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VOLUME 37 • NUMBER 39 • AUGUST 22, 2019
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2019 Arapahoe Rodeo Queen Katrina Wright with Dan Liberatore walk through downtown Littleton during the 91st Annual Western Welcome Week Parade. Check out page 12 for more coverage of this weekend’s events!
Nikki Haley comes to Colorado for Cory Gardner BY FREDA MIKLIN STAFF WRITER
Former South Carolina Governor and U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley came to AMG Bank in Greenwood Village on August 19 to speak to a group of 200 of the party faithful, most of whom were women, about why they should work hard to get in-
cumbent Senator Cory Gardner re-elected in 2020. Haley opened by telling the crowd that Gardner “understands the foreign threats that are out there, in North Korea, in Syria.” Gardner sits on the Foreign Relations Committee. She went on, “As a member of the Senate’s Business Committee, he understands what it means to regulate but not
over-regulate.” His membership, she pointed out, on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is very important to Colorado. She continued, “If we don’t fight for Cory, we will start to see all the regulations come back, the Green New Deal, and Medicare for all. We will lose our private health insurance. We will see the tax cuts (Tax Cuts
and Jobs Act of 2017) taken back.” Haley said she is often asked to speak for elected officials but doesn’t always say yes. She said, “I believe in Cory Gardner and I don’t want to see the Republicans lose the Senate.” She described the current condition in the nation’s capital as, “It has never been as toxic as it is
in DC right now. Cory Gardner has been named one of the most effective bipartisan senators.’ Gardner added, “The only way to find solutions is to find common ground to accomplish goals,” reminding the audience that he was rated the Continued on page 18
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