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OGBuzz

(836 posts)
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:21 PM Jun 1

One whole day after being released from prison Tina Peters was on

Last edited Mon Jun 1, 2026, 04:04 PM - Edit history (1)

Steve Bannon's podcast denying the 2020 election results and claiming that Democrats will cheat again in the mid-terms and in 2028.
Governor Polis made a mistake by commuting her sentence, she has zero remorse for her crimes.

(edited out 'pardoned', inserted 'commuting')

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One whole day after being released from prison Tina Peters was on (Original Post) OGBuzz Jun 1 OP
If there are any journalists left in Colorado, they need to sniff around the governor & find out why he caved Attilatheblond Jun 1 #1
Some of us think it has to do with the Colorado River Compact. But niyad Jun 1 #2
I'm a Colorado resident... mede8er Jun 1 #33
Yours is a very generous and kind perspective. I am not quite there yet niyad Jun 1 #37
Sorry, but this just reinforces the idea that money buys everything. colorado_ufo Jun 1 #38
Extortion? Cirsium Jun 1 #40
Strongarm bribe MW67 Jun 2 #50
Nope. If we don't punish them the corruption will never end. travelingthrulife Jun 2 #48
Polis should be expelled from the party. What he did was inexcusable and unforgivable Takket Jun 1 #6
+1 Celerity Jun 1 #10
And she can prove it, but, won't show that proof in a courtroom under oath. blm Jun 1 #12
Knew it MustLoveBeagles Jun 1 #28
I have an Earworm Roy Rolling Jun 2 #44
Hello OGBuzz...... pdxflyboy Jun 1 #3
Agreed. An amicable divorce would be much more preferable, like Czechoslovakia in '93, but I don't think that's likely. OGBuzz Jun 1 #7
You've Forgotten 2021-2025 Already? ColoringFool Jun 1 #24
Haven't forgotten, the best President since President Obama. OGBuzz Jun 1 #35
There will not be a second Civil War. Jeez Louise. 🙄 ColoringFool Jun 1 #23
ypu expect them to win in 2028? or a cancelled election? rampartd Jun 1 #27
they will NEVER accept a democrat as legitimate. rampartd Jun 1 #26
Peters should have gotten a clue Trump lost the 2020 election when he packed & fled Washington DC, January 20th, 2021 RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Jun 1 #4
I wish we cheated in 2024 and 2022 Johonny Jun 1 #5
How can we cheat and then... LakeVermilion Jun 2 #54
Wow: I never saw that coming! Chasstev365 Jun 1 #8
Polis is a tool MustLoveBeagles Jun 1 #29
He was extorted or something, whcih si no excuse obamanut2012 Jun 1 #9
The question that should be Blue Full Moon Jun 1 #11
We need to remember these details. yellow dahlia Jun 1 #13
Her future appearance fees and payoffs depend on her usefulness and consistency. Harker Jun 1 #14
And some wonder why people do not have faith in Democrats. republianmushroom Jun 1 #15
Polis is just showing popsdenver Jun 1 #17
Tina Peters was not pardoned Progressive dog Jun 1 #16
I stand corrected. Either way, she should be in prison. OGBuzz Jun 1 #20
Important correction: VMA131Marine Jun 1 #18
O.K. Commuted. She has a great future ahead of her pushing her stolen election bullshit every time a Democrat OGBuzz Jun 1 #21
Mistake? I think I would call it something other than that. Bev54 Jun 1 #19
SHOW US THE EVIDENCE maxsolomon Jun 1 #22
Aren't accusations proof? Asking for MAGAts. OGBuzz Jun 1 #36
This woman now has a debt to pay to Trump for getting her out of prison. hamsterjill Jun 1 #25
She is a MAGA martyr. She was "wrongfully" persecuted by the evil Biden Regime, she OGBuzz Jun 1 #30
That may be. But Trump always collects. hamsterjill Jun 1 #32
It's Democratic Governor, not Democrat Governor. SunSeeker Jun 2 #41
You are correct... Biglinda 52 Jun 2 #51
Won't happen again.👍 OGBuzz Jun 2 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author OGBuzz Jun 1 #31
She has been completely unapologetic the entire fucking time, and said she would gladly do it all over again. What did Karasu Jun 1 #34
My only wish is, i hope she fucks up and breaks another law. THEN bluestarone Jun 1 #39
We Knew that was coming. Cha Jun 2 #42
She is horrible Trueblue1968 Jun 2 #43
she'll be back in prison soon enough. nt Javaman Jun 2 #45
Polis is a very wealthy man... kentuck Jun 2 #46
Well...duh! Martin68 Jun 2 #47
She's your typical magat asshole mdbl Jun 2 #49
Fucking gross. Both of these assholes should be serving life sentences. Initech Jun 2 #52
Wait! Dave Id Jun 2 #53
She's a word JustAnotherGen Jun 2 #55

