Election year Polis flip-flops on devastating car theft policy he championed & signed
| Greenwood Village, Colorado. – Colorado GOP Chairwoman Kristi Burton Brown released the following statement this morning regarding Jared Polis’ embarrassing election year decision to flip-flop on SB21-271, a law he championed, signed into law, and is now trying to reverse due to devastating consequences.
Under Jared Polis and Phil Weiser’s failed leadership, Colorado has become #1 in auto thefts. “Once again, Jared Polis flip flops on his policy less than two months from Election Day. While he’s had his entire term to change Colorado’s trajectory as the #1 state in the nation on auto theft, Polis is only now deciding he needs to do something serious. Yesterday, he asked the Colorado Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice and the legislature to reverse his own law – a law he asked for in 2020 and signed in 2021 that made auto theft of cars worth $2,000 or less a mere misdemeanor. This policy led to spikes in car thefts, specifically against the most vulnerable Coloradans. In an Election Year about-face, Polis is now asking for his own law to be reversed.” Background:
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