Liars gonna lie—especially when a Democratic governor bails them out.
Tina Peters, the disgraced former Colorado elections clerk, is back on her election-denialist bullshit just two weeks after Democratic Gov. Jared Polis bowed to President Donald Trump’s pressure and commuted her nine-year sentence, claiming the convicted criminal had shown a willingness to take responsibility for her crimes.
“I know that the Democrats are going to cheat,” Peters told Steve Bannon on Monday. “And no one is really addressing the problem that I spent my time in prison as retribution for, and that was exposing the election machines that allow the votes to be flipped.”
Peters had served less than one-fourth of her sentence before Polis commuted it, with the governor describing it as “extremely unusual and lengthy.” Polis’ decision not only let down the election officials fighting democracy-undermining MAGA loyalists like Peters, it also flew in the face of Judge Matthew Barrett’s reasoning for giving her the stiff sentence in the first place.
At the time of her sentencing, Peters promised retribution, saying, “God doesn’t like people messing with his kids, and I believe I’m a child of God.”
“I’m convinced you would do it all over again if you could,” Barrett told Peters. “Prison is the only place that duly meets the purposes of sentence in this matter.”
Peters was convicted of breaking numerous laws stemming from her orchestration of a security breach, which included instructing a subordinate to turn off security cameras and allowing a third party to access election equipment. She has never shown remorse.
More than 200 members of the Colorado Democratic Party’s central committee voted to formally censure Polis. Other members of the party have called for an investigation into his decision as well as for his impeachment.
In a sign of maturity, after the censure, Polis appeared on an internal party call with a piece of tape over his mouth.