Attilatheblond

(9,460 posts)
1. If there are any journalists left in Colorado, they need to sniff around the governor & find out why he caved
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:26 PM
Jun 1

Yeah, I know, Trump and Company threaten withholding federal dollars to states who's governors don't bend over, but damn... Take them to court, or take lessons from IL Governor JB Pritzker on how to stand up and win against bullies.

niyad

(135,250 posts)
2. Some of us think it has to do with the Colorado River Compact. But
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:30 PM
Jun 1

we all agree, jared should TELL us what krasnov is doing. And, if he is being personally blackmailed, the relevant scene from "The Distinguished Gentleman" comes to mind.

mede8er

(264 posts)
33. I'm a Colorado resident...
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 05:38 PM
Jun 1

My first response was righteous anger, I have since taken a step back. Jared traded Peters for 50 million dollars. This state needed those dollars and no longer has to feed and house this idiot. Colorado won.

niyad

(135,250 posts)
37. Yours is a very generous and kind perspective. I am not quite there yet
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 06:40 PM
Jun 1

with him. He has done a number of things lately that have pissed me off.

colorado_ufo

(6,270 posts)
38. Sorry, but this just reinforces the idea that money buys everything.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 07:45 PM
Jun 1

It reinforces the idea that only the rich deserve justice. And only the rich define Justice.

Cirsium

(4,215 posts)
40. Extortion?
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 10:51 PM
Jun 1

We went through this with Whitmer and Newsom. If Trump is extorting governors they need to stand up to him.

Selling out democracy is OK with you if the pay off is sufficiently large?

Takket

(23,860 posts)
6. Polis should be expelled from the party. What he did was inexcusable and unforgivable
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:49 PM
Jun 1

NEW: Tina Peters, newly freed by Colorado Gov Jared Polis (D), begins her MAGA media tour by telling Steve Bannon that Democrats are cheating on elections and she was imprisoned as retribution for exposing voting machines that flip votes.

Kyle Clark (@kylec.bsky.social) 2026-06-01T16:09:02.748Z

pdxflyboy

(965 posts)
3. Hello OGBuzz......
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:36 PM
Jun 1

I’m usually not a doomsayer, but I fear that the end result of this election denying/rigging, if not stopped by late 2028, will be the catalyst for a second Civil War. I have no idea how to stop it, but if war ensues, we ALL lose.

Pdxflyboy

OGBuzz

(836 posts)
7. Agreed. An amicable divorce would be much more preferable, like Czechoslovakia in '93, but I don't think that's likely.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 02:04 PM
Jun 1

Democrat leaning counties and states produce 60 to 70% of the U.S. economy yet it seems like they are constantly being dominated in the political arena, and that won't be sustainable or acceptable forever.

OGBuzz

(836 posts)
35. Haven't forgotten, the best President since President Obama.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 06:00 PM
Jun 1

Defeated Covid, turned the economy around, didn't start any needless wars, valued by all of America's allies....
what's Trump done lately?

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(2,418 posts)
4. Peters should have gotten a clue Trump lost the 2020 election when he packed & fled Washington DC, January 20th, 2021
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:39 PM
Jun 1

Trump put his losing tail right between his sorry-ass legs, and skedaddled out of DC. Would not have done that if he thought he had won. He lost, lost, lost, lost...

Johonny

(26,835 posts)
5. I wish we cheated in 2024 and 2022
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 01:47 PM
Jun 1

It seems weird they only cheated while Trump was president and his own FBI failed to discover any evidence of said cheating...

So weird.

LakeVermilion

(1,669 posts)
54. How can we cheat and then...
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 12:48 PM
Jun 2

lose the House and Senate. I can't imagine that Democrats would just grab the Presidency and not take Congress too.

