Wild shift from CO Gov Jared Polis (D) on RFK Jr.. Polis is cheering his nomination to lead HHS three months after Polis said of RFK Jr: “Not sure how bringing back Measles and bringing back Polio makes anyone more healthy.” #copolitics - ThreadSky

kylec.bsky.social • 128 days ago

Wild shift from CO Gov Jared Polis (D) on RFK Jr.. Polis is cheering his nomination to lead HHS three months after Polis said of RFK Jr: “Not sure how bringing back Measles and bringing back Polio makes anyone more healthy.” #copolitics

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jodycrobins.bsky.social•128 days ago

Gross.

steve-01.bsky.social•127 days ago

This is a genuine WTF moment for Polis. National ambitions for any higher Dem office are closing fast after this unless he quickly walks (runs) this back or authenticates this was maliciously posted by someone who gained access to his account. 🤨

inscribajournal.bsky.social•128 days ago

As the conversation has gone on Threads--has the Governor verified this post?

teknomantik.old-home.net•128 days ago

It's a tweet, so if someone can provide the link, I can at least vouch that the @JaredPolis account has been verified as his personal account since before he was governor (and long before Musk).

green-blanket.bsky.social•127 days ago

Yea it is on his verified account. And there’s now a second post justifying the first. It is … I feel like I’m upside down

mindthemind.bsky.social•127 days ago

WTF! What is wrong with Polis. He has lost all credibility as a Democratic leader

vikingogrethorpe.bsky.social•127 days ago

So why the shift? Political cowardice?

vikingogrethorpe.bsky.social•127 days ago

So why the shift🤨

esseattle.bsky.social•128 days ago

Has Polis had a head injury we haven’t heard about?

jadek2077.bsky.social•128 days ago

polis has always been more libertarian but why the hell did he need to say that unprompted complete own goal

beccarito.bsky.social•127 days ago

I'm seeing a lot of ... double takes? ... on RFK Jr? Experts dislike his vaccine stance but like his plans to take on big ag and big pharma.

beccarito.bsky.social•127 days ago

I'm very curious where he comes down on abortion drugs. If he gets FDA to withdraw them, Supreme Court doesn't even need to enter the fray.

sraars.comrades.social•128 days ago

Is he being tapped to lead the government crypto coin? Only thing I can think of since he is term limited. Angling for a job is my bet.

kacolo.bsky.social•127 days ago

Wow. So disappointed in my governor.

tickleslarue.bsky.social•128 days ago

Jared Polis needs to pick a lane and stay in it.
He is really pissing me off.

852dude.bsky.social•128 days ago

What the hell is he thinking, Kyle. This is nuts

meshugna.bsky.social•127 days ago

Wow, that's a crazy shift. Jared, did someone take over your account?!

rmcg33.bsky.social•127 days ago

WTAF.

brphillips.bsky.social•127 days ago

heartypotatoes.bsky.social•127 days ago

He cashed his check early. 🤑

jenniefavor.bsky.social•127 days ago

But no comments on Gov. Polish!? lol.

saff313.bsky.social•127 days ago

What the actual fuck

jtosavetheday.bsky.social•128 days ago

Well, that's unexpected and disappointing.

rfk413.bsky.social•128 days ago

I can’t believe this is Polis

teknomantik.old-home.net•127 days ago

I can. He runs as a Democrat and gets away with it because Boulder projects a progressive image despite most of the rich folks in charge there being center-right on most social justice issues. This isn't the first time the mask has slipped.

emaks.bsky.social•127 days ago

Not too surprising. Polis is a crypto bro. He advocated for rfk jr and his brain worm to have secret service protection this summer. He couldn't wait 2 remove our masks and send us back out in public during Covid, very much right leaning then.
And he begged musk to move to CO.
Not the Dem we need.

deannatheanalyst.bsky.social•127 days ago

Wow, I'm really disappointed in him.

ugh8589.bsky.social•127 days ago

Wait what?! Is he just afraid he won’t be targeted by the new admin? I’m really confused.

firedupthebsky.bsky.social•127 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/mehdirhasan.bsky.social/post/3lawtyaq7bk2d

firedupthebsky.bsky.social•128 days ago

Is he drunk wtf

852dude.bsky.social•128 days ago

He's the governor of Colorado. Dude has options.

samdrinksbeer.bsky.social•127 days ago

read this as "wild shit" and I thought "yeah, actually, that is wild wild shit."

soberdeaconess.bsky.social•127 days ago

That's some weird, wild stuff.

