Adams County, CO GOP@Adams_GOP
STOP THE GASLIGHTING: Rural Colorado is paying the price for Denver’s failed priorities! 🏔️🚫
It is the height of hypocrisy to watch Governor Polis and Senators Hickenlooper and Bennet point fingers at President Trump for “callousness” when they’ve spent years mismanaging our state’s budget. For the first time in 35 years, Colorado has been denied a major disaster declaration—and it’s not hard to see why the federal government is skeptical of how we handle our money.
While the Democrats redirected millions in state resources to support illegal aliens and social programs that don't serve our citizens, they left Western Colorado vulnerable. Now, after the historic Elk and Lee fires scorched 137,000 acres and floods ravaged the Southwest, our rural communities are being left with the bill.
The Reality Check:
$27.5 Million in damages from the Rio Blanco County fires.
$13.8 Million in infrastructure damage from floods in La Plata, Archuleta, and Mineral counties.
Crucial energy infrastructure destroyed: High-voltage lines serving the Piceance Basin—which powers up to 5% of the nation's natural gas—remain in ruins, threatening local jobs and national energy security.
The Democrats want to blame the White House to hide their own ineffective leadership. They have the money for their political pet projects and illegal aliens, but when it comes to rebuilding the roads, culverts, and power lines that hard-working Coloradans rely on, the cupboard is suddenly bare.
Our rural communities shouldn't be "footing the bill" because the state’s priorities are backwards. It’s time for the state to stop the blame game, quit the virtue signaling, and start putting Colorado citizens first. 🇺🇸
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