RFNH Governor John Hickenlooper

Gov. John Hickenlooper spoke with me about his experience running for office, his time as an executive and his position on how to treat people with common decency even when they wish to drag conversations into the gutter. We talked about prison reform and he confirmed his position on decriminalization versus legalization on the national level. He committed to delisting cannabis as a schedule one drug and confirmed that he would respect states rights on the issue and not force individual states to legalize. We talked about gun safety and how to reach a consensus on reasonable measures to ensure that criminals cannot walk into a gun show or private sale and buy a gun while ensuring that no steps are taken to concern legal gun owners with the rhetoric that "they're coming for your guns". John Hickenlooper has a track record that you can research easily because of his time as the Mayor of Denver and as the Governor of Colorado. Like it or hate it, there's no hiding from it. He has bridged political divides, balanced budgets, reformed government and reduced regulations. He has committed his State to the Paris Accords, formed a multi-state coalition to promote electric car use, built public transportation and revitalized communities. His reforms of Colorado's gun laws found popular support although not across all fronts, but his personal experiences with gun violence when his own Chief of Colorado's Prisons was gunned down and as Governor during the Aurora shootings cemented his resolve to act. I encourage you to listen to Governor Hickenlooper talk about his experiences in his own words, do your research and weigh his candidacy for President.