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The official Twitter account of the Pitkin County Republicans.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

We'll have a booth at the Aspen Saturday Market today.

Come say hello!

We'll also have our beloved Aspen elephant hats and dog bandanas available for purchase.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

It's endearing that your gut reaction is that it is due to voter preference. The reality is that the Democrats have built a machine (or more accurately, a series of local machines) to collect ballots.

In mail/drop-box states like CO, the Democrats and their NGO partners work through registered voter lists to make sure that they capture every D and D-lean Unaffiliated ballot possible, like working through a task list. In CO, they can even see which ones have already been counted and check those off the list.

Is there fraud? Impossible to know, as it was designed to be. The weak link is signature verification, which has no scientific basis whatsoever. If you disbelieve this, send me verifiable studies on what the Type I and II errors are for the process. No ID, no way to know who filled out the ballot, obviously.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

@politicalmath True, but that's not the most important reason...

Elections matter more to Democrat activists because their livelihoods (government and NGO salaries and contracts) are tied directly to Democrats' winning power.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

@BrilliantMaps 👋👋👋⛷️🚴

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

Excellent post from @SenEricSchmitt ! This is what clear-eyed moderation is: telling the truth without bluster or hyperbole.

[Senator Eric Schmitt @SenEricSchmitt]

There's been a lot of talk of mass amnesty for illegal aliens.

My answer is simple, and it’s final: Hell no.

But let’s be clear-eyed about the real crisis. This isn’t just about “illegal” entry.

53.3 million foreign-born people live in the United States of America—roughly 16% of our population and nearly ten times the population of Missouri.

As both a raw number and a percentage of population, we are in uncharted territory. No serious nation pretends it can absorb unlimited numbers at unlimited speed without consequences for wages, schools, housing, hospitals, and the very cohesion of the republic itself. When the foreign-born share surges to levels never seen before, the pressures don’t stop at the border—they flood every community in America. They depress wages for working Americans, they overwhelm our classrooms, they strain public services paid for by citizens who played by the rules.

That is the point too many people in Washington (even some Republicans) refuse to confront. They want to reduce this debate to a legal distinction alone, as if the only problem is unlawful entry.

And yet the people responsible for this situation still talk as if any effort to reduce numbers, tighten standards, advocate for assimilation, or prioritize American citizens is somehow extreme.

It is not extreme for a nation to want order. It is not extreme for a nation to want limits. It is not extreme for a nation to insist that immigration policy serve the national interest instead of the preferences of donors, activists, and multinational employers.

America has every right to have an immigration system that is oriented toward its own people. That means stopping illegal entry, yes. But it also means ending the broader ideology of mass migration that treats record inflows as a sign of virtue and public concern as something to be silenced. If we are serious about preserving our country, we have to be serious about the scale of this challenge.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

@WomanDefiner This bill just gets worse and worse. I hadn't even noticed the "$70B American Workforce Fund." At $100K/year fully loaded, that's another 700k bureaucrats hired to manage "apprenticeships, retraining, and education." Another giant patronage fund for Democrats. Amazing.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

@RepBrandonGill 100% Correct.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

@MostlyPeaceful For those of us in the R game, our best play now:
1) Tell them they are awful at every opportunity
2) Support a primary opponent if they have one
3) If they become the nominee, support re-election
4) Repeat 1 & 2 in '28

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

@StandUpForFact You are talking about the vote in January, correct?

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

@douglassmackey @martyrmade Plus ça change.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

This is wonderful! ❤️

[鈴森はるか 『haruka suzumori』 🇯🇵 @harukaawake]

🇺🇸🇯🇵 Everyone in Japan knows "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by John Denver.

We cover it all the time so I hope our American friends can appreciate it.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

@feelsdesperate A better question, how many of them would “turn” in the right direction, toward things voters actually want?

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

@megynkelly We remember. Great example that I think about a lot, Megyn. He is totally shameless.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

@feelsdesperate Same is true with orgs that are “bridging the divide” or some such nonsense. They are all lefties who want to “talk sense” to people who are smarter and better informed than they are.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

@AuronMacintyre 💯 That really is the whole game.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

@HansMahncke @douglassmackey 💯 well said. She’s been excellent and exposes those who are coming after her.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

@ChristianHeiens @AuronMacintyre Ugh, banger, unfortunately.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

@ChristianHeiens @captive_dreamer And they deal with it completely differently. Notably, they don't lie about what their left flank says to make it worse than it actually is. They also don't group in people who have mainstream (80%+ of their base) views with the far left to discredit those popular views.

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

☘️ Erin go bragh ☘️

[Based in Aspen @PitkinPolitics]

This is the Governor of Illinois and one of the top 10 most likely Democrat nominees for President in ’28.

This is very close to full scale Bolshevism. Understand where we are.

[Governor JB Pritzker @GovPritzker]

Greg Bovino won’t just get to walk away — he will be held accountable and responsible for the damage he's done to our nation.

We won’t forget, and neither should you.

No one is above the law.