Republicans don't complain about being elected in a crooked election.

obamanut2012

(29,661 posts)
9. He was extorted or something, whcih si no excuse
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 02:09 PM
Jun 1

If he was blackmailed, he needed to go public. This is just mindbogglng.

Blue Full Moon

(3,770 posts)
11. The question that should be
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 02:25 PM
Jun 1

She gave Mike Lindell's man unsupervised access to Mesa County EVMs. They said to prove the big lie when they got caught. There was more this one incident. Mike Lindell testified in court that he bought a computer program to hack elections. His men just got access to look at the data and not install the computer program, sure.

Harker

(18,315 posts)
14. Her future appearance fees and payoffs depend on her usefulness and consistency.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 02:43 PM
Jun 1

She'll likely warrant a civil suit in the near future, or commit another crime.

popsdenver

(2,776 posts)
17. Polis is just showing
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 03:33 PM
Jun 1

what many of us have said about him all along.....He is a conservative, corporate loving DINO.......

I am waiting to see if Polios backs Bennet in the Governors race, and in turn Bennet lets Polis serve out the rest of Bennets U.S. Senate Term........

VMA131Marine

(5,376 posts)
18. Important correction:
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 03:43 PM
Jun 1

Polis commuted Tina Peters’ sentence, he didn’t pardon her. That means she’s still a convicted felon and won’t be able to hold office in Colorado again because her felony was one for violating the public trust. Supposedly she’s too ill to run anyway although I don’t see evidence of that.

She served a quarter of her 9 year sentence and the reality is she would have been eligible for parole next year. I think the commutation sends a horrible message and I wonder how many other people in Colorado’s prisons were at least as deserving, if not more so but didn’t get any consideration. What Polis did was fundamentally unfair because there was no rationale for the decision that couldn’t be applied to a lot more people.

OGBuzz

(836 posts)
21. O.K. Commuted. She has a great future ahead of her pushing her stolen election bullshit every time a Democrat
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 03:56 PM
Jun 1

dares to win an election.

hamsterjill

(17,938 posts)
25. This woman now has a debt to pay to Trump for getting her out of prison.
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 04:20 PM
Jun 1

It will be interesting how he collects.

OGBuzz

(836 posts)
30. She is a MAGA martyr. She was "wrongfully" persecuted by the evil Biden Regime, she
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 05:14 PM
Jun 1

was sent to prison for election interference crimes by the evil Biden Regime, and her sentence was commuted by a Democrat Governor. Boy does she have a story to tell. This was a gift to MAGA.

SunSeeker

(58,424 posts)
41. It's Democratic Governor, not Democrat Governor.
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 12:26 AM
Jun 2

Please don’t use Fox News terminology. It’s factually and grammatically wrong.

Biglinda 52

(135 posts)
51. You are correct...
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 12:26 PM
Jun 2

I remember watching the presidential debate for the 2020 election and Tulsi Gabbard said "democrat" instead of "democratic". Said to myself "Yep, she's a Rethug".

Response to hamsterjill (Reply #25)

Karasu

(2,292 posts)
34. She has been completely unapologetic the entire fucking time, and said she would gladly do it all over again. What did
Mon Jun 1, 2026, 05:41 PM
Jun 1

Polis and the idiots supporting that decision think was going to happen?

Cha

(321,498 posts)
42. We Knew that was coming.
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 01:20 AM
Jun 2

Oh and Polis... you were Censured, not Censored.

Here's a clue...

Censor means to block, suppress, or delete content, whereas censure means to formally reprimand or strongly criticize someone. To remember the difference: you censor objectionable words in a movie, but you censure the person who said them.

TY

kentuck

(116,010 posts)
46. Polis is a very wealthy man...
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 07:59 AM
Jun 2

Trump has probably threatened it.

Someone once said, "Behind every great fortune is a great crime..."

JustAnotherGen

(38,184 posts)
55. She's a word
Tue Jun 2, 2026, 01:07 PM
Jun 2

I'll get a hide at DU if I use it. Portmanteau of my own creation.

She's that. She'll do it again. If she's THAT old and that had ANYTHING to do with this shit ass decision by Polis? May the blood clot win quickly.

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