(And glad I can follow you here also!)

jbmonco.bsky.social•127 days ago

I can’t hate this more. Unless you post in another platform where I will go hate this. So freaking disappointed.

cindylouhoo.bsky.social•127 days ago

This is so disappointing! Ruined his future political career over RFK?

megbrothers.bsky.social•127 days ago

What is even going on?!

guyincognito303.bsky.social•128 days ago

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger?

teknomantik.old-home.net•128 days ago

Voting for Polis has been an exercise in nose-holding for me since his days in Congress, because he seems to make a couple of these asinine declarations every year. But right now it shakes my faith in his willingness to fight for trans people, because HHS will surely be prominent in that attack.

accattone.bsky.social•127 days ago

Colorado shows up blue in elections, but it's always had a libertarian streak. Look at education funding historically, for instance. Or drive on our pothole-marked roads. Or any attempt to get rid of TABOR.

bostonsquatcobbler.bsky.social•128 days ago

Maybe Polis is just as tired of those Skyrizi commercials as the rest of the world is?

jblin3.bsky.social•127 days ago

I f**kin hate those commercials, but Skyrizi has helped my daughter with her severe Chrons disease symptoms.

bostonsquatcobbler.bsky.social•127 days ago

Thar’s good to hear it helped her, and I’m sure it’s an effective treatment, but yeah those commercials are brutal.

jessrpeake.bsky.social•127 days ago

Great, now I have a Skyrizi earworm that rivals RFK’s brain worm.

Things are getting clearer every day that the circus is here to stay.

r3m1n7y.bsky.social•127 days ago

This shift in Polis's opinion is sure strange. Is something new in the water?

hopeinco.bsky.social•128 days ago

I replied on the other place too, but might there be a layer of accountability sarcasm. Like "do these things" and not the others which we won't mention.

chitrabnc.bsky.social•128 days ago

It’s absolutely nuts but I think people are scrambling to figure out how best to work with, or if it’s even possible to work with any of these appointees.
Strap your seatbelts. We are flying into a lot of turbulence

lisamw.bsky.social•127 days ago

What does Apollo’s gain by praising that nut job?

lisamw.bsky.social•127 days ago

Polis lol

raisingonebrow.bsky.social•127 days ago

So many fun autocorrects surrounding Polis’s name on this thread

wolverinea2.bsky.social•127 days ago

The altitude has affected his brain. 🤡

kylec.bsky.social•128 days ago

RFK Jr thanks Governor Polish for his support

inscribajournal.bsky.social•127 days ago

The remainder of Polis' explanation that should also be included. https://x.com/jaredpolis/status/1857189129257148671

ninja.style•127 days ago

Really disappointing. I think governor Polio would have been a more funny typo.

annietibeau.bsky.social•127 days ago

Heaven help us.

thatmushroom.bsky.social•127 days ago

We clearly just need to tell Jared that vaccines have micro-pierogies in them, maybe he'll come around.

iandaniel.bsky.social•127 days ago

I hate all of this so much but damn it that’s funny

haydihidiho.bsky.social•127 days ago

Seriously disappointed in my governor

annietibeau.bsky.social•127 days ago

Seriously. Ridiculously. Permanently. No recovery possible. Burnt toast.

bkeegan.bsky.social•127 days ago

Polis is a Republican in Democrat skin to get the vote and it worked, and now he has turned on us...And I believe we are going to see more Democrats do this.

mommamia6512.bsky.social•127 days ago

It begins.

fischbone777.bsky.social•127 days ago

I can’t be the only person to point out that MAHA sounds way too much like an evil villain laugh

crunchy-bar.bsky.social•127 days ago

Is Polis term limited now? Give Colorado's generally positive stance on science, feels like a weakness in primaries. Obviously it's not something the Republicans can attack him on.

judgyjudes.bsky.social•127 days ago

Yep. he's out in 2026

lovelycorrin.bsky.social•127 days ago

lilannielaurie.bsky.social•127 days ago

Governor "Polish."

patzm.bsky.social•127 days ago

Another close personal friend (not!!).

aviankillian.bsky.social•127 days ago

You can take the man out of Boulder, but you can't take the Boulder out of the man.

adamice9.bsky.social•127 days ago

Are we living in the "President Biff" scenes from "Back to the Future 2"?

