I know that this is old news, but it does go to show the reaction of politicians who have lost touch with their respective jobs. When these two legislators rail-roaded the universal background check and magazine capacity laws through the Colorado State Legislature, they honestly did not think of the back blast that it would create from their constituents. This is the power of democracy in action. Both of them were recalled, and it is deeply troubling the reaction they both give when recalled through the democratic process. It is very clear that the ex-legislator did not believe that the people of Colorado had the right nor the power to take her job from her, and I would argue that this is a modern day of the "shot heard around the world". I do hope that the rest of the country takes a lesson from this and proceed to remove persons from office who do not represent their constituents. They are no better than us in status, and we sign their paychecks. For too long many legislators/governors etc believe that we serve them.
This is a testament to the power of the people exercising their right to remove a person from office who abuses their power. By all means they should not have been able to resist the passage of the laws in the first place due to backing from Mayor Bloomberg and his deep pockets. Video below.
-Andy
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