{"id":63536,"date":"2026-04-14T12:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63536"},"modified":"2026-04-14T12:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T16:10:08","slug":"elections-have-consequences-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63536","title":{"rendered":"Elections Have Consequences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In September 2018, I posted the following video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wIv-rvja7Sc?si=Sz7xR2l05dWoQXNZ\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe>The video explains how the political left changed the State of Colorado from a red state to a solidly blue state. The residents of Colorado are now feeling the consequences of that change.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/vodkapundit\/2026\/04\/13\/the-californication-of-colorado-is-complete-n4951741\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PJ Media<\/a> reported:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>&#8220;20 years ago Colorado was a Red state and thriving,&#8221; the <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/RedStatesLead\/status\/2042607307683459179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">State Leadership Initiative<\/a> posted late last week. &#8220;10 years ago liberals were writing pieces about how Colorado was the next Silicon Valley.&#8221; And now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/colorado\/news\/colorado-companies-leave-hundreds-business-leaders-calls-action\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CBS News<\/a> reports that &#8220;Colorado is losing businesses and jobs at an alarming rate.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>This was the hope, according to Denver-based<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\" data-pasted=\"true\">\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/5280.com\/why-did-palantir-technologies-move-its-headquarters-from-silicon-valley-to-denver\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">5280<\/a> magazine in 2020: &#8220;With another tech company setting up an office in Denver, the state could become a magnet for Silicon Valley firms and other prestigious businesses during the worst economic climate in nearly a century.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Instead of Silicon Mountain, Colorado is quickly becoming &#8220;an economic backwater,&#8221; as SLI put it, &#8220;an omen for what happens when Red states go blue.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>It seems like only last week [<a title=\"Elon Musk Didn\u2019t Just Leave Delaware \u2014 He Started a Stampede\" href=\"http:\/\/Elon%20Musk%20Didn%E2%80%99t%20Just%20Leave%20Delaware%20%E2%80%94%20He%20Started%20a%20Stampede\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>It was just last week<\/em><\/a><em>, Steve \u2014Editor<\/em>] I shared the schadenfreudelicious tale of how one TDS-suffering Delaware judge launched an exodus of big-name firms led by Elon Musk. Today, I must share similar news about my once-beloved home state of Colorado.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>&#8220;The Colorado Chamber of Commerce has been sounding an alarm for years about excessive regulation,&#8221; CBS reported, and &#8220;the Chamber also said that companies are also relocating out-of-state.&#8221; According to the story, &#8220;since 2019, 98 companies have either left the state, expanded elsewhere, or scrapped plans to move here.&#8221; In the last four years, we&#8217;ve lost a total of 34 corporate headquarters, too.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>The most recent big name to leave is <a href=\"https:\/\/pjmedia.com\/vodkapundit\/2026\/02\/17\/so-another-blue-state-just-lost-another-company-to-guess-where-n4949609\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Palantir<\/a>, the AI firm recently touted by President Donald Trump for its invaluable contributions to Operation Epic Fury. With basically zero fanfare, the company announced last week that it&#8217;s moved its HQ to Miami.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Please follow the link and read the entire article. It includes a comparison of where Colorado was in 2018 before the Democrats took over and where it is now. Please watch the above video. This is the playbook&#8211;it can be used in any state.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In September 2018, I posted the following video: The video explains how the political left changed the State of Colorado from a red state to a solidly blue state. The residents of Colorado are now feeling the consequences of that &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=63536\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[19364,2093,19365,5277,19362,19363],"class_list":["post-63536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-cbs-new","tag-colorado","tag-colorado-chamber-of-commerce","tag-pj-media","tag-rocky-mountain-heist","tag-state-leadership-initiative"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63536"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63536\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63542,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63536\/revisions\/63542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}