The FULL Jared Polis: On Legal Discrimination, Colorado Crime, Equity & School Choice

Colorado Governor Jared Polis is more pro-freedom than many politicians. But I have problems with some things Polis believes.
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Colorado Governor Jared Polis is a rare Democrat who talks about economic freedom and individual liberty.
But he’s no libertarian.
He wants to force businesses to provide services for gay weddings.
He signed universal pre-k. Colorado lags in school choice.
Polis is also unusual because most Democrats won’t debate ideas with me. He will.
This is our full interview.

[@davidkledzik2724]

And most of all Polis is "anti-gun", and that's not Libertarian at all.

[@gifthorse3675]

Oh but freedom he says, and all he cares about is gay this gay that.

[@MayorMcheese12]

@@gifthorse3675that’s all liberals care about. You could sell a box and put a door on it and liberals will flock to it as long as they can wave their goofy rainbow flag around

[@bobcarter3313]

Anti-gun people are not really anti-gun. The anti-gun crowd just does not want anyone they presume to be Conservatives, right wing, veterans, those in the "Basket of Deplorables" etc., to possess firearms. The anti-2A politicians always have layers of people with guns surrounding them. Anti-2A politicians really know very little about firearms, but very much like guns as long as they can control the people who carry them.

[@Objectivityiskey]

@@bobcarter3313 It's not a coincidence!

[@Donkeyearsa]

He is not a Libertarian he is a Democrat. He holds a couple Libertarian views not all.

[@TheThinker434]

Don’t forget that he signed gun control laws.

[@JoeyJoJoJr0]

And human trafficking, by being a sanctuary state for illegals, and a "safe haven" for runaways that want to transition. He's scum

[@TheHamburgler123]

Yup. Wait list for firearm purchases, raising the minimum age to 21 and 5 red flag laws just in this year alone.

[@CitarNosis317]

So this man would ruin school shootings? Kids can't murder each other anymore? What a monster! OMG

[@dgyoutube2405]

@@TheHamburgler123lmao that’s great too bad criminals don’t follow laws and non criminals do that could stop the criminal. The liberal Brain or lack there of is amazing.

[@roarbertbearatheon8565]

I think I read somewhere about something about a certain right not being infringed. Can’t remember now, probably not important!

[@bigcheeze68]

As an EX-Coloradoan, Polis is talking out both sides of his mouth. He deflects and gaslights all across the board. Do research on his real comments, his facebook posts, and replies to comments.

[@ErinCRN]

I moved to Colorado in 2001 under Governor Bill Owens. I was a young single woman going to the biggest city I’ve ever been to. I was scared, but put to ease on my first day in Denver. It was clean and beautiful. I was so impressed. Now, I can’t even go downtown. It’s filthy and unsafe. He’s destroyed our city.

[@keeponlivin81]

It started long before Polis. Started to decline with Romer in the 80's but yes, Governor Owens was amazing!

[@daviidon]

So he's for forcing bakers to bake a cake but when it comes to social media companies banning speech, "it's a private business and they can do what they want"...

[@mexicancanteen9596]

And he's proud of not banning CCP TikTok. "NeEd MuH gAy CaKe". What a piece of shit.

[@harlanjackson6112]

Are they the only bakery in town? Or are we talking about custom decoration from an artist? Nuances in the conversation you may have missed. Social media companies are a dime a dozen, they all have their rules for using their platform. Even the one we're using to communicate right now.

[@rsonic510]

​@@harlanjackson6112Bakers also have rules for their platform, and there are many over the country.

[@NomDeGuerre91]

⁠@@harlanjackson6112you don’t have a right to someone’s labor.

[@gorilladisco9108]

I see no hypocrisy here. Nooo. Not at all.

[@inmate0054]

Government shouldn’t be involved in marriage at all

[@bryanutility9609]

Yes it should. Government, law, and culture are intertwined as part of society. This is why you never make progress with your values. You’re not living in reality.

[@erikaoliver2591]

This is the way...

[@lauraanne7700]

Gov should only be involved in legal unions. Religious institutions should be the ones performing marriages.

[@19ate4]

Government shouldn’t be involved in a lot of things like sex the bedroom schools. The list goes on and on but here we are having mental slaves demand that we all become slaves because they cannot live independently without big brother.

[@rdf256]

I'm inclined to agree only because the govt is guaranteed to screw it up, but on the other hand the govt does have a legitimate interest in propagating the species. Countries around the world are suddenly discovering this. So there should, in theory, be a role for government to make this easier, not harder. But it seems govt can't stop itself from redefining marriage to the point where the mission of continuing humanity no longer applies.

[@markymarkmarcus39652]

Reason magazine should be embarrassed for calling this man Libertarian.

[@Uranus_is_the_size_of_a_planet]

The rest of them are even worse.

[@yuriarlequim]

Reason is thrash man what did you expect?

[@donquijote6030]

Great interview, John. The longer this guy spoke the more he exposed his cognitive dissonance and moral inconsistencies. He is nothing more than a rebranded Democrat - a wolf in sheep's clothing.

[@NasserAljoudi92]

Well put! Beware of the fifth column amongst us.

[@markwilliams4525]

You got that right

[@nqwertyredman5625]

100

[@slee2819]

He was visibly and audibly nervous when he was talking about charter schools. That is a third rail for Democrat politicians because the teachers union oh, and the Democrat party. He knew he’d better watch his step.

[@slee2819]

@@krulfate Trump Derangement Syndrome has entered the chat… Trump is very popular among Hispanic voters and De Santis killed it in his last election with 56% of the Hispanic vote in Florida. Take some copium and go to bed.

