Jared Polis Promises Single-Payer For Colorado

During a Summer 2017 campaign stop in Pueblo City, at some bar on the RiverWalk, Jared Polis told me that he'd look into Tulsi Gabbard's "Stop Arming Terrorists Act". Polis also said he was against arming the terrorists in Syria, that's he's worked with Tulsi, he likes Tulsi... 

 Then Jared Polis he told me that if the US didn't get single-payer healthcare, that as Governor, he'd support single-payer healthcare for Colorado. Polis, however, did mention that it would have to be accomplished through ballot initiative, for some reason. Probably a Colorado Constitution thang.
Here's Jared Polis at the Fiesta Day parade held in Pueblo early September.

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