Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper announces 2020 presidential campaign

[UpInArms]

Source: CNN

Denver (CNN) Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper on Monday announced he is running for president, launching a 2020 campaign in which he will lean on his Western roots and decades of executive experience.

He made the announcement in a video titled "Standing Tall," which tracks Hickenlooper's life from laid-off geologist, to owner of a brew pub, to mayor of Denver and to governor, and touts the Democrat's experience in a variety of fields as a key reason he should be the person to take on President Donald Trump in 2020. Hickenlooper casts the President as a "bully" in the more than two-minute video.

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Democrats in Washington and in Colorado have pushed Hickenlooper to challenge Republican Sen. Cory Gardner, who is up for reelection in 2020. But Hickenlooper had said he dreaded the idea of being a legislator after years as an executive.

Far from a liberal firebrand, Hickenlooper believes that there is a portion of the Democratic primary electorate that is hungry for someone who is able to defeat Trump without getting into the gutter with him.

Read more: https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2019/03/04/politics/john-hickenlooper-presidential-campaign/index.html

[duforsure]

1. Any Democrat who wins the nomination

Will be backed by a huge majority to stop this trump hate group and fascist takeover from advancing any more. The American people have started realizing trump's bait and switching them into the poor house now after his and the gop tax scam is exposed for what it really is, a scam for the wealthy to make us pay for their huge tax windfalls now. This new candidate has just as much a chance as anyone else does now. Ignore their polls, they aren't to be trusted. just like trump and the gop , they cannot ever be trusted again.

[brooklynite]

2. I was honored to be included on his announcement call last night...

He'll be making the announcement on GMA at about 8:30

[moreland01]

4. Not so sure.

We here in Colorado call him Gov. Frackenlooper for his undying support for Oil and Gas. If you haven't driven through eastern Colorado in a while, you'd be shocked by the never-ending oil rigs and fracking sites. I'm voting for whatever Dem ends up on my General Election ballot. But in the primaries, he's not my first choice.

[elleng]

8. Thanks for the info.

[Gumboot]

10. Agreed 100%.

Frackenlooper sold out the north eastern Front Range and Western Slope to drilling companies. Many folks there have lost their generations-old well water supplies, and cancers are on the rise.

Hick needs to disappear quietly.

[CanonRay]

5. I believe he also opposed marijuana legalization.

Please correct me it I am wrong...it was a while ago.

[irisblue]

6. He's a tight buddy with John Kasich, Fox fiend & ex Gov & more Fox fiend.

Hickenloopers friend there is a cause for concern for me.
Who are his other RW buddies?

[irisblue]

7. To add Kasich has worked for Fox many times since the 90s.

[DeminPennswoods]

9. Don't see any constituency for his candidacy

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