[@rubie5501]

I'm A native of Colorado. Colorado has never looked as bad as it does now with the homelessness, crime and garbage in the streets!!! I want my old Colorado back where it was a RED STATE, peaceful, beautiful, clean, low crime

[@Derideo]

Yep, time to purge the commies forever. Stossel wants to massage their misdeeds.

[@karenmahan6979]

We have a dear single lady friend who lives in Monument. She says the same thing you have. She left California almost two decades ago and is looking to leave Colorado now because of the mess the state has become. She is a very kind and thoughtful landlord, which is her sole means of support (we are also landlords, and we were "talking shop"). She told me that she can no longer run a criminal background check on tenants as of Sept 1, 2023; she is very nervous and understandably so. She reminded me that the one time she had given a chance to someone who had a long ago felony, against her gut, the tenant stopped paying rent halfway into his tenancy (years before Covid), and she had to go to court have he and his wife evicted. He responded by threatening her bodily (she had to learn to use a firearm for protection), and before he was evicted, he filled her rental home's sewer lines with concrete! She had to re-pipe the entire home to mitigate the damages, costing her thousands and thousands of dollars and with no money coming in. Now, she can't even protect herself from those threats to her income (thereby removing a home from the rental market and driving up rents.) She said the legalization of drugs has brought in the junkies of society who are living on the streets and that the smell of Marijuana is so unbelievably strong that she worries for children breathing that stuff . It sounds so horrid. It's so sad; it was such a beautiful state.

[@MuleysAndBushcraft]

My family has lived in Colorado for over a hundred years. Despite all the many ways in which Polis and his ilk have ruined Colorado, I miss it, having been exiled to a place I can afford to live. I abhor all the liberal policies Polis has brought about, but in the end, I simply can’t afford to live in Colorado anymore.

[@Derideo]

@@karenmahan6979 Don't blame the cannabis, it's been decriminalized here since the 1970s. Blame the commies who are at war with you.

[@generaljackripper666]

Sorry but it's never coming back.

[@johnr8439]

I moved out of Colorado because of him and all the other woke nonsense he supports.

[@redrambler2000]

I moved just before he came in, it was already starting to go to shit. Its a shame, it was a great state not long ago and now its turning into another shithole like California

[@colorocko1]

I'm leaving myself!

[@lucasortiz537]

Won’t miss ya :)

[@franklyanogre00000]

​@@lucasortiz537Enjoy your police state!

[@lucasortiz537]

@@franklyanogre00000 oh I will :), I love every day that I have the privilege to live in this wonderful state. Where do you live?

[@ckitano88]

I never comment on Videos. CO Native, Polis has destroyed Colorado and what it was. Transplant Californians love it of course... He is wildly unpopular outside of Boulder and Denver. A broken clock is right 2 times every day, he is speaking the speak but ruining the state

[@GM6.7]

Weird how such a huge state with alot of outdoor activities has put laws to punish constitutional rights for those who buy guns.

[@fubar7631002]

Very interesting that when it's Facebook or Twitter banning Stossel, it's a company's prerogative to make their own business decisions, but forcing a baker to bake a cake for a gay wedding is a "legitimate discussion". WTF?

[@acctsys]

Makes you want to spit back to him the very nonsense he said earlier in the interview. The best part is that he doesn't outright lie and say he's libertarian, at least.

[@Lexman00]

I don't think they "force them to bake the cake", they just fine them, or threaten to take away their business license, but these authoritarians are so high on being control freaks that they love the idea of "forcing" the cake to be baked, that they don't realize the baker might very well spit in their cake out of contempt.

[@stingerzing4063]

Kudos to Polis talking to someone who will challenge him. But it shows why most democrats don’t give interviews to conservative/libertarians, their illogical arguments get exposed

[@andrewkerr5296]

'Conservatives' want to control my Private Property just as much as Lefties

[@Deontjie]

He is not a career politician. Career politicians are the worst kind.

[@benjaminshort3181]

I don’t like how he doesn’t answer some questions directly.

[@Deontjie]

True, but if......@@MichaelBurkhalter

[@spec24]

@@MichaelBurkhalter Just because you're making a logical argument doesn't mean you're not a corrupt pos.

[@cannatroll1529]

A libertarian would reduce the amount of laws and taxes. A libertarian would make us a more free state instead of restrictions that take money from our pockets so that we are in compliance. A libertarian would be more likely to follow the constitution and protect the rights of the people over the arbitrary and capriciousness laws in place. Jared Polis is a Democrat not a libertarian.

[@bryanutility9609]

At least he gives you all those gay parades abs drugs you like so much.🏳️‍🌈✡️

[@ericwright5225]

Oh John. You let him off the hook too easy when he started talking about republican governors banning gay marriage. You’re a level headed guy so you should have checked his integrity

[@user-xp5id1kh4r]

What did he let him off the hook too easy with? And what would it have checked his integrity with?

[@jimr3751]

And the reason for that is because he is GAY

[@Lexman00]

In the past the government never had any business involving itself into marriage, that was the private business of the families and the church. but after the church's power degraded, the government saw an opportunity to expand its power by involving itself in people's lives via marriage licenses, aka biased government civil union contract. The government is incompetent at everything, except growing its power.

[@Neworldisordered]

He knows what CRT is. He knows what equity means. He's another wolf in sheep's clothing.

[@jonjuan1955]

And the UN is pushing global equity with mass migration . The decline of the US since 2020 should verify that this creative verbiage is harmful identity politics

[@quarters-eye8922]

Colorado is a woke nightmare.

