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Michael Bennet: “People are killing themselves here and can't live in middle…”

Featuring: Michael Bennet, Democratic | U.S. Senate, Colorado

Colorado Democratic Gubernatorial Primary Debate

Published June 4, 2026 | Video Starts at 04:34

I just think this isn't about rhetoric. It's not about showing up. It's about the fact that Colorado is the third most expensive state in America to live. It's about the fact that People are killing themselves here and can't live in middle class. Our next question is about affordability. You both have an opportunity to do it. Let's talk about that. Mr. Bennett. One of the top issues for voters, no matter what party they're in, is affordability. (04:34–04:38)

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Asserts that there is a significant issue with suicide and middle-class affordability in Colorado.

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“People are spending $10,000 a year on child care.”
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“Phil Weiser has accepted roughly $4.5 million of dark money over the years, some of it from oil and gas companies.”
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“The Democratic Party lost to Donald Trump twice nationally.”
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“Colorado is the third most expensive state in America.”
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“When I used to be the superintendent of schools, I had faculty meetings every day in schools near the one we're in today.”
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“You can't live in Denver if you're a teacher.”
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“If you live on the western slope of Colorado in the Roaring Fork Valley, the only way a teacher can afford to live there is if they win the…”
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“Colorado and the American west are going through an existential fire crisis.”
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“We need the resources that the Forest Service is bringing to bear in Colorado.”
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“We need the resources that the Interior Department is bringing to bear in Colorado.”
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“I convened all the Western Democrats and Republicans in the Senate to meet with the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Interior.”
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“The fire risk in Colorado is existential.”
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“The lack of water in Colorado is existential.”
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“More than 20 Democratic attorneys general across this country filed a lawsuit against the [Trump] administration because they were…”
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“There is no lawsuit that more affected Colorado than the lawsuit that more than 20 Democratic attorney generals bought to stop Donald Trump…”
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“We should make it clear that Donald Trump cannot use state property to put his prisons on that property.”
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“Local communities should have the right to be able to use provisions of the law that are available to them to stop infrastructure.”
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“I will do everything I can as governor to make sure that there are no Donald Trump ICE facilities in the state of Colorado, whether it's red…”
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“We have a health care system that is not providing affordable health care well.”
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“I propose that Colorado have a true public option [for health care].”
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“I will fight to make sure that social media and phones are banned bell to bell in schools all over Colorado.”
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“I'm fighting for...a public option for health care. The only candidate in America who's running on that.”
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“A cap and invest program to create a statewide cap on emissions in Colorado, I'm the only candidate running on that in America.”
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“During the first term of the Trump administration, [Phil Weiser] did not Sue Donald Trump with respect to the kids at the border.”
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“[Phil Weiser] took a pass on some of the most important environmental lawsuits that were brought in this nation, including one... for the…”
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“It is really problematic that we are driving businesses out of Colorado for the first time since the 1980s.”
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“In the 1980s, it was an oil and gas downturn that was the cause.”
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“Today it's a combination of there being too much red tape, too much regulation, all of which is making it more expensive for families and…”
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“Our economy is beginning to send businesses away that are very, very important to our kids being able to have great jobs.”
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“I think it's a tragedy that companies are leaving Colorado, and it's one of the reasons why I'm running for governor.”
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“The cost of groceries, the cost of gas, the cost of, of educating their own children. These are middle class things that people should be…”
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“You failed to join your colleague attorneys generals in the lawsuit they brought to stop the Trump administration from separating kids from…”
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“I am not going to allow Donald Trump to send mass agents into Colorado or to allow him to have federal agents knocking on doors without…”
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“There were more than 20 Democrats who filed a lawsuit against Donald Trump separating kids from their parents at the border.”
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“I would have signed that bill [requiring major social media platforms to comply with law enforcement warrants within 24 hours].”
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“I would have vetoed that bill [restricting driverless trucks on Colorado roads].”
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“I would sign [the bill banning algorithmic software to set rent prices] as well.”
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“She only served 19 months, and that is far too little for her crime.”
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“We have a profound problem in Colorado and in this nation with mass incarceration.”
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“Today in Colorado, there are people that are children, students who are hiding the Star of David because of the anti Semitism that we're…”
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“There are Muslim children who are not dressing as they would to hide who they are.”
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“I was very proud just last week or the week before to announce that the Shoshone water deal finally got done in Colorado.”
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“That is the most important thing we've done in a generation on western water in Colorado.”
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“We can make sure that our kids can afford to live here and have childcare here.”
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