Denver Dems back socialists at party assembly. Epps, Hernandez on the ballot

Socialist Democrat and self-declared man-of-the people Tim Hernandez locked up key special interest endorsements and once again won enough party insider support to make the ballot to run for state representative.

 He’s so proud of himself.

It’s official! We’re #1 on the ballot! 🌱🌹✊🏽 pic.twitter.com/EnkWNkoLdA

— TIM HERNÁNDEZ (@_timhernandez) March 17, 2024

Interestingly, he left his Palestinian keffiyeh at home.

Hernandez’s opponent had already petitioned her way onto the ballot and didn’t need to go the party insider route. Cecelia Espenoza submitted nearly 1,200 valid signatures, comfortably exceeding the required 1,000.

We can only imagine the pride of Denver’s Democrat Party at Saturday’s assembly in putting this man forward as Colorado’s finest among the mega progressive crowd at the state legislature.

Socialists. So many socialists.

To review:

Weekly reminder that there’s a sitting member of the CO House of Representatives who is a misogynistic racist, backs a violent race war, and openly roots for Hamas. #copolitics @COHouseGOP @ColoSenGOP @COpeakpolitics pic.twitter.com/b8O0l3dvaM

— Rob Fairbank (@robfairbank) March 11, 2024

Hernandez struggled for months to get the required 1,000 signatures to petition his way onto the ballot.

Apparently unsure of his footing with the party faithful, he finally filed the petitions just days before Saturday’s assembly.

Then during the assembly, Hernandez pushed out a last minute endorsement by the SEIU Union on X.

We’re not surprised unions would endorse a socialist like Hernandez.

But considering Denver’s new scheme to “zero out” worker hours, instead of calling it layoffs, and using the money instead to pay for hosting open border migrants, we’re surprised the workers would back him.

There’s just no accounting for the lack of common sense among Denver Democrat voters.

🎉 We did it y’all.
✅ Back on the ballot.
🏃🏽‍♀️ Next stop: Election Day!

2024 | 2022 pic.twitter.com/K8AIJRHiIf

— elisabeth epps (@elisabethepps) March 17, 2024

Jesse Paul over at the Colorado Sun posted on X that the vote for Epps still has to be verified, because she barely squeaked onto the ballot with support from 32% of about 100 delegates.

Epps’ challenger Sean Camacho walked away with 68% support.