What is going on with Polis? RFK Jr. has zero education or experience in medicine or science and would put the U.S. in danger. Convicted felon. Conspiracy theorist. Takes selfies with road kill. Says he has a brain worm.

samschreier.bsky.social•127 days ago

#Costco bring back the Polish dog!

kalenski.bsky.social•127 days ago

It takes a lot to shock me right now and I am shocked. Bad look, Polis.

tracymp.bsky.social•127 days ago

My god. He's going to kill children and the immunocomprimised for whatever he has planned next

mongerjtl.bsky.social•127 days ago

I think Boston misses me

stellinagp.bsky.social•127 days ago

thx4sharingjerk.bsky.social•127 days ago

I thought he was from Boulder

teknomantik.old-home.net•127 days ago

He is. Scratch the surface and rich folks in Boulder are a lot more conservative than they look.

jtfdenver.bsky.social•127 days ago

Boulder also has a low rate of vaccination because people believe in "natural immunity."

thx4sharingjerk.bsky.social•127 days ago

So not from Poland

becometomorrow.bsky.social•127 days ago

And what’s that MAHA besides just plain weird

dragontat2.bsky.social•127 days ago

"Make America Healthy Again."
As if it is healthy to expose children to a myriad of preventable diseases. 😷

claytonj21.bsky.social•127 days ago

What in the actual, Polish?! That's really disappointing. I liked him.

cavx.net•128 days ago

It's almost unbelievable. I'm incredulous.

jbbuckles.bsky.social•127 days ago

Not a huge surprise. Lots of people close to Jared know he's an anti-vaxxer. Also, he's really more of a libertarian. Still, disappointing

wobbles.bsky.social•127 days ago

He’s clearly gearing up for a 2028 run. More conservative every day

craftydiem.bsky.social•127 days ago

Honestly Polis has a history of being wishy washy with vaccines.
https://www.cpr.org/2019/04/26/gov-polis-takes-strongest-stance-yet-on-vaccine-bill-indicates-he-would-not-sign-it/

leslie64.bsky.social•127 days ago

WTF Polis??

5280rlc.bsky.social•125 days ago

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/opinion/jared-polis-robert-kennedy-democrats.html?unlocked_article_code=1.ak4.tZKc.3mIJwY1QSlx0&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

michaelnorco.bsky.social•127 days ago

advodude.bsky.social•127 days ago

Is he kissing the ring to prevent Space Force from being taken out of Colorado? So weird.

angeloftheozarks.bsky.social•127 days ago

Jesus Christ. If Super PACs can spend millions on primarying Jamale Bowman and Cori Bush then can we please primary these cosplay Democrats?

annndy.bsky.social•127 days ago

Alright, no more legal weed for the Governor. Like, what-in-the-blue-F is he thinking?!

shhhhh-hush.bsky.social•128 days ago

This is twisted, Kyle. Perhaps an intrepid reporter might ask him about this bizarre change of heart?

coterit.bsky.social•127 days ago

I've rarely disagreed with Polis but this is disappointing.

suesch1950.bsky.social•128 days ago

Sorry to see a Democrat do the "Lindsey Graham" two step.

weatherman223.bsky.social•128 days ago

This is...a strange position to take. Yeah, I guess he has mainstream views, but this guy is a FERVENT anti-vaccine activist and subscribes to conspiracy theories. Idk if it's just me, but he's probably someone I would not support at HHS, regardless if one or two things he wants are good

jdkringle.bsky.social•128 days ago

Not surprising he doubled down on it. He’s a libertarian pretending to be a Democrat.

jbbuckles.bsky.social•127 days ago

Exactly

birdman2170.bsky.social•127 days ago

Jared Polio said what?! 😮

birdman2170.bsky.social•127 days ago

Colorado already has one of the worst childhood vaccination rates in the country. This isn’t helping. https://www.cpr.org/2024/06/18/as-measles-makes-a-comeback-colorado-vaccination-rates-are-an-accident-waiting-to-happen/

nd09.bsky.social•127 days ago

Thank you for pointing this out. I feel that most Coloradans are unaware.

birdman2170.bsky.social•128 days ago

Was he hacked? Please tell me he was hacked. 🤦‍♂️

aeg.bsky.social•127 days ago

Right? I’ve always been so proud of my governor. I just can’t believe this is real.

spinster-auntie.bsky.social•128 days ago

What vaccine mandate in 2019 is Polis referencing in the congratulations post? Granted, 2019 was long ago & I was crazy busy that yr, but I don't remember any news story about vaccine mandates in CO then?