{"id":121217,"date":"2021-02-08T16:02:04","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T21:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=121217"},"modified":"2021-02-08T16:12:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T21:12:26","slug":"co-dems-move-to-censure-hickenlooper-for-voting-to-block-stimulus-checks-to-illegal-immigrants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/co-dems-move-to-censure-hickenlooper-for-voting-to-block-stimulus-checks-to-illegal-immigrants\/","title":{"rendered":"CO Dems Move to Censure Hickenlooper for Voting to Block Stimulus Checks to Illegal Immigrants"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fco-dems-move-to-censure-hickenlooper-for-voting-to-block-stimulus-checks-to-illegal-immigrants%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=121217&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/John-Hickenlooper-e1601660888825.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><span>Colorado Democrats are pushing to censure Sen. John Hickenlooper (D., Colo.) after he voted in favor of an amendment barring illegal immigrants from receiving federal stimulus checks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Three Colorado members of the DNC requested the Colorado Democratic Party censure Hickenlooper for violating the party platform with his vote in the Senate last week, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JustinWingerter\/status\/1358818678393946117?s=20\">according<\/a> to&nbsp;<em>Denver Post&nbsp;<\/em>reporter Justin Wingerter.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"posts-content__category-widget md:hidden -ml-4 -mr-4 my-8 px-4 py-6 bg-gray-100\">\n<h4 class=\"mt-0 text-red-600 font-medium font-sans uppercase\">Recent Stories in Democrats<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>The freshman senator and former Colorado governor joined seven other Democrats and all Senate Republicans to block pandemic stimulus checks from going to illegal immigrants. The amendment, which passed 58-42, is non-binding and will likely do little to change federal policy on the matter, as provisions preventing illegal immigrants from receiving stimulus funds already exist under current law.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Immigration advocates in the state said<\/span><span>&nbsp;Hickenlooper\u2019s vote was a &#8220;slap in the face&#8221; to the immigrant community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;<\/span><span>It&#8217;s a slap in the face,&#8221;<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westword.com\/restaurants\/hickenlooper-immigrant-stimulus-check-vote-angers-daca-recipient-restaurateur-11894600?fbclid=IwAR3-DOKG5kSpDOezxqEaEY5hXLIQooyixwtRNtQR04AuLCpAm1QhLhvBUIo\"><span>said<\/span><\/a><span>&nbsp;Denver-based immigrant advocate Alejandro Flores-Mu\u00f1oz. &#8220;We put our trust in people who look to our community for support during elections time and time again. And so many times, we&#8217;re disappointed. But this was done by someone who pledged support to our cause. This time, after I felt disappointed, I felt anger and betrayal.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Colorado did not elect John Hickenlooper to the Senate so he could cast chickensh*t votes,&#8221; Hans Meyer, an immigration lawyer in Denver,&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.denverpost.com\/2021\/02\/04\/john-hickenlooper-immigration-us-senate\/\">told<\/a>&nbsp;the&nbsp;<em>Denver Post<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;John Hickenlooper said that he wasn&#8217;t cut out to be a member of the U.S. Senate.&#8221; Colorado GOP spokesman Joe Jackson told the&nbsp;<em>Washington Free Beacon.<\/em>&nbsp;&#8220;I&#8217;m glad that some Colorado Democrats are starting to agree with that accurate assessment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><span>Hickenlooper&nbsp;<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/democrats\/hickenlooper-taps-lobbyist-to-lead-senate-office\/\"><span>tapped<\/span><\/a> <span>a former Democratic banking lobbyist to serve as his chief of staff last month after he promised on the campaign trail to distance himself from special interests.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"my-8 hide-print\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1526555381173-4\" class=\"mobile-250 desktop-90\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado Democrats are pushing to censure Sen. John Hickenlooper (D., Colo.) after he voted in favor of an amendment barring illegal immigrants from receiving federal stimulus checks. 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