MTG/Boebert re-election 2022 Time to stop promoting shock
Twitter is blowing up today with disdain for MTG/Boebert's antics at the SOTU address last night. Both House Representatives are up for re-election this year, and instead of promoting their names and shock antics, it's time to take a look at their opponents.
Meet Alex Walker. Alex is running in Colorado's 3rd Congressional district, hoping to unseat his incumbent, Lauren Boebert.
Walker obtained a degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University where he served as class president — his only prior political experience. He proceeded to work as an engineer until this recent decision to turn his attention towards politics.
“I don’t think races like this are about policies anymore. I think they are about values because both parties have gotten so extreme in their viewpoints and those viewpoints, by the way, often are internally inconsistent,” Walker said. “For example, Republicans believe in personal liberties when it comes to responsible gun ownership, but do not believe in personal liberties when it comes to abortion. And I think there’s hypocrisy on both sides when it comes to things like that.”
“My bipartisan or even, I would say, nonpartisan policies are meant to reframe some of these issues in a broader framework, which actually makes sense,” he said.
He supports personal liberties when it comes to gun ownership as well as abortion access and a person’s right to choose their own health care in general, adding that “the government has no business telling you what to do with your body.” Giving subscribers more agency in choosing their health care means providing a mix of strong private and public options, Walker said.
His other priorities include protecting the district’s water rights, conserving public lands and finding solutions to the high cost of living that plagues many communities in Congressional District 3 or “CD3.”
“Cost of living in our district is skyrocketing and we can’t keep up,” Walker said. “Folks in CD3 make 15% less than the average American. That is insane. We are the backbone of American industry. We are the backbone of American agriculture. We are the corridor between the two sides of a fractured Nation.”
“I believe we can turn CD3 into a clean energy superpower and in the process, boost household income by 20% or 25%,” he said.
The policy page of his campaign site promises to “protect legal immigrants” while advocating for “humane borders.” It promises living wages for teachers and increased support with the challenges of remote learning.
“The irony of my campaign is that I’m running to try and be part of a new class of change makers who do not blindly subscribe to Republican ideology or Democratic ideology,” Walker said. “I believe in tolerance. I believe in small efficient government. I believe in personal freedom, and these are things which straddle party lines.”
A big part of making this work within the current structure of the U.S. Congress will be to listen first and, as a self-proclaimed introvert, Walker said he feels ready to do just that.
“I’m thinking about, over the next 20 years, how do I play a meaningful and constructive role in turning Congress into an efficient body? And that’s not about me. …That’s about how I slot into a bigger picture full of people who disagree with me and people who agree with me,” Walker said.
[link:https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/avon-resident-alex-walker-takes-no-bull-approach-in-run-for-lauren-boeberts-seat/|
Walker's shock campaign video/warning, falling turds:[link:
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