBERS WITH THE PRESIDENT AND
JOE BIDEN, AND YOU CAN SEE THAT
HE, AGAIN, IS LEADING ON A
NATIONAL SCALE.
HOW CONCERNED ARE YOU ABOUT
TRYING TO SPLIT THE TICKET HERE
IN COLORADO IF IT CONTINUES ON
THE SAME TRACK THAT IT HAD IN
2016?
>> IF YOU LOOK AT THE LAST
ELECTIONS, REPUBLICANS HAVE
DONE BETTER IN EVERY SINGLE
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION BEGINNING
IN 2008.
DID BETTER 2012, DID BETTER
2016.
I ACTUALLY THINK THAT
REPUBLICANS ARE DOING BETTER
AND BETTER IN COLORADO FOR THE
ELECTION OF A REPUBLICAN
PRESIDENT.
WE’RE GOING TO TALK TO OUR FOUR
CORNERS OF OUR STATE THE
ACCOMPLISHMENTS THE LAST SIX
YEARS, THIRD MOST BIPARTISAN
MEMBER, PASSED MORE LAWS THAN
THE COLORADO CONGRESSIONAL
DELEGATION COMBINED.
WE’VE MOVED TO GRAND JUNCTION
AND SOMETHING THAT JOHN
HICKENLOOPER WANTS TO MOVE BACK
TO WASHINGTON D.C., AND ALONG
WITH JOE BIDEN.
WE STARTED CONSTRUCTION OF A
PIPELINE THAT JOHN F. KENNEDY
AUTHORIZED IN 1963 AND NEVER
GOT BUILT UNTIL WE GOT THE
MONEY FOR IT A COUPLE MONTHS
AGO TO BEGIN CONSTRUCTION.
LOOK, JOHN HICKENLOOPER IS
GOING TO HIDE IN HIS BASEMENT,
MAYBE ROOMING SOMEWHERE WITH
JOE BIDEN.
WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHMENTS TO TALK
ABOUT AND I THINK THE PEOPLE OF
COLORADO KNOW, THE BRIGHTER
FUTURE THAT WE HAVE SHOWING
OPTIMISM, CUTTING TAXES,
REGISTRY ENVIRONMENT THAT
INCREASES INVESTMENTS AND
GETTING COLORADO TO WORK.
>> THIS HAS BEEN A VERY
EXPENSIVE RACE, SOME OF YOU AND
YOUR OPPONENT ARE SOME OF THE
BEST KNOWN AND RECOGNIZED
POLITICIANS THE STATE HAS SEEN