[@lucasortiz537]

Nah it’s an amazing state and probably the best place to live in the lower 48

[@MayorMcheese12]

@@lucasortiz537lol good one. Keep chasing the dragon bud.

[@lucasortiz537]

@@MayorMcheese12 where do you live?

[@sheilacabrera3986]

Time to move out of denial.

[@lucasortiz537]

@@sheilacabrera3986 where do you live?

[@changuito10]

Every time John points out the shortcomings of this guy, he makes up a response about some other being worse. He is totally full of BS, and John should have pushed back harder.

[@spencerfarnik2838]

Like when he was blaming Republicans for censorship. John should have pushed Polis on the indisputable FACT that the federal government went to the social media compnanies and forced them to censor a legitimate news story about the corrupt Biden crime family right before the election.

[@bryanutility9609]

This guy is a gay Jew.

[@JoshAllenberg]

Luckily we don't have to caption and explain everything like democrat/left voter media does

[@jeankutzer1556]

He's like that Texas Governor in the movie, Best Little Whorehouse In Texas singing the song, Do A Little Sidestep! Lol

[@bobcarter3313]

@@bryanutility9609 Really? Did not know that.

[@sweydert]

He knows exactly what artificially engineered "equity" means. He knows exactly how big Democrat government colludes with big tech to censor wrong think and what a catastrophic problem it is yet he glosses over it like it's not even a thing - or worse, it's Republicans who are stifling ideas. He's a good politician, I'll give him that - defending/deflecting the indefensible and making it seem like he answered a question that he absolutely did not.

[@MovingtoCharlotte]

I don’t really think he’s so naïve to believe CRT is only banter about at Berkeley. It’s in our middle schools high schools and colleges as we speak…. Colorado included.

[@bills5009]

Polis implied that Republicans are forcing women to get pregnant and have babies. Would liked to have seen a little more follow-up on that ridiculous statement.

[@yuriarlequim]

He is more dangerous than the honest ones

[@charlesbosse9669]

Yes,that's something they all learn early,and what really infuriates me,is that they think the constituency are really that stupid to believe the bullshit. I mean that just makes me fighting mad. I don't like very many politicians anyway,on either side of the aisle. Republicans show what their thinking merely by their actions,or should I say,inaction.

[@cdnron75]

This guy lost me at pollution (carbon) tax. Here in Canada we have carbon tax upon carbon tax and all it's done is made life more unaffordable for everyone. We have skyrocketing prices of everything because pollution/carbon taxes affect the entire supply chain, increasing prices every step of the way.

[@ledzeppelin1212]

"Just buy an electric car." --Joe Biden

[@arclyte1859]

By the end of the interview he showed his true colors. Anyone who wants to play the “it’s only words” and the government doesn’t coerce people implicit or otherwise B.S. is full of crap. And he’s absolutely lying or fully incompetent and uniformed if he doesn’t know what DEI is.

[@bryanutility9609]

He= 🏳️‍🌈✡️. Of course he’s lying

[@s.s.4170]

He knows... So full of bull.

[@19ate4]

I tell people that if they are a non-English person, they have no right to tell English speakers what they can say in their native tongue !!! It be like me going to Israel and demanding they can’t say certain words in Hebrew or. Yiddish because I’m a white person and it’s offensive to me.. that would be utterly ridiculous and borderline racist, but here we are

[@bryanutility9609]

@@19ate4 Polis is Jewish & gay so I guess the irony isn’t lost on you.

[@dave-yj9mc]

You beat me by 13 hours.... lol here is my comment . This guy showed his true colors in the last 5 minuets. Thanks John for asking the tough questions. He said Equity should reflect the demographics or something like that. Equity means the most qualified get hired. Not to discriminate so that some percentage of a certain people get hired. Nice job John.

[@davidjernigan7576]

Believes in more freedom. What a joke. The legislation passed during his governorship, and other actions says something totally different

[@remfj40]

Great politician, He can lie with a smile and blame others without blinking. He will do well. The media likely will cover for him and many will continue to vote for him.

[@bikinggreg]

No, he's not. He's done everything he can to undermine Colorado's Taxpayers' Bill of Rights (TABOR) state constitutional amendment.

[@ledzeppelin1212]

I want to like this guy so badly, but I just can't do it.

[@darylreece7840]

I would love for Stossel to press Gov. Polis on details. He talked past the details by using buzzwords. How does shifting the $6,000 expense from a family to the taxpayers "save" money?

[@Gary.g19]

I was wondering if only I picked up on that compares numerous times where are you? Think you should’ve pressed much more on issues

[@grantdeisig1360]

Right, there was a lot of "talk around" the topics. When John brought up the censorship on social media and the governor blamed the companies, he never said anything about being opposed to the censorship. Only that it's not the fault of the democrats. (Which I would argue the opposite) They never even had a broad discussion about the 2nd amendment either. I wonder what else may have been talked about that was cut?

[@jeankutzer1556]

Also he used the words " taxpayers money" when it's really the people's money forcibly taken from them. No choice in that eh?

[@SteveJones172pilot]

@@jeankutzer1556 I dont see a big problem in using the term "taxpayer money". Where I draw the line when they refer to "government money" which clearly falls into what you're describing. At least admitting that it belongs to the taxpayer is accurate. The fact that there is no choice in taxation is why government should be considered a necessary evil, and kept to the bare minimum.

