Michael Bennet vs. Phil Weiser for Colorado Governor and Standing up for All of [42:18-47:22]

helps me on the trail because people are looking for someone who connects looking for someone who shows up with energy and I do think that is my superpower fill wiser current attorney general and candidate for governor of Colorado thanks for coming back on the podcast thanks for having me and you great to be with you guys hey podcast listeners mr ballin here to let you know we are now publishing four times a week on my podcast mr ballin podcast strange dark and mysterious stories that's right you'll be getting four new episodes a week covering unbelievable mysteries chilling through crime and stories so strange they sound made up but they aren't they're all true don't miss an episode listen to and follow mr ballin podcast strange dark and mysterious stories wherever you get your podcasts or on YouTube if you're a parent and want to help set up your child for success then ixl is a right for your family as an effective and affordable online learning program ixl covers math language arts science and social studies using interactive practice problems for kids from pre-k to 12th grade listeners can get an exclusive 20% off ixl membership when they sign up today at ixl.com slash 20 visit ixl.com slash 20 to get the most effective learning program out there at the best price our next segment on the anti-bishear podcast is the return of statement of the case in this statement of the case we're going to talk about the Christopher street project to do so we have tyler hack the founder and executive director of the Christopher street project before starting Christopher street tyler organized to elect democrats up and down the ballot did the field work the fund raising the communications and campaign operations did it all tyler founded Christopher street after republicans spent over two hundred million dollars to exploit transgender people during their campaigns attacks which some democrats decided to adopt the name Christopher street project pays homage to the legacy of trans people to forefront of the gay liberation movement and tyler's great uncle mark sheer who was beaten up by police in the stone wall riots welcome to the podcast thank you so much for having me governor now we're glad to have you so you've founded the Christopher street project at age 19 years old what was what was the moment that you knew you had to do this i mean in the fall of 2024 we saw these attacks by republicans putting trans kids on tv kids who never wanted to be in the spotlight and being used as political footballs by the republican party and we saw a failure of leadership by many individuals in our party and standing up to those attacks and as we saw the election result we saw a few democrats scapegoat trans kids for the loss instead of focusing on the actual issues that most voters most voters um care about which are affordability um the the cost of living crisis and now these reckless tariffs ice running rampant in our streets i mean there's so many other things going on and yet some people in our own party chose to weaponize transgender kids and i just thought that that was makes acceptable we are in a moment of rebuilding our party and we need to center it around leaders who have a moral backbone who are not willing to throw anyone under the bus and are actually willing to build broad coalitions to bring more people in to this movement well and i i hope people saw in my reelection in 2023 that you can stand against discrimination and still win anywhere yeah absolutely i mean you are the blueprint in in many cases of what it looks like to stand up for trans kids and that not being a liability but actually being an example of an elected official being truthful and honest in this moment more than anything else people want leaders who are honest with them or bold and we'll just tell it like it is and you showed your willingness to do that and we need more leaders who will speak in their own voice you know there's not a one size fits all model for how to talk about these issues or any issues but we'll actually bring folks