Cory Gardner shown in pictures, video meeting with notorious Philippines leader Rodrigo Duterte

[angka]

Source: Denver Post

ProgressNow Colorado, a left-leaning advocacy organization, quickly condemned the meeting and demanded “a full accounting of Gardner’s meeting with a murderous strongman who has been condemned by international human rights organizations.”

“Sen. Cory Gardner owes the people of Colorado an explanation for why he can’t meet with us, but has time to visit with murderous Filipino strongman Rodrigo Duterte,” said ProgressNow’s executive director Ian Silverii. “Since taking office last year, Duterte’s regime has been accused of thousands of extrajudicial killings, encouraging lawless vigilante violence against civilians, and threats against journalists. Duterte has boasted about personally committing murder. Duterte is the last person Sen. Gardner should be associating with, and yet there he was — a headline in Filipino news media, smiling and shaking hands with this murderous strongman.”

President Donald Trump and Duterte spoke on the phone about two months ago. A White House statement in April described the call as “very friendly” and said the U.S.-Philippine alliance “is now heading in a very positive direction.”

Duterte has taken a friendlier approach with Trump versus the antagonistic stance he had toward President Barack Obama, who he once told to “go to hell” for criticizing the Philippine leader’s bloody anti-drug crackdown.

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/2017/06/01/cory-gardner-philippines-rodrigo-duterte/

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See also: Gardner All Smiles With Philippine President Duterte

See also: Sen. Gardner Meets with Murderous Filipino Strongman but Won’t Host Town Hall in Colorado

[Turbineguy]

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On edit: Bad answer. Brain fart. Or something. A thousand pardons.

[muriel_volestrangler]

3. Booker is not Gardner (nt)

[Turbineguy]

5. ya know.....

it really pays to read these posts before replying....

[rpannier]

9. I have to admit for a second I was thinking Booker

And was confused why he owed the people of Colorado an explanation
Then I remembered there was a second Corey in the Senate

[grantcart]

7. The technical term for that kind of post is a "grantcart", lol.

[LisaM]

11. I did the same thing....

I thought it was another nonsense anti-Booker post at first; luckily, it was someone else.

[brokephibroke]

2. thanks a lot

after listening to trump for the last 45 minutes, you pile this shit on???

Cory Gardner is my senator - one term Cory.

[politicat]

10. Yup. Time to go hit a local office and demand an explanation.

Thinking Fort Collins, on Monday.

Just as a public service, here's the list of all of his offices:

503 N. Main Street, Suite 426
Pueblo, CO 81003
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

102 S. Tejon Street, Suite 930
Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

1125 17th Street, Suite 525
Denver, CO 80202
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

400 Rood Avenue, Federal Bldg., Suite 220
Grand Junction, CO 81501
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

801 8th Street, Suite 140A
Greeley, CO 80631
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

2001 S. Shields Street, Building H
Fort Collins, CO 80526
Phone: [phone]


529 North Albany Street, Suite 1220
Yuma, CO 80759
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

329 S. Camino Del Rio, Suite I
Durango, CO 81303
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

354 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510
Phone: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

And if someone happens to be from out of state yet wants to call and voice one's complaint, just be sure to give whoever answers a local zip code.

[brokephibroke]

15. I'm in Ft Collins on Weds

Check out coloradopols today, lots of Cory stuff...

[politicat]

12. Oh, also, Welcome to DU! Nice to have you!

The Colorado group is pretty quiet, but that's true of most of the state groups.

[brokephibroke]

13. Thanks

Btw, I have a customer in Yuma and he knows Cory. He is not to impressed with him, says cory has a great smile but really never listened to others...

I worked really hard on the Udall campaign and felt betrayed by the others here. Udall was a solid person who really cared about the CO tech community.

[politicat]

16. Yes, yes, yes.

Mark is just a wonderful human being.

I think The Grinning Asshat was a Koch proof of concept -- they poured so much money into that race, and they A/B tested a lot of the more toxic methods they've used in subsequent races. Waste of hair and molecules, that guy.

[irisblue]

4. republican senator...surprise! Not

[ProudLib72]

6. Last time I heard from Gardner

He was sending me an email explaining how wonderful Sessions was and how he was proud to approve of him for AG. He's an asshole.

[Greywing]

14. I got that email too ... I told him to f**k off

maybe that's why I haven't heard from him again.

[stuffmatters]

17. It's flat out obscene that Gardener represents Colorado