[@Objectivityiskey]

@@SteveJones172pilot No, money only belongs to individuals, there are no such things as "The Taxpayers". "The Taxpayers" is loaded language and drags the argument into a particular framing. "The Taxpayer" is a floating abstractions and does not refer to any one individual. It assumes that individuals are taxpayers by their nature, when in reality, the government imposes the extortion of taxes on individuals through the threat of deadly force. That is the objective framing.

[@incubus3114]

Boy, this guy is full of it.

[@bryanutility9609]

🏳️‍🌈✡️

[@GTFBITK]

​@@bryanutility9609lol

[@0my]

Did you hear the part where he said he lowered taxes... Lol

[@ACogloc]

Well yeah, he's a politician

[@firesean_]

@0my Yeah by .23%..., he legit talks about Trade being good and hating on Tariffs then counters his point by saying we Tax Drugs, Smoking, and Alcohol because it isn't good for you. Continuing to contradict himself by saying Government has no say in what you should do yet continues to intact policies that would still push you against such actions. This guy is a joke honestly, he contradicts himself ever other sentence, he claims he wants less government as a Democrat (Oxymoron). Claims he isn't for Masks, yet says he was "Modeling" what the people should do and again going backwards on Government shouldn't dictate what people do. I think incubus is spot on, this guy is full of it! Pile of shit of a politician.

[@Gunnberg85]

If you have eyes to see and ears to hear, this interview is very revealing. Well done, Mr. Stossel.

[@winston1788]

Top notch governor Bill Owens of Colorado '99-'07 was the last republican gov in CO. When 90% demand freebies paid for by others, it's over.

[@gregdiprinzio9280]

Doesn’t take long to destroy a state.

[@MountainMan.]

Was he elected or installed by The World Economic Forum? Colorado is dead.

[@mrsfitt4637]

Installed! Everyone I know hates his guts

[@0my]

You have been instructed to identify as happy. Your noncompliance has deducted 10 points from your wef good boy credit score. No meat for you.

[@glynnetolar4423]

You will own nothing and be happy.

[@markmills344]

Never listen to what a politician says. Always pay attention to what a politician does. This is a case in point.

[@KenSellers]

Colorado resident here. Polis may be the greatest living Democrat. I would put up with a lot of things I didn't like to get the federal balanced budget that he's for. To his credit, he has been for it for a long time. Having said that, remember to watch what people do, not what they say. What he DID during Covid was shut down my gym and my kids' schools, and kept the marijuana dispensaries open. Pot was essential, keeping weight off and getting an education were not. That is his actual record and there's nothing anyone can ever do to change it.

[@JohnMurphy-zs1vn]

Yupp.

[@chrisblack6090]

As a resident of CO I have huge issues with Polis. Unfortunately the interview made him look quite sensible. However, his actual policies are very far left. I would liked to have seen him pushed more on his crackdown on fossil fuels, Banning fracking etc. He is anti second ammendment and has red flag laws in place. (His party just tried to ban AR15s. ) You asked him good questions. But he gave the safe answers. He is a pretty good actor.

[@TheCJHUES]

polis needed to be really called out. He is not to be trusted!

[@Tony-Plinkett]

I don't know... My gut tells me not to trust this guy. 🤨

[@celiachavez9997]

I don't. Flies under the radar..

[@breakupgoogle]

Never trust a D or R. They all work for the same company

[@SlowAside5]

This is not an argument. Facts don’t care about your feelings (aka gut).

[@juliecramer7768]

My brain tells me not to trust this guy. Just one example. He told ranchers they should grow vegetables instead of cattle. He can’t wait for more wolves to come to our state. We all realize who that will most impact.

[@Tony-Plinkett]

OK, so what "Facts" do you have for us? He's a politician making a whole bunch of promises so he can get elected. So all you have to go on is your gut feeling...

[@XTrumpet63X]

11:21 Mask-off moment imo. "You get [government money] from taxing things that are bad." He views taxes as the government's way to institute mass social engineering. Brilliant actually, politically speaking. Basically saying: "I'll steal from you less if you agree to punish these people I don't like." I'd rather have an income tax if this is the alternative.

[@gtv6chuck]

He's not as libertarian as he says. I live in Colorado, and Colorado has more than quadrupled its state budget since 2013 - from 7.7 billion to 40 billion now for essentially no improvement in services for the average citizen. He and the state legislature are also trying to get around providing refunds from tax surpluses by saying they will reduce property taxes temporarily for a permanent elimination of tax refunds.

[@TheRealSovereignCitizens]

So social media could ban whatever they want. Because it's a Private business. But the baker cannot ban baking a cake for who he doesn't want to Because hes a private business.

[@rdf256]

Correct 😂

[@ArthurCSchaper]

I know, right? What a hateful hypocrite!

[@fotoflorian]

(Most) Social media is publicly traded and essentially a public square. Can you ban someone’s constitutional freedom of speech in public?

[@sheilacabrera3986]

My son lives in Denver, which used to be one of my favorite places to visit in the world, now it's quickly becoming just another crime-ridden, drugged out cesspool like every other democrat-run city.

[@thefiveoceans1902]

Sorry to say, this is happening in every major city in this county.

[@jeannejones6322]

Yep, it sure is. I live just outside of Denver, and I HATE going into Denver.

[@moonovermiami9787]

Not defending Polis, but he's the governor. Denver is a city with an elected commission & mayor. Zero in on the correct fault. Why are Denver people voting for idiots?

[@Objectivityiskey]

Denver caters to the homeless, and so they flock to the city of Denver. It's crazy to see how the streets of Denver are looking like skid row in LA. I've lived in both LA and Denver, and Denver is going the way of Communist California. It's super sad.

