‘A dangerous and disappointing precedent’: TDS triggers lefty state’s Dems to punish 1 of their own

By Bob Unruh

Jared Polis (Official portrait)
Gov. Jared Polis, D-Colo.

An anti-Trump phobia, widely known as Trump Derangement Syndrome, apparently has prompted Democrats in the far-left state of Colorado to punish one of their own.

That would be Gov. Jared Polis, who reduced former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters’ sentence from nine years to four-and-a-half, making her eligible for parole in just weeks.

The situation is that the nine-year sentence already had been ruled unconstitutional by an appeals court, so it was on its way out anyway. Polis took the opportunity to bend a knee to President Donald Trump, who repeatedly has criticized the Democrat state’s war on Peters, by reducing her term.

She was convicted of various counts stemming from her attempts to document the voting record in her state in the 2020 presidential race.

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Polis was in an especially bad circumstance, as one of his friends recently had been convicted on similar charges, and was handed probation.

The Washington Examiner reported the state Democrat party approved a measure to censure Polis for his clemency move.

“The vote, approved by 90% of the Democratic Party’s State Central Committee, means he will not be allowed to participate as an honored guest, speaker, or recognized representative of the party at party functions,” the report said.

“Reducing her sentence now, under pressure from Donald Trump, is not justice,” the leftists in the Colorado Democratic Party, who in recent years have pushed extremism to the farthest reaches, said.

“It sends a message to future bad actors that election tampering has consequences, unless you’re friends with the president. That’s a dangerous and disappointing precedent to set.”

The party claimed the clemency hurt them, their “institutional credibility” and more.

Peters was accused of letting an outside person access the Mesa County voting equipment.

“Peters said she made the move to preserve evidence she believed proved that Dominion Voting Systems and Colorado Secretary of State Jena Griswold coordinated a statewide software update to erase election system data from Dominion machines to help then-Democratic candidate Joe Biden win the presidency,” the report said.

“After making a copy of a hard drive during an update of election equipment in May 2021, images of Mesa County voting systems were later posted online, leading to charges…”

Curiously, the Democrat secretary of state in Colorado, Griswold, also was found to have posted pages and pages of election system passwords online, but she was never reprimanded much less charged.

Polis defended his actions by noting Peters’ concerns about election interference and her statements about that were protected speech under the First Amendment.

The state Court of Appeals had confirmed that, canceling her original sentence.

“I think it’s important that speech is never used as a basis for punishment.… It’s well-settled that the First Amendment generally prohibits punishing someone for their protected speech, and the trial court’s comments about Peters’s belief about the existence of election fraud went beyond relevant considerations for her sentencing,” Polis warned.

It was Sen. Michael Bennet, one of Colorado’s two leftist senators, who erupted in rage over Polis’ action:

“I vehemently disagree with Gov. Polis’s decision to commute Tina Peters’ sentence. She broke the law, undermined our elections, and was convicted…” He demanded adherence to the “rule of law.”

Since the original sentence was thrown out, a re-sentencing process had just begun when Polis changed his mind.

Theoretically, she could have been sentenced then to time served.

WorldNetDaily reported earlier on Trump’s opinion of Polis, regarding the Peters case.

He had said, before the governor’s change of heart, Polis can “rot in Hell.”

On social media, Trump posted, “God Bless Tina Peters, who is now, for two years out of nine, sitting in a Colorado Maximum Security Prison, at the age of 73, and sick, for the ‘crime’ of trying to stop the massive voter fraud that goes on in her State (where people are leaving in record numbers!). Hard to wish her a Happy New Year, but to the Scumbag Governor, and the disgusting ‘Republican’ (RINO!) DA, who did this to her (nothing happens to the Dems and their phony Mail In Ballot System that makes it impossible for a Republican to win an otherwise very winnable State!). I wish them only the worst. May they rot in Hell. FREE TINA PETERS!”

Trump earlier announced on social media:

“For years, Democrats ignored Violent and Vicious Crime of all shapes, sizes, colors, and types. Violent Criminals who should have been locked up were allowed to attack again. Democrats were also far too happy to let in the worst from the worst countries so they could rip off American Taxpayers. Democrats only think there is one crime – Not voting for them! Instead of protecting Americans and their Tax Dollars, Democrats chose instead to prosecute anyone they can find that wanted Safe and Secure Elections. Democrats have been relentless in their targeting of TINA PETERS, a Patriot who simply wanted to make sure that our Elections were Fair and Honest Tina is sitting in a Colorado prison for the “crime” of demanding Honest Elections. Today I am granting Tina a full Pardon for her attempts to expose Voter Fraud in the Rigged 2020 Presidential Election!”

Bob Unruh

Bob Unruh joined WND in 2006 after nearly three decades with the Associated Press, as well as several Upper Midwest newspapers, where he covered everything from legislative battles and sports to tornadoes and homicidal survivalists. He is currently a news editor for the WND News Center, and also a photographer whose scenic work has been used commercially. Read more of Bob Unruh's articles here.


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