New Colorado lawmaker invokes 9/11 to blast Ferguson and Eric Garner protests

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14. Disgusting, disappointing, not remotely surprising.

I live in the county where's he's been DA. Prior to being DA, he lost his job at the justice department due to ethics violations. As DA, he helped to plan the immigration raid at our meatpacking plant, a raid that made news for exceeding the warrants issued and violating the judge's terms for holding those apprehended. He collaborated with the sheriff in a raid on a tax prep service that caters to Hispanics, confiscating the files and trolling through them in hopes of finding lawbreakers; he got smacked by the state supreme court for that, but was allowed to continue as DA. He has also engaged in costly unsuccessful prosecutions that were nothing but political retaliation. That he is a darling of the tea party is testament to that vulgar infection in this part of the state; his buddy the sheriff is now a state senator, occupying the seat formerly held by a bigoted homophobe who claimed to be a Christian; Buck's wife serves in the state legislature and finds it funny that she doesn't know the boundaries of her district. Buck was endorsed by Citizens United, his sheriff friend boasted endorsement from Ted Nugent. They are good buddies with the all-GOP county commission who tried for secession not long ago. They all suck.

The good news is that they do NOT represent everyone in the state. Really.