[@jeannejones6322]

I agree. I am from the LA area, and I thought I had "escaped" CA, but I was wrong. Now I would love to leave CO and the Denver Metro area, but this is where we work and live for now. I love where we live, but it is changing too. We are so close to Denver, that it is just a matter of time before all of Denver's problems come here too. @@Objectivityiskey

[@ghostfox3560]

This "governor"... He made my skin crawl and stomach churn... All the redirecting and deflection was too much.

[@karenbeville]

Ask him about Tabor. No matter what he says, he’s been trying to get rid of Tabor as long as he has been in office.

[@fochdischitt3561]

Equity means equality of outcome, not opportunity. Meaning since everyone can't be millionaires, everyone should be impoverished (excluding the ruling class.)

[@treborkroy5280]

"you're not white, we expect less from you" is what equity means

[@colorocko1]

but everyone CAN be a millionaire, just have to go work for it.

[@fochdischitt3561]

@@colorocko1 Everyone can potentially be a millionaire, not everyone can simultaneously be a millionaire. It's a finite world, goods and services will always price people out of the market.

[@colorocko1]

So we shouldn't strive to better ourselves? Just be good complacent sheeple and let the government (non-millionaires of course, correct?) spoon out what we need. Is this your theory? @@fochdischitt3561

[@travisbishop782]

Which Polis is part of.

[@wendyfaustin8269]

You should go and film the homeless encampment across the street from the Governor’s Mansion!

[@spencerfarnik2838]

Exactly. Civic center park used to be a nice place before Democrats gained total power. Now it’s a trash heap covered in graffiti and human feces. Open drug use and crime everywhere. Just like every big city run by Democrats.

[@588holly]

Yes, show everyone how much a lying hypocrite polis is.

[@Derideo]

Yep. But he won't. Stossel only reappeared to give commies cover.

[@jimr3751]

He doesn't even stay there he has a house in Boulder with HIS LOVER

[@travisprugh6347]

​@@jimr3751so he should let them stay there😂

[@JamesMBlessing]

😊Great questions. John doesn’t give his guests a free pass, but he also is respectful and give his guests the time to answer their questions.

[@cecilmckeithan5088]

It’s hard for our youth to understand fiscal responsibility when they see our leaders trillions in debt.

[@ameliam7898]

You have to listen critically but john exposed this guy for the double talking politician he clearly is…

[@frenchfry5675]

Isn't that what all politicians do. It all depends on the interests they're beholden to in what they support.

[@nqwertyredman5625]

100

[@robertbarker5474]

China IS charging a tariff on American goods. We were just charging the SAME tariff on their items.

[@tracybarhite1764]

Polis called tariffs "the Trump tariffs". Biden kept most of those tariffs and added new tariffs to semiconductors.

[@erikaoliver2591]

The other problem is that... free trade sounds great, I love the idea if everybody plays by the same rules. Of course, China can produce a massive amount of goods at a low cost, and American companies swoop them up. Why? BC they work their people like slaves! Meanwhile, out entitled, low skilled workers want $20 bucks an hour and company provided massages on their 1 hour lunch breaks. 🤦‍♀️

[@generaljackripper666]

Shh. Orange Man Bad.

[@williamanthony915]

By charging the same tariff on Chinese goods, it still means that the American consumer has to pay more for that Chinese good. And whether you like it, tariffs are still a type of government interference which is unconstitutional. Government should only exist to protect you from violence, theft, and fraud, not to impose tariffs.

[@kokoromarudi7717]

​@@williamanthony915 Ideally, but it was never a fair trade. China heavily sponsors their companies, manipulates their currency, imposes heavy tariffs on us, steals IP, etc. Should our government (which helped pave the way for China to do this) not remedy any of this to at least help small businesses here? Also it's not like the consumers are locked in with the higher priced Chinese goods. We have so much selection, we can just move on to some other cheaper item.

[@PhantomO01]

This governor talks out of both sides of his mouth. John Stossel is literally one of the greatest interviewer hands down. Absolutely loved this interview, was great.

[@MasonCatalone]

What a great interview! Great to see two people have a CONVERSATION! Let the hypocrites expose themselves through logic & reasoning. He's still a Democrat. He still wants control of property and thought.

[@TheStickinator]

Property taxes are out of control in Colorado..

[@davidkledzik2724]

So Polis, you can murder a baby, but can't say no to designing a gay marriage. Some would call that government intrusion also.

[@nicholaschavez2668]

Abortion is Healthcare. It's not murder.

[@davidkledzik2724]

@@nicholaschavez2668 You fall down and bump your f****** head!?!?

[@carlt6932]

​@@nicholaschavez2668Killing a baby is not healthcare for the baby.

[@bcm1621]

​@@nicholaschavez2668sarcasm right?

[@JonathanSmith-kz2jo]

@@carlt6932shooting a burglar is healthcare for homeowners. Same logic with abortion.

[@tomroland8271]

He has no problem allowing media companies censor who they want but will not allow a small bakery to serve who they want???? Smells like a double standard

[@sanniepstein4835]

He's part of the group who must be pandered to, above the lowly breeders.

[@MrJtilley]

He was evasive and redirected most questions. Sidestepping is as good as a lie

[@xxxlonewolf49]

It's not just tax payer money, IT'S THE PARENTS' MONEY!

[@rockyroad7345]

I've been paying school taxes for 45 years....and have no kids. Enough is enough.

[@averagejoe9249]

Taxpayers without kids shoulder the burden. That should be taken into account whenever paying property taxes

[@xxxlonewolf49]

No kids, you shouldn't be paying for schools.

