ICYMI: Manny Rutinel Drags Messy, Expensive Democrat Primary to the Left
A new report revealed Democratic State Rep. Manny Rutinel has a rich history of surrounding himself with and supporting radical individuals and policies.
Radical Rutinel even had supporters of his attend a fundraiser with antisemitic Rep. Ilhan Omar less than an hour after the tragic terrorist attack in Boulder in which Jewish community members were targeted by an illegal immigrant.
Failed Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, Democratic State Rep. Manny Rutinel, Democratic State Rep. Shannon Bird, State Treasurer Dave Young, and former head of Colorado’s teacher union Amie Baca-Oehlert are already clawing at each other in a desperate bid to lose in Colorado’s 8th Congressional District, but it is clear that Manny Rutinel will drag this primary into a race to the left.
“Radical Rutinel’s dangerous open-border record is one of many reasons he is unfit to represent the people of Colorado in Congress. Radical Rutinel’s silence on his supporters raising money with an anti-semite just hours after Jewish community members were targeted in terrorist attack by an illegal immigrant only empowers the far-left’s dangerous agenda.” – NRCC spokesman Zach Bannon
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Controversy Erupts in Colorado’s 8th District Primary, Radical Manny Rutinel Drags Race to the Left
Townhall
Sarah Arnold
June 10, 2025
In Colorado’s 8th Congressional District primary, several Democratic candidates and officials, Yadira Caraveo, Manny Rutinel, Shannon Bird, Dave Young, and Amie Baca-Oehlert, are aggressively competing against each other, making it seem like they’re all hurting their own chances of winning.
However, Democratic candidate Manny Rutinel is quickly becoming one of the race’s most controversial figures. Less than an hour after the horrific antisemitic terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado, in which Jewish community members were targeted, his supporters and donors gathered for a fundraiser with Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). Omar has previously used anti-Semitic tropes and compared America and Israel to Hamas and the Taliban. She also voted against a House resolution condemning a “global rise of antisemitism.”
It’s important to note that state Representatives Junie Joseph (CO-HD-10) and Yara Zokaie (CO-HD-52) attended the fundraiser with Omar and endorsed Rutinel in his bid for Colorado’s 8th Congressional District.
Additionally, Rutinel has also aligned himself with groups such as a “Queer Intersectional Environmentalist,” which is openly hostile to U.S. immigration enforcement, including one that circulated a Google folder titled “F*CK ICE” with resources to help illegal immigrants avoid arrest. He even called for the release of an illegal immigrant who founded Abolish ICE Denver, a group openly dedicated to dismantling immigration enforcement.
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