Sen. Cory Gardner voted for Kavanaugh and 8 other reasons he has got to go in November

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Cory Gardner, a Republican from Colorado, got voted into the Senate in 2014 on some big promises. Six years later, he has failed miserably to deliver on his silver-tongued speeches. He has cozied up to President Trump in an attempt to seek influence with friends in high places.

He has created far more enemies, however, and these are the nine reasons why he should NOT get reelected in November.

1. Who needs witnesses in an impeachment trial?

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Gardner voted against having witnesses in Trump’s impeachment trial.

“I do not believe we need to hear from an 18th witness. I have approached every aspect of this grave constitutional duty with the respect and attention required by law, and have reached this decision after carefully weighing the House managers and defense arguments and closely reviewing the evidence from the House, which included well over 100 hours of testimony from 17 witnesses.”

The nation’s leader could be abusing his presidential power, exposing national security for his political gain, blackmail, corruption. Who needs witnesses?

2. Anti-Trump Republicans want him out too

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Gardner has tried to woo centrist Democrats and Republicans. The results? He has made friends with neither.

Fellow Republicans have slammed Gardner for voting along party lines during the trial for Trump’s impeachment. Using his state and party as stepping stones for an ear to the President, an ad by the Lincoln Project attacked Gardner for “putting Trump over Colorado every time.”

This is the same Cory Gardner who was the first Republican to call Trump out on the deadly 2017 “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville:

What happened to your big stance against the big man? As for Trump’s response—he praises Gardner’s “tremendous” work to maintain Republican control of the Senate.

Tremendous backscratching and tremendous double standards.

3. Cultivating failures

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Cory Gardner failed to deliver any of his campaign promises on healthcare, energy, or the economy. What happened to being the “new kind of Republican” and promising to reduce “wasteful and duplicative federal programs?

4. ‘Disturbing’ history promoting harsh anti-abortion laws

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Those are the words chosen by Mark Udall for his anti-Garnder ad. He alleged that Cory Gardner, a strict Lutheran, was against women’s rights and would have devastating consequences for abortion rights and the rights to birth control.

A viral ad depicted a dystopian future where Gardner had banned birth control, but the Republican defended his position. He advocated for over-the-counter birth control but made it more expensive. Also, he is fundamentally anti-abortion.

5. Cory Gardner is a double-speaking turncoat

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In March 2016, Gardner said, “But the bottom line is that we need to elect a Republican who shares the values of the Republican party and that’s not Donald Trump.”

Now he is endorsing the President because “it’s the right thing to do for Colorado.”

Yet another Republican who will desperately cling onto the person clutching the purse-strings, even when the President puts himself first—over party and nation.

Gardner is clinging onto Trump like a life-jacket, but he cannot see that it is loaded with lead.

6. A lapdog without a bone

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The saddest thing for Gardner is that all this Trumpeting has not gotten him very far. Of a recent order for 500 ventilators for Colorado, the feds swiped 4/5. For all of Garnder’s loyalty to Trump, he got a mere 100 ventilators back.

7. Gardner has a shady track record

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Where do the values of this twice-elected Republican senator lie? We may need a torch for this because they are very dark.

He voted for accused sex offender Kavanaugh, and he is against abortion even in cases of incest or rape. In 2012, the National Journal ranked Gardner the 10th most conservative member of the House.], but just one year later, he was 98th.

Can leopards change their spots that fast?

8. Gardner spends big cash on his priority: his reelection

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The 2020 reelection campaign may be one of the most expensive yet. Some candidates have already been accused of pushing their finance limits.

Gardner is involved with ten joint fundraising committees — with five new ones just this month. Plus, he has a money trail of over $8 million since 2015, according to the Colorado Sun. Where is this money going?

Most of Gardner’s Colorado spending goes to two crucial outlets: his reelection campaign and traveling.

The Colorado joint committee recently spent over $43,000 for catering from the Minturn Country Club steakhouse. A further $23,000 was set aside for “campaign attire.”

The Federal Election Campaign has already sent two letters to Gardner regarding discrepancies in his campaign financing.

9. Gardner still opposes universal healthcare — even during a pandemic!

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Amid a deadly pandemic that has killed over 56,000 Americans, many say it is finally time to rethink universal healthcare. Cory Gardner does not agree.

Cory Gardner, alongside GOP leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, is still trying to kill Obamacare and therefore remove protection from those who need it most during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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