[@19ate4]

You are not even American to these people!!! you’re a consumer, tax payer to rhis bureaucratic government that is still holding Japan and Germany under military occupation They are even promoting sexual degeneracy with children YOU soon will be forced to celebrate them fuxking kids in the streets. Child prostitution was legal in Weimar Germany. Why won’t they make it legal here?

[@MrJonreed7]

He clearly doesn't understand the purpose of tarriffs.

[@Obstatic]

Native Coloradan here, and I am so glad we re-elected an honest, intelligent person like Jared Polis. Business in Colorado is booming. Everyone I know has a job. Access to college is easier now. Roads are getting improved. The issues of traffic and high housing costs are caused by the hordes of people who want to move here for our high quality of life and healthy economy.

[@timcasady4750]

Business in Colorado was doing well before Polis ever showed up but he along with the Colorado legislature which is mostly democrats have helped increase taxes to new highs.

[@stevecampbell5314]

Good job Stossel. He's just another smooth talking politician. God help us all.

[@RealMTBAddict]

Just because Denver and Boulder voted for this guy doesn't mean he's "popular." Most of the state in land area hates him.

[@nightwingaven69]

Land doesn't vote...your statement is irrelevant. Also, It wasn't just those 2. The springs and Pueblo voted him. The majority of the state wants these people there.

[@RealMTBAddict]

@@nightwingaven69 This video is about one person.

[@nightwingaven69]

@@RealMTBAddict and that response has no bearing on anything. Good job

[@RealMTBAddict]

@@nightwingaven69 I'm just trying to figure out who "these people," are. You seeing double?

[@Mansini77]

⁠@@nightwingaven69Pueblo yes, Colorado Springs, no. El Paso county is a conservative stronghold where Democrats never win.

[@coflyer2949]

This guy is why I’m moving! He’s created some awful policies. Colorado is where I grew up and it makes me so sad to leave but it’s a visit only state for me now.

[@653323895]

yeah but his slimy words make those bad policies sound so flowery.....isnt it so amazing how he can his crap sound so good???

[@colorocko1]

same here! Gotta go...but not sure where the grass is greener?

[@coflyer2949]

@@colorocko1 I’ve been in AZ for college for the last 3 years and honestly this isn’t it. Not the place to be, at least for me. I miss the skiing too much lol

[@Objectivityiskey]

Same here. I'm looking for a more conservative state.

[@harlanjackson6112]

Ah yes, the great post-pandemic migration. We're all moving to grass is greenerville. No shortage of YT vids showing why your state sucks and a different state is better. (And it doesn't matter what state you currently live in) Those nice youtubers are happy to hook you up with realtors, movers, storage companies, etc. etc. US Capitalism at its finest.

[@Black70Fastback]

he has a couple reasonable positions but most of his positions can easily be shot full of holes and i find it absolutely laughable that some might call him libertarian. definitely insane that anyone would call him "most libertarian governor"

[@beccamn15]

*❤️Only God knows how much grateful i am. After so much struggles I now own a new house and my family is happy once again everything is finally falling into place!!*

[@stripmin41]

Do you know how you can tell a politician is lying? His lips are moving. I live in the Communist State of NJ and Pollis is just the best of the worst. I'm a small government constitution loving Ron Paul librarian and I recognize double talk.

[@bryanutility9609]

Yet people like you never take power. Maybe you’re doing it wrong.

[@stripmin41]

@@bryanutility9609 I've never tried. Too many people just vote party over country.

[@TheMichaelMove]

I live in Colorado and our kids go to a public charter school. Key is there are no teachers unions. This makes a huge difference In everything related to learning.

[@2ndMostEndangeredGender]

Great point.

[@bryanutility9609]

My wife works at one of these and it was taken over by woke leftists just like the public schools. Kids are indoctrinated more efficiently you might say.

[@billyruben116]

All public sector unions should be illegal.

[@b58hustler71]

Does that insure that they aren't teaching CRT? Or criticizing America every day? Better ask your kids what the teachers are teaching them.

[@TheMichaelMove]

@@b58hustler71 you are right we do have to watch it. But I can tell you it’s about 80% better than the Union schools. Leftist propaganda is an exception now rather than the rule.

[@marid1580]

Crime is out of control here …. He’s done nothing about it but deny how bad it is

[@meritholdingllc123]

Voucher programs have no accountability? You mean like the public schools? Private schools actually have more accountability than public. They need to be successful or families leave for other options.

[@grabithard2534]

We oversee ourselves and found nothing wrong.... vs we oversee the public and found nothing wrong....its all for profit, people don't do things for another without profit....and you can't disrupt their profit.

[@sarahalderman3126]

Accountability only works when it is dished out by “someone” OTHER than themselves. Public schools are not held “accountable” in ANY way shape or form, as they are the same ones responsible for judging their success. This is why they changed the requirements for success, lowered every standard, and are eliminating any standard of “success”.

[@colorocko1]

Totally agree!@@sarahalderman3126

[@drzman6901]

I wish John would have caught that one. The governor is a typical liberal, saying that parents have no accountability when it comes to choosing a school for their children.

[@jasonoliver1786]

You should do an interview with Thomas Sowell before he leaves the planet.

[@holdingonforlife1]

That Governor is a liar when he says 'He's for more freedom." He's for more freedom for those that agree with his viewpoints.

[@arydant]

Biggest lie he said was that there was an outright war against the alpahbet people and that he has no idea what equity means

[@themuskrat5776]

This was not the only bakery and he never refused to proved them baked goods, he only refused to decorate the cake they way they requested. this deflection on providing goods is a red herring.

