{"id":1318371,"date":"2020-02-21T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.postindependent.com\/tipton-touts-trump-talks-healthcare-at-gop-dinner\/"},"modified":"2020-02-24T12:35:06","modified_gmt":"2020-02-24T19:35:06","slug":"tipton-touts-trump-talks-healthcare-at-gop-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kske\/local-news\/tipton-touts-trump-talks-healthcare-at-gop-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Tipton touts Trump, talks healthcare at GOP dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rep. Scott Tipton (R-Colo.) listens to speeches at the Garfield County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner at the Hotel Colorado on Friday evening.<\/strong>
Chelsea Self \/ Post Independent<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

Rep. Scott Tipton promised that Republican efforts to change the Affordable Care Act are not over, and repeated calls to dismantle the public exchanges Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe voted to repeal and replace the un-Affordable Care Act \u2014 that fight is not over,\u201d Tipton said at the Garfield County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner.<\/p>\n

Speaking at the Hotel Colorado in Glenwood Springs, Tipton said a free market health care, including purchasing healthcare across state lines, would be a better system.<\/p>\n

\u201cThose of us who live here in rural Colorado, those of you who live specifically in Glenwood, which is labeled as a resort community, get to pay a higher premium for an identical product compared to our urban counterparts in Denver. How fair is that? It\u2019s not fair,\u201d Tipton said.<\/p>\n

Tipton\u2019s keynote speech followed remarks from a host of local and state Republican elected officials, but his speech touted achievements of President Donald Trump, including low unemployment and the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.<\/p>\n

Sen. Cory Gardner also spoke to the group during a private social hour. Gardner departed before the dinner began to attend an event in Grand Junction.<\/p>\n

The speech came just a day after President Donald Trump spoke in Colorado Springs, an event Tipton attended.<\/p>\n

\u201cYesterday, I had the high privilege of being able to greet the president as he stepped off of Air Force One,\u201d Tipton said. \u201cHe said, \u2018What are your issues?\u2019\u201d Tipton recalled.<\/p>\n

Tipton said he told Trump the Republican voters of Colorado were most concerned about their families and futures.<\/p>\n

Tipton also took time to criticize Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) and other members of Congress advocating for the so-called Green New Deal, which calls for drastic reduction in fossil fuel consumption.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to point out that the sunglasses they so proudly prop at the top of their heads are made out of fossil fuels,\u201d Tipton said.<\/p>\n

Tipton also criticized Gov. Jared Polis\u2019 push to reduce reliance on fossil fuels, and said he is working to make the Jordan Cove pipeline a reality.<\/p>\n

The Green New Deal and its backers was also a target of Tipton\u2019s primary challenger, Shooters Grill owner Lauren Boebert.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe really are in a battle for the heart and soul of our country,\u201d Boebert said.<\/p>\n

Democrats want to take away rights and freedoms, \u201cand we as conservatives just want to keep them,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Boebert said she is running because she doesn\u2019t believe Tipton is fighting hard enough for conservatives.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need a fighter now more than ever, not someone who appeases the Democrats and chooses to vote with Nancy Pelosi and (Ocasio-Cortez) far more than you would ever expect,\u201d Boebert said.<\/p>\n

Another Republican candidate expressed a similar disappointment against state Sen. Bob Rankin (R-Carbondale).<\/p>\n

Breckenridge area resident Debra Irvine, who is challenging Rankin for the senate seat he was appointed to in 2018, said that Republicans should not work with Democrats as much.<\/p>\n

\u201cSenator Rankin and I are very different,\u201d Irvine said.<\/p>\n

All three Garfield County commissioners gave remarks, including chair John Martin.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe worst thing that we can do is campaign for other people by attacking each other in our party,\u201d Martin said.<\/p>\n

tphippen@postindependent.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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