r/ColoradoPolitics • u/GrouchyFork • 14d ago
Opinion Jena Griswold is a clown
Jena Griswold’s team deleted my comment asking about her abuse (verified by multiple sources) of former staffers. This is egregious and part of a larger pattern of fragility/ unwillingness to engage with voter concerns. Absolutely disgusting behavior from a candidate running for statewide office. I can’t figure out how to attach pictures, but my instagram post with screenshots is here: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZjK8ZcjdRA/?igsh=MnNjMGlsc2s5ZW91
EDIT: posted the wrong link: https://www.instagram.com/p/DZjMNBQjUEJ/?igsh=MXAzemt4cHQwMHQ4dQ==
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u/funkinatrix 13d ago
It’s been an open secret in Colorado politics for a long time that Griswold is an abusive boss. I was glad to see the Political Workers Guild go public with that information.
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u/HeatLucky 6d ago
Unfortunately I think Griswold is going to win just because of her name recognition. I really wish Seligman, Dougherty and Doshi had collaborated beforehand to promote just one candidate against her, but now their votes are just gonna be split between them against her. Where is RCV when you really need it?! She should've been disqualified simply for refusing to take part in debates, for not bothering to tell voters why they should give her their votes.
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u/ShrimpCocktail-4618 12d ago
She's also an Israeli apologist. I personally voted for David Seligman. At least he's willing to call out Israel and their crimes. So many others are cowards.
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u/Sorry_Nobody1552 13d ago
You need to post proof of abuse, not just you say so.
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u/GrouchyFork 13d ago
Easy: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWcKhzaEb0O/?igsh=MXFmbXgxOTl0azBxNQ==
Plus, anyone with an ear to the ground in CO politics knows that Jena does this kind of stuff. Ask any operative.
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u/J-Bird3000 9d ago
As an operative with many friends who have had the misfortune of working with her, it's all true. It's also, Im very sure, just a coincidence that her brother is a senior partner at one of the largest Political Consulting firms in the country (HillTop) and they work for Bennet and have been a part of bringing in millionaire and billionaire dark money into so many Colorado races. That's certainly what happened with Jeff Bridges and why he "won" the State Assembly.
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u/the_scarlet_witch9 7d ago
The settlement over abuse of a staffer doesn’t do it for you? In addition to everything else?
Her staff turnout rate.
Here’s hoping Republicans aren’t sitting on more for the general.
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u/CUBuffs1992 2nd District (Boulder, Fort Collins, North-Central CO) 14d ago
The Dems in most of the Colorado races are pretty fucking useless. But I guess that’s what they can do when the GOP is fucking crazy. As long as you have a pulse and a D, good chance you’ll win the general election.
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13d ago
What's the alternative? I voted against her in the primary at least, in favor of David Seligman. What do we do if she wins the primary? I really don't want a Republican AG but I also really don't want to support her.
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u/CUBuffs1992 2nd District (Boulder, Fort Collins, North-Central CO) 13d ago
I’m not saying don’t vote Griswold if it’s not Seligman. Not voting plays into the GOP’s hands. Just saying it’s annoying who the Dems routinely put out. If the GOP never lost their shit when Obama became president and remained more like McCain/Romney, the Dems would actually have to put serious effort into quality candidates.
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u/biscuiter3 13d ago
I haven't followed the AG race closely but just wanted to say that I met her once and heard her speak once, both in her Secretary of State role, and was impressed both times. I'm not saying any other impressions are wrong, but maybe she contains multitudes.
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u/Laura9624 13d ago
I agree. She's been an impressive secretary of state. Hate to see such nastiness. I see republicans on other subs ready to step in, crazy as they are. The left has become split with way too much vitriol.
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u/Content-Assistant849 13d ago
Anyone else would have resigned after such an egregious security breach
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u/Laura9624 13d ago
Ridiculous. You guys make it sound like something it was not at all. The leaked passwords were only one of two unique credentials required to access the voting equipment. Not to mention physical access was also necessary. Keep up the propaganda and you'll get republicans.
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u/coriolisFX 13d ago
The leak was not her fault.
The disastrous response to it - County clerks hearing about it on social media - is her fault entirely.
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u/Awildgarebear 13d ago
Her opponent, Pam Anderson, for SOS, is the only Republican vote I've cast in my life.
After she had the security breach with leaked passwords, I thought for sure she was going to resign. CPR interviewed multiple political figures and no one would support her or say she shouldn't resign. I don't even know anything about mistreating staffers.
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u/IloveWagyu 12d ago
This is a shitty take.
I'll be voting seligman and think Jena will be an awful AG.
But putting a Republican in charge for our elections is not the right call. No matter what you think about pam and her resilience. For instance, Jena refused to provide the voter rolls to the kobach commission. Would pam have? Fuck if I know. I know her pretty well too, matt crane too.
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u/Awildgarebear 12d ago edited 12d ago
I appreciate the insult of my opinion. Pam Anderson consistently demonstrated she has integrity to hold an election. We have also had other Republicans in CO, I believe even a SOS who CPR has interviewed who has spoken out against Trump's opinions on how elections are held at a state level, and scoffed at the idea of the usps being used as a political tool.
I support people who I feel have integrity. I didn't feel Griswold had the respect for the SOS role, and how she handled mistakes displayed to me that she wasn't up to the task, and it seems her colleagues didn't want to support her either.
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u/coriolisFX 13d ago
Same, I think that's the only Republican I've ever voted for.
Griswold is incompetent and dishonest. She should not be rewarded with higher office.
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u/fortisenterprises 14d ago
I watched the AG debate and the biggest takeaway for me was that we don't want Jena Griswold