[@mexicancanteen9596]

Either way, it's their right to refuse whatever business they want

[@0my]

I went to a Ford dealership. I told them I'm gay and I demand they sell me a Kia. That said they don't have Kia, so I sued them for discrimination against gay. Lol

[@americanincanada5302]

He lost me on the whole pro freedom party with a straight face may i add. Then follows up with the we don't censor anything...Social media companies are like the unions, voting 99 percent for the Democrat party and that means you better censor what we say or we will threaten your company for regulation amd or breakup. It is the game they play and has been proven already. You would garner more respect if you admitted as such.

[@JohnMurphy-zs1vn]

His "freedom" means freedom from morality.

[@jamesdefrancesco7765]

Raising a child is the responsibility of the parents. Moms staying home should NOT be considered as being taken out of the workforce.

[@kalmah814]

John, You should have asked him about this: "Colorado lawmakers in recent years also have passed laws allowing immigrants who are in the state illegally to receive in-state tuition, get access to financial aid and obtain driver’s licenses and state ID cards."

[@1800cc-Dead-Meat]

All democrats wear the same stench now.

[@653323895]

they used to say you cant trust someone that is malicious or callous to a child or an animal. the democrats are the party of murdering babies.

[@bryanutility9609]

🏳️‍🌈✡️

[@19ate4]

They always have been Since waging a war to keep slaves, joining the communist to destroy Europe promoting abortion with children, transsexuals It’s even amazing that we even have a democratic party after they lost the war for their slaves Germany didn’t keep their party after losing the war. Why do they even exist?

[@tommcfadden5232]

Yep. They stink like Republicans.

[@showtime2629]

I hate this notion that the government needs to subsidize child care so the parents can work. If anything the government needs to subsidize parents so they can raise THEIR kid!

[@mexicancanteen9596]

How about no subsidizes at all and the government quits taxing every income and spending and let families use all the money the earn the way they see fit?

[@showtime2629]

@@mexicancanteen9596 yeah, ideally the government backs off as much as possible. I'm mostly talking about the idea that if we're talking about subsidizing child care we should try to get the parents to raise the child. Not try to get the parents working so someone else can raise them.

[@19ate4]

It’s another form of enslavement And we known since Alexander the great that if you teach boy children, song and dance, that they will become docile, like women, and will never rebel because the complete lack of testosterone in their men.

[@generaljackripper666]

Precisely. It's all about shoving you back into the workplace so you can pay more taxes.

[@rdf256]

His "we need those kids taken care of so we can get more workers out there and help the economy" seemed more than a little tone deaf. Who is the economy and why should we want to help it at the expense of individuals?

[@lsheets1]

The fact that Reason Magazine considers him one of "The Most Libertarian Governor in America" says A LOT about Reason Magazine and the Libertarian movement (and it's not flattering.)

[@MattDunlapCO]

Not a debate! Stossel asked a few challenging questions but challenged none of the ridiculous answers. As a Colorado resident of over three decades, I can assure you Polis is talking out of both sides of his mouth.

[@sarahmacvicar843]

Equity means equality of outcome. It does not put merit first. John, you let this governor off the hook on that issue.

[@JohnMurphy-zs1vn]

"It depends on what the meaning of "is" is..." - Bill Clinton

[@tomallen8459]

The cost of college is directly related to student loans

[@plumtiger1]

Thank you for doing this interview. I'm a Republican who just loved to Colorado and i like some of the things this guy is doing, so trying to decide whether to support him or not. Your incredible interview skills have given me much to chew on. Thank you.

[@dacdac52]

I love the way politicians throw the word free around, NOTHING, NOTHING IS FREE.

[@trevithicktools2815]

He talks about personal responsibility in regards to covid. But it's totally okay with a mother killing her child in the womb.

[@nicklegos]

Dudes a grifter.

[@nicklegos]

He seems… sleezy, but his ignorance on tariffs is… troubling, to say the least. His commentary on people calling him a radical was also troubling. He laughed that off like a bit of an unhinged person… I’ll keep my eye on this guy but only because it seems unwise to ignore someone as flakey as him

[@bryanutility9609]

✡️🏳️‍🌈

[@dennytuma]

how was he wrong on tariffs?

[@chioxin]

@@dennytuma The purpose of the tariffs is to keep jobs within the US. So you can't go to China or Mexico and have your shoes made for 10 dollars and sell them in the US for 50. It increases that 10 dollars to match closer to what it would take to make it in the US. He's right in that it means a company over here will then raise the price of their shoe to 80 dollars. But, then at least we'll have jobs here in the US for people to do, jobs that should pay better than minimum wage, which are needed. His opinion on a labor shortage though isn't honest. He's right, there are plenty of immigrant workers willing to work.... and there are plenty of US citizens capable of working but won't because they can get by on a number of social programs that keeps them afloat. If these people do work, they lose their social program benefits and don't really understand why it's better to work and progress than it is to just stay on a social program. This isn't just a Polis problem though, this is a country wide problem, and it's a drain on our economy. You work hard, to pay taxes, they get.

[@alab3657]

@@dennytuma Other countries tariff the piss out of Americans. The only reason this tax and pocket authoritarian leftist hates tariffs is because trump did it.

