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Colorado House 2026 Legislative Day 014

Tuesday, January 27, 2026·24m·▶ Watch / Listen

The Colorado House adopted Senate Joint Resolution 5 designating Colorado 4H Day by a 59-0 vote, while Minority Lieder Caldwell used a moment of personal privilege to condemn rhetoric describing federal law enforcement as 'Gestapo, fascists or mass vigilantes' and to reference death threats placed on legislative parking spots two weeks prior.

Key Actions

·Senate Joint Resolution 5 – Colorado 4H Day DesignationPassed

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Controversies

Use of terms 'Gestapo, fascists or mass vigilantes' to describe federal law enforcement

Minority Lieder Caldwell objected to rhetoric used by unnamed prior speakers, stating that terms like 'Gestapo, fascists or mass vigilantes when used to describe our federal law enforcement are not just unfair but also dangerous.' The specific individuals who used those terms were not named in the transcript; Caldwell referred only to 'rhetoric we've heard.'

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Notable Quotes

“Terms like Gestapo, fascists or mass vigilantes when used to describe our federal law enforcement are not just unfair but also dangerous. Comments like these are not just words. They have real world consequences for those they're attributed to.”

Minority Lieder Caldwell — Caldwell was responding to rhetoric used by unnamed members of the chamber to describe federal immigration enforcement actions.

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Votes

Approval of the journal of Monday, January 26, 2026 as corrected by the Chief ClerkPassed
Adoption of Senate Joint Resolution 5Passed
Yes (2)Representative Velasco, Representative Lieder
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Thank you. The House will come to order. Today the Pledge of Allegiance will be said by Representative Stewart. I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, on God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Mr. Schieble, please call the roll. Representatives Bacon. Barone. Bassinecker. Bottoms. Bradfield. Bradley. Brooks. Brown. Representative Brown. Excused. Caldwell. Camacho. Carter. Representative Carter. Excused. Clifford. Representative Clifford is excused. DeGraff. Reptigraph is excused. Duran. English. Representative English is excused. Espinoza. Rep. Espinoza is excused. Ferre. Flannel. Froelich. Representative Froelich is here. Garcia. Garcia. Sander. Gilchrist. Goldstein. Gonzalez. Hamrick. Hartsook. Jackson. Johnson. Joseph. Kelty. Leader. Lindsay. Representative lindsay. Excused. Luck, lukens. Mabry. Marshall. Martinez. Morrow. Mccormick. Win. Pascal. Phillips. Richardson. Ricks. Representative ricks. Excused. Rootnell. Ryden. Sirota. Rep. Sirota. Slaw. Smith. She's here. Soper, stuart k. Stuart r. It's right there. Story, sukla. Taggart. Tatone. Representative tatone. Zix. Keys. Valdez. A. Rep. Valdez is excused. Velasco. Weinberg. Representative weinberg. Excused. Wilford. Representative wilford. Excused. Winter, woodrow. Woog. Sokai. And madam speaker here. With 55 present. 10 excused. We do have a quorum. Representative Stewart. Good morning, Madam Speaker. Good morning. I…
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