Episode 143 - Morgan Carroll - Colorado Political Mastermind

Rundown - 

 

Morgan Carroll in Craig's Lawyers' Lounge - 09:48

 

Troubadour Dave Gunders - 01:40:54

 

"Place In The Sun" by Dave Gunders - 02:06:45

 

Morgan Carroll, former president and majority leader of the Colorado state Senate, moved mountains during her six super-successful years as Colorado State Democratic Chair and oversaw Democratic domination of Colorado politics. This is her exit interview and she discusses everything.

 

Current events discussed include the Nashville church school shooting, the expelling of the Tennessee Two, and the Trump Texas judge outlawing medical abortion drugs women have used safely for decades. Carroll is a keen analyst and master of Colorado politics.

 

Morgan Carroll is outspoken in her demands that women retain their right to bodily autonomy. Hear her heartfelt reaction to Dobbs overturning Roe v Wade. Carroll knows Colorado, including the Western Slope and she was part of almost beating Boebert.

 

An accomplished attorney, Morgan Carroll discusses the need NOW for Rule of Law holding Trump and his cronies accountable under the law. The NYC prosecution and arrest of USA’s 45th president are reviewed. So are upcoming court cases.

 

Listen to Episode 50 to hear Carroll’s remarkable background. As a girl, she traveled with her mother and fought to free Soviet Jews stuck behind the Iron Curtain. Now, Morgan Carrol discusses the importance of fighting Russian attempts to destroy Ukraine. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-50-morgan-carroll/id1522579679?i=1000526954056

 

Senator Carroll is outspoken in her support for President Joe Biden and she describes their personal encounters. Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi is another impressive Dem leader Morgan Carroll knows and describes. The wise old Biden and Pelosi of handling Trump gets discussed.

 

Toward the end of the interview, the Denver mayor’s race is analyzed. Run-off will be contested between prior show guests Kelly Brough (Ep. 134) and former Colorado State Senator Michael Johnston (Ep. 136). Morgan Carroll comes out strongly in favor of her former colleague, Johnston, and she explains why.

 

Troubadour Dave Gunders delivers with fantastic discussion of disturbing current events, including the school shootings and civil rights. Gunders has a song addressing the Tennessee legislators and generational change. Gunders’ song, Place in the Sun, was written after the Parkland, FL shooting, and is hopeful.