[@dennytuma]

@@chioxin with all due respect I have to disagree a tariff is a tax on the consumer you might save a few jobs but you screw thousands of others most companies move out of the US on account of regulations taxes and too high of wages for the small amount of work you get out of most people

[@Monsuco]

Oh please, this is a Governor who signed a law banning grocery bags, who's talked about his desire to ban gas cars & who signed another law requiring us to all buy free range eggs. Polis has been the most anti-gun Governor we've ever had. He talks a good game on taxes but he's also pushing for a ballot measure to allow the government to raid our TABOR tax refunds. I live in Weld County which is the home to Coloradoy oil and gas industry and his regulations are just killing us.

[@LtRoastAhoe]

This level of moral cowardice should get a person tarred and feathered.

[@invertedpolarity6890]

You know what American really needs: no more politicians.

[@bryanutility9609]

It needs hell fire and collapse

[@markyuto6820]

Career politicians. Done.

[@mytmouse57]

We need to decide leadership through gladiator matches.

[@asraiSOA]

Who TF is 'at war' with the LGB community? WTF is this guy going on about?

[@docktorj2347]

Stossel should run for office !

[@nlormanstuckman7408]

Best thing Polis could do is move permanently to California

[@Exspea]

Interesting how he shook his head “no”, when saying he was happy to do the interview… He nodded at his own affirmations, and shook at his own negatives. The study of body language is very useful for detecting false statements.

[@cannatroll1529]

I noticed that too.

[@ossiepadrino4513]

He mandated masks... a homosexual dictating oral hygiene.

[@McMillanScottish]

If you tax pollution, you incentivize pollution. Trick is, it's not the PAYER who is DISincentivized, but rather the COLLECTOR who is INCENTIVIZED to make sure that certain large companies are ALLOWED to pollute so that the taxes can be collected.

[@kevinferry126]

Thank you for this interview John. As a constituent I believe that many of Polis' answers and his actions are contradictory. Taxes- dig deeper into how he is addressing a property tax crisis happening right now in Colorado. Energy-this is the first time I have heard anything about energy reduction based upon the premise that pipelines are safer than road transportation. Under his tenure his policies have decimated the oil and gas industry in Colorado. On both the oil and gas issue and the property tax issue he purposely circumvented the premise of representation for all by facilitating midnight closed-door meetings and last minute hearings without the opportunity for public testimony to debate the proposed solution. Censorship-he played both sides of the issue and would not give an definite answer to his position. Do what you do so well and dig deeper to determine if he is credible.

[@nukemman]

As all democrats, he's lying.

[@breakupgoogle]

100% anyone that belongs to the uniparty works for the big club.

[@SlowAside5]

This is a very tribal statement. You need to realize that people can hold nuanced views regardless of the political party they tend to align with.

[@greg5326]

Gov. Polis, government is infamously wasteful. What are you going to do about that?

[@franklyanogre00000]

Feral hog problems require well-regulated solutions. Arm up and solve often. Be the consequences you want to see in this world! 🌈⭐️ "Real men despise battle, but will never run from it." - George Washington

[@greg5326]

@@franklyanogre00000 I was hoping for something like “We could cut some programs that don’t work.” rather than “Prep for revolution!” Less blood.

[@mikemay8334]

He’s taking credit for the tax reduction which was the Tabor refund we got that he had nothing to do with. We do now have to pay for plastic bags and our groceries have gone up by 45% so what is the savings he’s talking about?

[@mattwiland9692]

I live in Colorado and have voted against him, twice. He is a true blue democrat! He just helped raise the property taxes, basically they lied to us by getting us to end the Gallagher Act. The only reason he and his democrat friends in the Colorado legislature have not had more freedom to really tax us is the Tabor Act, basically we have to vote on it. We took that right away from the Colorado Legislature many years ago.

[@politicalcounterpoint]

I'd love to see a little more pushback on some of the tougher questions.

[@Derideo]

Won't happen. Stossel is here to give his commie buddies a platform. He's a pretender.

[@davidkledzik2724]

So accountability means public schools and government interference.

[@sheilacabrera3986]

Nailed-it.

[@erikaoliver2591]

Yeah, this bothered me, too. The "accountability" is the performance of the students. If the schools produce high performing students SATs, ACTs, high college/trade school acceptance rates, that's all the accountability that's needed. This is part of why it's laughable to call him a libertarian.

[@mytmouse57]

You trust corporations to do the right thing. How quaint.

[@davidkledzik2724]

@@mytmouse57 I don't trust "anyone". But in the free market I'd put money on companies to put forth a service or product, than the government. You trust the "almighty" most (benevolent- "sarcasm") government. How quaint.

[@mytmouse57]

@@davidkledzik2724 I never mentioned blindly trusting the government. But, if we had a time machine and could transport you back to a time when the "free market" (big corporations) was free to do whatever it wanted -- I'm guessing you probably wouldn't like it. Unless working sixteen hours a day, six days a week for starvation wages and breathing smog thick enough to scoop with a spoon is your thing ...

[@nobilesnovushomo58]

The reason we tariffed China was because they were tariffing our goods (they put on taxes that were disproportionate to the taxes we put on their products)

[@tommcfadden5232]

And stealing our intellectual property.

[@henrypruett9938]

Polis is talking out of both sides of his mouth ~

[@Jimmyjimjimjim]

3:41 his response is all you need to know about this guy. He already knows it all. I’d be thinks schools are accountable then he is a fool.

[@rebchizelbeak5392]

Like when he says “that’s not what equity means”. Admits he doesn’t understand CRT, but uses the language. Trust him as far as you can throw him. And remember he had seconds for third breakfast.

[@sarahalderman3126]

@@rebchizelbeak5392just another person who is delusional enough to believe that words still have meaning, when spoken by a democrat.🫤