Gov. Jared Polis (D-CO) did something very unusual last week. When Polis granted Tina Peters’s clemency petition, allowing her to leave prison years ahead of her scheduled release date, there was no political or personal benefit to the governor.
As a Democratic governor in what has become a solidly blue state, Polis’s main constituency consists of members of his own party. Yet he enraged those very same people when he paved the way for the early release of Peters, a figure villainized on the Left for reasons that go far beyond her role in a data breach following the 2020 election.
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Polis displayed true courage, and if we as Americans want to see more courageous, principled actions by politicians, we should be unequivocal in our praise.
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Peters was convicted for actions she took as the Mesa County Clerk in
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